1. We resolve…to accept responsibility for our safety and to help others around us do the same. Each person must examine his/her attitude towards safety. Do we recognize that we must take responsibility for our own safety or do we think that “stuff just happens?” We have a lot of control over what happens to…...
What if we worked ten million (10,000,000) hours without an injury, but after careful analysis we recognize that we also work zero (0) hours without taking a chance. In other words not an hour in each work day or not one work day passes without at least one worker deviating from standard safety procedure, taking…...
Given the level of occupational hazards in our workplace during normal weather, wet and rainy weather is bound to dramatically increase the risk of accidents. A good spell of rain lasting only 30 minutes is enough to create several puddles and make the ground slippery rendering it unstable. All the mud and slush can seriously…...
The crew felt the pressure to get things done fast, and the supervisor did, too. The job was to pick truck parts from a series of tall storage racks in the warehouse and rush them out to the front counter, where hurried customers and impatient sales staff waited. Because of the hurry-up atmosphere, the supervisor…...
As I go to work today Lord keep me safe is what I Pray, Guard me from a short cut that I may take Please keep me wise and out of harm’s way, Help me be strong and choose what’s right That I may avoid a terrible plight, I want to see my wife tonight…...
Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car! If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt. Keep your kids safe. They’ll choose your nursing home. If everything comes your way, you are in the wrong lane. Have another day! Anger is one letter away from Danger. Drive gently. If you can’t be…...
Not Walking the Talk Actions really do speak louder than words when it comes to safety. All the slogans, posters and tool box talks in the world won’t make a difference if we act in a different way to what we say. By always being a model of safe work and rule compliance, we can…...
Stick to our values. Companies that perform well on safety measures are more likely to be high performers in other areas too. This suggests that having an overall operational strategy for high performance can extend to safety issues, and possibly too that safety performance has a positive impact on general operational performance. Knowing that this…...
This is the story about 4 people named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY. There was an unsafe condition in the workplace and Everybody was sure that Somebody would report it. Anybody could have reported it, but Nobody did. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s responsibility (job). EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could report it & surely thought that…...
In todays society my kids are always being asked to “pledge” their allegiance to some type of cause, wheter it be to say NO to drugs, NO to bullying, YES to the Honor Roll, etc. we, as adults and parents, are always placing some type of demand on our children. Well here is our chance…...
I failed a Health and Safety course at work today. One of the questions was: “In the event of a fire, what steps would you take?” “Really big ones” was apparently the wrong answer…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands . . . Plump was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from…...
