September 14, 2004 Health Officials Stress the Importance of Generator Safety

- Because of the continual threat of tropical storms and hurricanes, many Louisiana residents purchase individual, gas-powered, generators to provide power to their
homes in the event of an outage. However, every year, many die or are hospitalized, due to improper and unsafe usage of generators. The Department of Health urges
residents to read all accompanying instructions and to adhere to the following safety instructions:

Avoid Electrocution.

Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham, M.D.

Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein

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