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(Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 8)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/whats-your-facilitys-emergency-plan-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-8) ## [Disposable Clothing: Good For More Than Keeping You Clean (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 7)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/disposable-clothing-wear-once-and-throw-it-out-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-7) ## [Proactive VS Reactive: Reassess Your Safety Program Regularly (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 6)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/proactive-versus-reactive-why-you-should-reassess-your-safety-program-regularly-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-6) ## [Lockout Tagout - Avoiding Wood Chipper Mishaps (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 5)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/lockout-tagout-and-avoiding-wood-chipper-mishaps-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-5) ## [When I Shoulda Wore A Respirator: A Trip Down Memory Lane (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 4)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/when-i-shoulda-wore-a-respirator-a-trip-down-memory-lane-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-4) ## [The Blue Collar Guide To Work Boot Terminology](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/the-blue-collar-guide-to-work-boot-terminology) ## [Improve Jobsite Safety Today With Foot Protection Facts!](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/improve-jobsite-safety-today-with-these-foot-protection-facts) ## [Launching our new boots only website! (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 3)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/launching-the-new-boots-only-website-safety-tales-podcast-season-3-episode-3) ## [PPE Roundup (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 2)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/ppe-roundup-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-2) ## [Sorbents and Flammable Cabinets (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 1)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/sorbents-and-flammable-cabinets-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-1) ## [7 Things You Didn’t Know About Hard Hat Safety: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-hard-hat-safety-bacons-safety-tip) ## [Protect Your Noggin: Lessons in Hard Hat Safety](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/protect-your-noggin-lessons-in-hard-hat-safety) ## [Heat Stress: Beating the PU Factor...and staying alive: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 22](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/watch-out-passive-fall-protection-tool-tethers-safety-tales-podcast-episode-19-0-0) ## [10 Most Dangerous Jobs of 2018: Bacon Edition: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 21](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/10-most-dangerous-jobs-bacon-edition) ## [Why Do You Hate Me, Little Bug? How to free your worksite from pests: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-how-to-free-your-worksite-from-pests) ## [Hi-Viz, dumb drivers and other construction site mishaps: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 20](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/watch-out-passive-fall-protection-tool-tethers-safety-tales-podcast-episode-19-0) ## [Watch Out! Passive Fall Protection & Tool Tethers: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 19](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/watch-out-passive-fall-protection-tool-tethers-safety-tales-podcast-episode-19) ## [Why arc flash is the most catastrophic thing at your workplace: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 18](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/arc-flash-hot-work-welding-oh-my-how-to-avoid-a-hot-spark-in-your-eye-safety-tales-podcast-s2-episode-8) ## [Gravity ain’t your friend: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 16](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gravity-aint-your-friend-use-the-right-fall-protection-or-suffer-the-consequence-safety-tales-podcast-s2-episode-7) ## [PPE is the Last Line of Defense - Not First: Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 5](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-season-2-episode-15-ppe-is-the-last-line-of-defense-not-first) ## [Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 4: How not to tick off your co-workers on the jobsite](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-season-2-episode-14-how-not-to-piss-off-your-co-workers-on-the-jobsite) ## [Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 13: Choosing the right hand protection](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/choosing-the-right-hand-protection) ## [Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 12: Are you the ‘Come On, Man!’ of Safety? ](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/are-you-the-come-on-man-of-safety-safety-tales-podcast-s2-e2) ## [Screw Baselines and Redefine Safety: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 11](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/the-quad-city-safety-origin-story-screw-baselines-and-redefine-safety-in-your-company-safety-tales-podcast-s2-e1) ## [Walking Work Surfaces Facts You Must Know: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 10](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-10) ## [Stories of safety professionals who are hellbent on raising the bar: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 9](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-9) ## [Avoid the Boom with Gas Calibration (and other good advice): Safety Tales Podcast Episode 8](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-8) ## [Why Would A Safety Company Launch a Podcast?: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 7](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-7-0) ## [Ear Protection Choices That Won't Make You Go "Huh": Safety Tales Podcast Episode 6](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-6) ## [Choosing a Better Shoe for the Industrial Athlete: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 5](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-5-insudtrial-athletes-your-shoes-matter) ## [First Aid or Whiskey and Duct Tape in Construction?: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 4](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-4-first-aid-for-construction-sites) ## [Filling the Gaps in Eye Protection: Safety Tales Episode 3](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-episode-3-eye-protection) ## [Growing Up Not Growing Old – PPE for Chronic vs. Acute Hazards: Safety Tales Episode 2](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-2-chronic-acute-hazards) ## [Don't Be A Fall Protection Failure: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 1](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-1-fall-protection) ## [Should’ve worn a hard hat, you ain’t right in the head: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-shouldve-worn-a-hard-hat-you-aint-right-in-the-head) ## [3 Easy Steps to Insert Your Ear Plugs (You’re doing it wrong!): Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-3-easy-steps-to-insert-ear-plugs-youre-doing-it-wrong) ## [Protect your Piggies with Electric Hazard Foot Protection: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-protect-your-piggies-with-electric-hazard-foot-protection) ## [How to Calculate Fall Clearance (It’s simple math!): Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-how-to-calculate-fall-clearance-its-just-simple-math) ## [Confined Space and Gas Detection Terminology: Stop being scared and start being prepared](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/confined-spaces-and-gas-detection-devices-terminology) ## [Confined Spaces: What are they and why are they so dangerous?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/confined-spaces-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-so-dangerous) ## [Gas Detection (Sniff out Gases & Snuff out Danger): Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-detection-sniff-out-gases-snuff-out-danger) ## [Gas monitor styles and knowing when to use them](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-monitor-styles-and-knowing-when-to-use-them) ## [Bump Test vs Calibration for Gas Detection Monitors: WTF is the Difference?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bump-test-vs-calibration-for-gas-detection-monitors-wtf-is-the-difference) ## [Gas Monitor Calibration: Stop Sending Workers to the Pits of Hell](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-monitor-calibration-requirements-confined-spaces) ## [Head over Heels for Fall Protection: Bacon’s Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-harness) ## [How to Choose the Right Fall Protection...and make your kid’s next t-ball game](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-fall-protection) ## [Clearing Up the Facts about Leading Edge Applications: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-facts-about-leading-edge-applications) ## [Walking Working Surfaces and Fall Protection: Are You OSHA Ready?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/walking-working-surfaces-and-fall-protection-are-you-ready) ## [The Difference in Leading Edge vs. Regular Applications: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/leading-edge-is-different-than-regular-applications-fall-protection) ## [Fall Protection: Training Workers for Leading Edge Applications](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/fall-protection-training-workers-for-leading-edge-applications) ## [Choosing PPE Correctly: Chronic versus Acute Hazards at Work](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/choosing-ppe-correctly-chronic-versus-acute-hazards) ## [Respirator Fit Testing Guide: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacon-safety-tip-respirator-fit-testing) ## [Filling the Gaps 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