The Last Thing Many Fish See [PIC]

Underwater photographer Eric Cheng, who has spent the last eight years getting up close to the sharks of the Bahamas, took these magnificant photos. This is a lemon shark. The last thing many creatures of the sea will see. More pics this way...


Divers with bait for the lemon sharks swim among them under the MV Shear Water at tiger beach.



Useless: The longest lemon shark recorded was 13 ft long, but they are usually 8 to 10 ft (3.0 m). They like tropical water, and like to stay at moderate depths. Lemonsharks are often accompanied by Remoras.





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Tribute To Workplace Safety [VIDEO]

What Is Workplace Safety?

Addressing Safety and Health Hazards in the Workplace
Job Hazard Analysis
Workplace Safety Program
Workplace Injury and Illness Prevention
Size Doesn’t Matter
Create ownership of the program
Measure Performance
Resources
Workplace Safety Definitions
Safety and Health Program Checkup

What is it about people, an office, or a work scenario that causes accidents? The U.S. Census Bureau reported in the year 2000 that the following general categories of causes resulted in fatal work injuries:

Transportation — 43%
Assaults & violent acts — 16%
Contacts with objects — 17%
Falls — 12%
Exposure to harmful substances or environment — 8%
Fires — 3%
Other — 1%
Some of the factors associated with accidents and loss have been identified as those relating to management style and beliefs, human resource policies, operational procedures, and storage of supplies and merchandise. Let us examine how each of these factors contributes to workplace accidents.



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These People Have a Death Wish [PICS]

I got nothing.




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