Multiple employees often work on this type of equipment while it’s energized. The whyfors of the need for clearance on all sides are safety driven. Obstructions are a safety hazard to employees and contractors and create longer restoration times. This equipment includes padmount transformers, flush-mounted and small pedestal secondary enclosures, meters and poles. Members sometimes unknowingly place obstructions such as plants, fences, shrubbery and other lawn items that block SECO personnel’s safe access to SECO equipment.įor the safety of SECO Energy employees and contractors, keep the area surrounding electric equipment clear. Attacks on science are a barrier to health, says APHA President José Ramón Fernández-Peña, MD, in this Fresh Perspectives Q&A.SECO Energy is committed to a safe working environment for its employees and contractors.#ICYMI: Advocates are concerned about pandemic-related #alcohol problems and the pandemic-era rollback of alcohol restrictions.Congratulations to Chris Chanyasulkit, who was elected future president of APHA at #APHA2021 today! She will start her term at the end of APHA's 2022 Annual Me….Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted in favor of authorizing the #COVID19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech for children ages 5… Check out the latest from #APHATV as we wrap up #APHA2021! Hear from incoming APHA President Kaye Bender on #ruralhealth and the impacts of the pandemic, Anelle….The most powerful resource in enacting lasting, positive change in #communities are its residents - and the participants in the Healthiest Cities & Counties Cha….It's been 30 years since the first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit started a movement and established principles we follow today.Read about their work and that of Black Millennials 4 Flint, recipient … Improving #environmentalhealth together, two partnerships convened by APHA lead the way.“We need a standardized measurement in isolation and loneliness and a national strategy that supports (mental health),” said the Foundation for Social Connectio….We need to restore Mother Nature to everyone.” Learn how different groups are working to achieve #hea… “There’s been a lack of attention to Black outdoor spaces.We know we can reach our goal of more than a billion collective steps - in fact, last year’s Challenge nearly reached 2 billion steps! 1 to April 10, we hope you’ll get your community involved in participating in the Challenge. The Keep It Moving Challenge is fun, healthy and a great platform for starting larger conversations about the intersections between community design and active living. We’re hoping to create a movement to encourage people to get active every day, even while spending most of our time at home and keeping our physical distance. The COVID-19 pandemic has kept most of us indoors, which has made it harder to stay physically active. The Keep It Moving Challenge supports national health promotion efforts, including the Move Your Way campaign by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to educate the public on the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Let’s start a movement for active communities! No matter how big or small your group will be, we make it easy for you to get people moving. 1 and runs through April 10, the last day of APHA’s celebration of National Public Health Week. You can absolutely keep walking and running as your primary activity this year! By focusing on activities, we can make sure everyone finds a fun way to get moving and compete in the challenge. If you participated in the Billion Steps Challenge in the past, you might be looking for ways to increase your walking, especially as COVID-19 keeps many of us at home. Evidence shows that consistent physical activity helps prevent chronic disease, improve quality of life, maintain mental health and promote healthy aging. You can track any kind of physical activity and convert it into distance to contribute to the challenge. Our goal is to collectively make it from one end of our challenge map to the other by April 10, while getting everyone’s physical activity levels up. You can use our sample marketing materials to invite your whole community to join! We have tools to help you find creative ways to stay active and motivate others in your neighborhood, workplace or congregation. APHA’s Keep It Moving Challenge makes it easy and fun to promote healthy behaviors and physical activity in your community.