제  목 : Four Weeks of Safety(NSC)
  일  자 : 1998년 07월
  제공처 : Internet

     Four Weeks of Safety(NSC) By Elizabeth Agnvall

    June is National Safety Month. (You knew that, right?) Each week focuses
   on a different area of safety, and in case they're not on the tip of your
   tongue, here they are:

 June 1-6 Workplace Safety
 June 7-13 Home Safety
 June 14-20 First Aid and Community Safety
 June 21-27 Driving Safety

   Now that everyone knows what they are, let's see where they are on the Net.

                              OSHWEB
                      turva.me.tut.fi/~oshweb/

   We've touted it before, and if OSHWEB stays this good, we'll tout it again.
   Dedicated to maintaining a comprehensive index of occupational safety and
   health resources, OSHWEB overflows with links -- nearly 2,000 of them. The
   front page is divided into 24 categories including ergonomics, international
   organizations, government agencies and chemical safety. In the publications
   section, you'll find 53 magazines, newspapers and reports. Bottom line?
   OSHWEB is a must-bookmark.

                     Lowe's Home Safety Council
                             www.lowes.com

   Lowe's is a co-sponsor of Home Safety Week, so clearly it has something
   to say on the subject. From Lowe's home page, click on "home safety tips."
   Friendly cartoon folk splash up this site-within-a-site, which comes fully
   packaged with monthly home safety stories and a safety encyclopedia. Of
   course, the site also takes a proud look at some of Lowe's safety achieve-
   ments, such as this month's winners of Lowe's Heroes, a community outreach
   program where employees partner with local non-profit groups to create a
   community safety project.

                              Safe Within
                           www.safewithin.com

   Visitors here click on different features both within and without an image
   map of a house. Choices include pet safety, child safety, personal safety,
   seasonal safety and, yes, home safety. The latter covers such home safety
   topics as home security, environmental safety and fire safety. And each time
   you check out the home page, a new safety tip appears. Who made this great
   site? According to the FAQ page, five people from academia and the service
   industry put it together, and all simply to "add to your overall sense of
   well-being no matter where you are."

                           Ask Mr. Traffic
                             mrtraffic.com

   Warning: sunglasses required here. This bright, gaudy site is a bit flashy,
   but if you can forgive its flamboyance, you'll enjoy solid, fun animation.
   The first page blasts users with a blinking traffic light; a flashing sign;
   a color photo of your host, "Mr. Traffic" Kenny Morse; and a MIDI version
   of The Beatles tune "Drive My Car." Morse gained his fame while teaching
   at the Improv Traffic School in Los Angeles and is currently the host of
   L.A.-based TV and radio call-in shows. Navigation here is not always a
   cinch, but keep exploring and you'll find articles on teen driving,
   carjacking, drowsy driving, road kill, stolen cars, drunk driving, cellular
   phones, child car safety, air bag information and the latest crash figures
   from the American Traffic Safety Association.

          National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
                           www.nhtsa.dot.gov

   Nothing says driving safety like the smiling face of a crash dummy -- your
   first encounter here. Choose between two main categories: people and cars.
   The former holds forth on injury prevention, crashes, driver performance,
   and communication and outreach. The "car" section breaks into four main
   categories: safety problems, testing results, regulations and standards, and
   research. Your best bet is the section called "Buying a Safer Car," which
   helps you do just that.

                             Medicine Net
                          www.medicinenet.com

   Created by a network of physicians, Medicine Net is chock full of
   well-written, easy-to-understand medical advice, including an excellent
   section on first aid. You can bone up on bumps and bruises, cuts, scrapes,
   puncture wounds, burns, dental injuries, frostbite, floods and earthquakes.
   If your version of sound medical care is slathering butter on a burn, you
   need to make an appointment for this site right away.

                            Healthy Living
  www.healthanswers.com/health_answers/search_get_answer/forums/safety

   As part of the Health Answers Web site, the American Academy of Family
   Physicians and McCall's Family Circle have put together an extensive index
   of first aid information. The page goes over cuts, bruises and burns, but
   also brings up situations you might not think about until faced with them,
   such as emergency childbirth delivery, human bites and fainting. It also
   provides a detailed database of injuries and treatments. Nothing here
   presumes to replace the advice of a physician; in fact, it=s regularly
   encouraged to talk to your doctor.

   Of course, just because the National Safety Council has singled out June
   to celebrate safety, doesn't mean it's hats and horns for the rest of the
   year.
   Safety has no expiration date, and the sites here can help you think safety
   not only this month, but any month, anytime.