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Technical/Industrial Emergency Preparedness - Utility Failure
Safety tips to help you prepare for and cope with sudden loss of utilities.
 
Power Outage Preparedness from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What You Need to Know When the Power Goes Out
General info, food & water safety, carbon monoxide, powerline hazards.
Summertime Blackouts
Who is at risk, CDC recommendations…
Worker Safety in a Power Outage
Preventing electrocution by undetected feedback electrical energy…
Electrical Safety & Generators
Preventing electrocutions associated with generators plugged Into household circuits...
NIOSH Electrical Safety
Publications on electrical safety.
Worker Safety in Storm & Flood Cleanup
Info provided by CDC's NIOSH on work-related hazards such as electrical hazards, carbon monoxide, musculoskeletal hazards, heat stress, motor vehicles, hazardous materials, fire, confined spaces, falls.


 
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