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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 17, 1999 Community Protective eyewear is key at work More than 1,000 eye injuries of various types occur everyday, accordingto Prevent Blindness Utah, Each year 100,000 of these injuries will cause vision loss. March is National Workplace Eye Safety Month for Prevent Blindness. During March 19S9,PreventBlindnes3 is encouraging employers and employees alike to prevent eye injuries in the workplace. The organization offers free literature on workplace eye safety, including facts on workplace eye injuries, tips to prevent and avoid accidents, as well as recommendations for proselecting industrial-grad- e tective eyewear. A recent survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that three out of five workers who suffered an eye injury were not wearing eye protection. Of work-relate- d those who wore eye protection, 40 percent wore the wrongkind. With the use of protective eyewear 90 percent of workplace eye injuries are preventable, added Colleen Malouf, president and CEO at Prevent Blindness Utah. As part of N ational Workpl ace Eye Safety Month, Prevent Blindness is also celebratingthe 50 th Anniversary ofWise Owl, a national, incentive and education program to help employers encourage workplace eye safety. To date, Wise Owl has recognized more than 84,000 people nationally whose sight was saved in an accident because they wore proper eye protection. Membership information is available by contacting Prevent Blindness Utah at (801)524-202- 0 or on the Internet at www.preventblindness.org. Utah Beef Improvement Association Mohave Community College offers technician certification register for the course so that covered for recycling or reclaim- they can begin studying for the exam. For this reason, students ing. As a result of these regula- must register in person at the tions, all refrigeration techni- Mohave Valley Campus and telecians must be trained in the re-- , phone registration will not be covery of CFCs and HCFCs and offered as an option for this workthey must be certified by having shop. Refrigeration and electronics successfully passed an EPA apfaculty member Bob Hall, will proved test. By successfully completing provide the instruction for the Mohaves workshop, refrigera- workshop and will serve as the to 5 p.m. tion technicians can satisfy the fully authorized certification test On July 1, 1992, section 608 EPA requirements and be in full proctor. Students will complete their training and the EPA apof the Federal Clean Air Act, compliance with the law. Enrollment in this workshop proved technician test within the made it illegal for anyone to Mohave Community College will once again offer its carbonfluorocarbon (CFC) technician certification workshop at the Mohave Valley Campus in Bullhead City. The workshop, Technician Certification (REF 052), will be held on Saturday, March 27, in room 403 at the campus, located at 3400 Highway 95. 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New Environmen- shop is $75.. The Student Study tal Protection agency (EPA) Guide for the workshop will be regulations also require that given to students as soon as they 12:30 p.m. PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Salina, Utah P is limited and is on a first-comfirst-serve- Saturday, March 20th r. and CFC these refrigerants must be Wholesale Medical Supplies Bull Test Sale 14 i Utah mini riVOtl, IflC. (43 S) . , it Ak premier steel 20', 40 & 48 Units workshop. In addition to the eight-hou- r workshop, a test-onl- y option will also be offered to students. This option is available at a cost of $35, but does not include any of the instruction or training materials. Students will simply pay the fee and immediately take the exam. To afford students the greatest likelihood of success, I highly recommend enrollment in the entire workshop, said Hall. 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