Electrocution Are Industrial Workers at Risk?

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Did you know that, according to the Bureau Labor of Statistics, electrical currents killed 1,738 workers from 2003 to 2010? Damaged and frayed wiring, tangled cables, and overloaded circuits can result in electrical shorts, fire, or sometimes even worker injury or death. What simple tools promote occupational safety?

Cable Glands and Threaded Standoffs

Keeping wiring and electrical currents safe depends on insulation and sometimes separating or isolating electrical parts. Cable glands, for example, fit over the ends of cables to safely and securely connect them to various equipment and industrial machinery. Cable glands, also commonly referred to as cable connectors, are available in plastic, stainless steel, and brass. A number of different styles and sizes can be purchased to best ser

Glide Up Stairs in Your Wheelchair

Home chair lift

If you are unable to move around without the help of an assistive device like a wheelchair, you understand the importance of mobility for people with a handicap. You need to be able to get around your house, and in and out of buildings, cars, and stores just like everyone else. There are different products that are designed to aid people who require extra help for this reason. Many wheel-chair friendly minivans have either a ramp, which is less expensive, or a powered lift to help people get in and out of a the vehicle. The inclined plane of a ramp allows someone to wheel themselves or be wheeled into a car, or a building without struggling with stairs. In a house, some people install Continue Reading

The Often Forgotten, yet Important Factor of Online Marketing

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The marketing industry has recently been moving away from traditional marketing strategies, and towards newer strategies involving online marketing methods. There are many reasons for this change, and most of it is due to traditional marketing efforts such as television, radio, and billboard advertisements simply not being as effective, or as measurable as the opposing online marketing strategies. According to the Search Engine Journal (SEJ), only about 18% of television advertisement campaigns return a positive ROI. Comparatively, the SEJ reports that about 81% of businesses who use online marketing efforts such as blogging, consider the method to be a valuable marketing effort. On average, businesses that blog have an estimated 434% more indexed pages online than those who do not — generating more

Cutting-Edge Digital Camera Technology

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When you consider the pervasiveness of digital cameras — particularly cellphone cameras — it’s hard to believe that only a century ago color photography was brand new. Actually, color photography during that time was horribly inefficient, unreliable, and expensive. Unless you were among a select few professional photographers you wouldn’t even have access to color photography; and you probably wouldn’t have wanted to.

Today, the average person can take hundreds of photos at will without spending a penny. As we all know, photo paper is pretty much unnecessary for the typical person with a camera phone. This is because social media websites and online photo albums make it more practical, convenient, and cheaper to view your digital photos online than to pay to have them printed. In fact, online shari

Three Helpful Benefits of Urgent Care

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Did you know that on average, children catch between six and 10 colds per year? In addition, 5-20% of Americans come down with the flu each year. It is common to catch illnesses and suffer from other minor conditions, so urgent care has emerged as a helpful way to treat these types of issues. Since 20% of visits to hospital emergency rooms could actually be treated at urgent care, there are several benefits of visiting the nearest walk in clinic for care.

1. Short wait times. Urgent care facilities operate on a walk in basis, so they generally have shorter wait times than emergency rooms. In fact, 57% of patients wait 15 minutes or less to be seen, and 80% of all visits are completed in 60 minutes or less. Due to short wait times, urgent care is a convenient way to receive immediate medical treatment.

More Bang for Your Buck Get Cheap Auto Insurance

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Finding affordable auto insurance can be quite a task. With millions of drivers hitting the road every day, the chances of an accident happening are always high. The subsequent high car insurance prices make getting cheap auto insurance seem almost impossible. This could account for the 16 percent of drivers who are uninsured. But driving without car insurance can be dangerous, and extremely costly if you are in an accident or need car repair. The best thing to do is research different car insurance providers and compare insurance quotes to find out which company gives you the best deal.

Insurance companies take many things into account when they give you a quot

Social Media Experts and SEO Experts Offering Businesses Ways to Optimize Their Presence Online

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It is no secret at all that running a business is a lot of hard work. There is so much that a business owner has to be responsible for and it can quickly become difficult to manage everything. Regardless of what type of business they run, the goal of every business owner is to see as much success as possible. But with the market as competitive as it is today, this can be a daunting challenge. Standing out among the competition is the key to success. To find a product or service today, most people search online to find a business that can offer it. With so many options to choose from, consumers are enjoying the benefits of the abundance of business. However, many businesses are struggling for the same reason because they cannot stand out from their competition. In the state of Missouri, Continue Reading

Do You Have a Disability? Get the Benefits You Deserve!

Phoenix social security disability lawyer

If you look at your pay stub, you will notice that for every pay period, a certain amount of money is taken out for social security. Social security is a fund that workers pay into. This fund is accessed when workers have social security disabilities that keep them from being able to work. Social Security disabilities work credits are calculated according to your total annual wages or yearly self employment wages. You can earn up to four social security disabilities work credits annually.

Social security disabilities benefits are disbursed from the time you file a claim until you are deemed capable of working by a medical professional. The percentage of disabled worker benefits paid to disabled people older than aged 45 increased from approximately 67 percent to 76 percent between 1