ADVISORY/Make this Summer Home Improvement Season a Safe One: MSA Safety Works Safety Bug Arrives in Atlanta to Spread the Word about Home Improvement Safety.Business Editors ADVISORY...June 3 - 10 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004 Did you know that each year more than 200,000 visits to the emergency room are related to yard and garden equipment injuries, including chain saws, lawn mowers and hand garden tools(1); or that hospitals treat more than 25,000 eye injuries annually from power-tool related accidents(2)? With home improvement season upon us, MSA (Metropolitan Service Area) An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs (rural service areas) in the U.S. MSAs and RSAs are used to allocate cellular licenses. , a leading consumer safety products company, wants to educate homeowners about the dangers of not using proper safety gear when doing household projects. To do that, they've sent the MSA Safety Bug to Atlanta from June 3 - 10. The Safety Bug is a customized VW Beetle beetle, common name for insects of the order Coleoptera, which, with more than 300,000 described species, is the largest of the insect orders. Beetles have chewing mouthparts and well-developed antennae. that serves as a mobile education center. It will appear at local Home Depots The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box for demonstrations, and will tool around suburban neighborhoods helping DIY-ers (do-it-yourselfers) stay safe by giving away free safety products. To learn more about the Safety Bug Program and to catch up with the Bug on the road, contact Niki Campbell at 412-310-6882. Or, check out www.safetyworks.com for more information about staying safe this summer. About MSA Safety Works MSA Safety Works, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is the consumer products arm of MSA, the largest company in the world dedicated solely to producing a complete range of protective equipment and systems for the industrial worker. MSA Safety Works offers a comprehensive line of consumer project safety products, including respirators and dust masks, head protection, hearing protectors Hearing protectors are devices designed to prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL), a type of post-lingual hearing impairment.
Protectors was a team of fictional superheroes that starred in the eponymous title published by Malibu Comics. , protective clothing, fall protection equipment and first aid kits, for use in all home improvement projects. MSA Safety Works complete line of safety products can be found in leading home improvement stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , including select Home Depot stores. 1. Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission 2. Source: The American Optometric Association The American Optometric Association (AOA) represents optometrists nationally in the USA. It consists of State Optometric Associations, which are made up of local Optometric Societies. |
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