News from NDSC!
The temperatures are climbing throughout North Dakota. When it’s hot outside, it’s even hotter inside a car. In just 10 minutes, the heat inside a car can become deadly.
As families head to the lake, the backyard or the badlands this summer, a campfire may be tempting, but it isn’t worth the risk. North Dakota’s drought continues, and fire danger remains high. While campers may miss those traditional fire blackened, ash-flavored marshmallows, campers can find lots of fun without the fire.
Longtime Assistant Executive Director, Lynae Hanson, retired in April from the North Dakota Safety Council. After the announcement of her retirement, we hired two new positions and promoted a few staff members.
National Safety Council News
- Survey asks retail employees: Do you feel safe at work?
- New Nebraska law ends safety committee mandate for private employers
- Hearing protector fit testing: New guidance from OSHA
- Independent contractor or employee? DOL seeking another rule change
- New from OSHA: job safety and health poster
- Parents: Running with a stroller may reduce your risk of injury
- NSC projects a 12% decrease in U.S. traffic deaths in 2025
- EPA to regulate chemical used for plastics, rubber after finding ‘unreasonable’ risk
- Let’s be real: TV depictions of CPR largely inaccurate, study finds
- Out-of-pocket costs keeping many workers from medical care: study
