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#ToolboxTuesday - Compress Gas Cylinder Safety

#ToolboxTuesday - Compress Gas Cylinder Safety

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#𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲⁣⁣
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When handled or stored incorrectly, a cylinder can go up like a rocket. As we’ve seen, this can not only cause property damage but can be fatal as well.

With spring around the corner that means it’s almost road construction season.
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Why does it feel like road construction is it’s own season in Alberta? 😅
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Keep you eyes up for the construction sites that will be popping up along side

#𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐗𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 - 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐎 𝗪𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍⁣⁣⁣
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Ensuring cargo weight is appropriately distributed and secure helps workers to tow with confidence and prevent an unsafe situation from arising. Two major causes

Have you seen the beautiful sunsets we have been having lately?
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This CWC rig looks stunning in the sunset.

Happy Family Day, we hope you’re able to enjoy today with your friends and family. ❤️

#𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝗪𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)⁣⁣⁣
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Slippery or snow-covered roads, reduced visibility and bitter cold: these are all conditions that can make driving difficult and even dan

Thank you to everyone who keeps our province running in this polar vortex.

#ToolboxTuesday - 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 / 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐰 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 ⁣⁣
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A freeze-thaw cycle occurs when the daily maximum temperature is higher than 0 °C and the daily minimum temperature is less than or equal to -1 °C. We have been graced with a mild win

Have you been enjoying the mild winter we have been experiencing?
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Hopefully February is just as good to us as January was. 😅

#𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 ⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬?⁣⁣
Cold stress occurs when wintry temperatures drive down skin temperature, and eventually internal body temperature. When the body is un

Complacency can be defined as self-satisfaction, and a sense of security in one’s own abilities, especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.
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It’s extremely important to think ahead while working. As you

#𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝗪𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 ⁣
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⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝗪𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬?⁣
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CCOHS defines Workplace stress as, “the harmful physical and emotional responses that can happen when there is a conflict be

Stress can negatively affect a worker’s health and safety, and over a long period, it can cause significant damage. Feelings of negative stress usually increase when people believe the demands of a situation are greater than their ability to de

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