77.1605(b) A Adequate brakes 77.404 c L LOTO 77.1710(g) W Wear fall protection 77.1606(a) A Always do a Pre-op 77.1607(g) Y You should signal before moving 77.1710(i) S Seatbelts 77.405(b) B Block raised machinery 77.1607(n) E Equipment shall be chocked & brakes set 77.404(a) S Safe operating condition must be maintained 77.1000 A Always remember…...
My neighbor works in a misc. metal fab shop. He was working a hydraulic press to bend steel. He was complacent and tired and made a mistake by positioning his finger too close to the press while bending a small piece of steel. He has insurance but had to go to Maricopa County Hospital for…...
Unlike a television shootout, serious accidents cause real anguish and suffering. So real and vivid that those involved rarely forget the flow of blood, the broken limbs or the screams of pain. Any accident without injury, though, is more like the bloodless, painless fakery of television violence. Without sense or propose in the drama and…...
Most of us have the necessary knowledge and experience to do our jobs and we don’t want to hurt ourselves or others. Why, then, do we often ignore our good friend “safe practices” and set ourselves or others up for an accidental injury? Carbon monoxide can kill – but we sometimes work in a closed…...
By far, the single most important aspect is the personal interaction with the hourly employee is in “Their Comfort Zone” (e.g. their work area). Come to them on their terms, watch and absorb , don’t judge. Take off the “Production Hat” and become human for an instant. Watch the work task being performed in it’s…...
Excuses Heard After Someone Gets Hurt! Bullet Aiming Toward an Accident/Incident I was hot. I was cold. I was tired. I got distracted. I was in a hurry. The PPE is too hot. I did not notice that. I did not know any better. I was not properly trained. I was not paying attention…....
(Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. 3. Since light…...
On August 30, 2003 a mobile equipment operator was injured while working at a surface coal mine. The miner was operating a Hitachi hydraulic shovel when a 35-foot wide by 35-foot high section of the highwall toppled onto the operator’s cab, pinning him inside. The victim was removed from the shovel and transported to a hospital where…...
When you read the below, it is a success story for two people. We don’t always hear these. If you have these stories, let’s share them with each other and if we have people who take the extra step to protect human lives, let’s recognize them also, not for taking chances, but for working safely…...
A non fatal accident occurred recently where a contract employee was performing maintenance on an operating chemical fluid pump, mounted under a Mack delivery truck, when he became entangled in the P. T. O. shaft. The injury resulted in a compound fracture of the humerus bone with avulsions of the muscle tissue of the left…...
Two mechanics, traveling in separate trucks went to the dragline to trouble shoot a problem with the dragline. This required them to drive around the front of the dragline beneath the boom fairleads and along the edge of the spoil embankment. Because of the dragline’s location near the embankment edge, the dragline operator had to…...
When cleaning grease or other materials off of the different type parts, do you recognize what is going on in the atmosphere? Is there a build up of the clean up material? Do you let the build up of the material dissipate in the atmosphere before doing any type hot work? Did you remove any…...
