SAM Coverage
Departments: Risk & Safety
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Rules of Thumb
Dale’s primer on rigging haul ropes explains the minimum specs required for using gear on haul ropes of different diameters. He also explains the…
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The End Page
Taking Aim at Insurance is the umbrella headline for three items: a cartoon about poorly placed warning signs; an item about a humourous, yet…
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Wrap-up of Safety Awareness Week
The article is an overview of what happened regionally during the NSAA’a Safety Awareness Week of January 15-22.
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NSAA’s Poster Contest Gets Kids Involved
This is a one-page layout of some of the winning posters from the NSAA’s inaugural safety poster contest that targeted kids. It drew 148…
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Children’s Safety Poster Contest
The cover image is an entry from the NSAA’s children’s safety poster contest. The colorful rendition of a snowboarder wearing a helmet calls attention…
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Programs: Boarding for Kids
This piece describes the non-profit Chill organization set up by Jake Burton Carpenter that provides inner-city youth with the opportunity to try snowboarding at…
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Heads Up: New National Safety Call to Action
A story about the NSAA’s recent kickoff of its Safety Initiative 2000 to help ski areas educate guests about the Your Responsibility Code. It…
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Alcohol-Server Training Reduces Risk
With a sidebar on the Top 10 tips for safe service, this piece talks about proper training and how it will lead to reduced…
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Vail’s Amazing Turnaround
This is the story of Vail’s efforts to rebuild and open on time after the arson fires of October 19, 1998 burned four lifts,…
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CPSC and Helmet Use
This editorial endorses the NSAA position that individuals should be able to choose whether to wear helmets and objects to the Consumer Product Safety…