So, what do you do when you run out of PIG® Mat? Call 1-800-HOT-HOGS® or visit newpig.com, of course.

Any other options? Apparently, yes … yes, there are.

Check out this story about oil spills, cleanups and 18,000 pounds of hair.

Ewww …

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Sheesh, I guess it never occurred to anyone that pigs can swim.

Here are just a few of the cheesy comments on a page that featured the photo below (taken by Vince Lauro for a contest).

“Related to Chicken of the Sea?”

“Swine cooler”

“When pigs fly … but when pigs swim?”

“Salt pork”

“Bay of pigs”

“Hog paddle”

Come on. I suppose you also think we don’t climb trees.

P.S. Here’s another kind of sea pig.

Here’s a worthwhile page from OSHA aimed at the cleaning industry, including both front-line workers in cleaning and maintenance and suppliers of cleaning products and services.

It includes links to info on health and safety standards, common hazards and related solutions, implementing a health and safety program and more.

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Let’s “paws” for a quick reminder that aside from the occasional birthday cake, there is no place for candles in most workplaces. Churches, restaurants, yes. Your workplace? Think about the hazard that you’re introducing.

Happy 65th Birthday, Smokey Bear! Hope you have no plans to retire! Who else would keep the real time wildfire map up to date?

Take a simple but vital lesson from a story that I just read. I’ll accept it as true because the writer says he saw photographs related to it.

A police officer is chasing an armed robber. The thief pitches his gun. The cop’s shoestring comes loose. He trips on it, hits his head and is knocked out. The criminal circles back, takes the officer’s gun and kills him.

It’s a tragic tale with a common-sense reminder for workers: No shoes, slip-resistant or not, protect against falls if a shoelace is flapping loose. Knot them good.

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Here’s the list. Bravo.

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“Love it or hate it, you remember it.”

You’ll hear those words in this MSNBC story about a company with an unusual name.

• The memorable part of the name consists of two three-letter words
• The name relates to a barnyard animal in a roundabout way
• The name is sometimes considered politically incorrect
• But a lot of people get a big kick out of the name
• The company is best known at industrial sites
• Though more and more, its products are popping up in other settings as well

New Pig? Not in this case, though all of the above apply.

Many Piggers admire this other company and watch it with interest. Its original name was HVLS Fans, but it became much better known as … something else.

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One of our sharp-eyed Pigger programmers, Greg Hill, spotted a PIG® Spill Kit in a 95-Gallon Overpack in a photo taken inside the heavily-guarded Cheyenne Mountain, home to part of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense), which keeps an eye on the sky for nuclear missiles and other threats—but also tracks Santa Claus around the world on Christmas night.

See the Spill Kit there in the foreground? Compare it to the photo below. It’s a style that we haven’t sold in a while. I guess that means that there haven’t been any emergency spills in that section of NORAD recently—but the site operators are standing ready. They’re good at that.