2015 Photo of the Week #46 (Why signs are NEVER enough!)
This is an IMPROPERLY wired disconnect switch. Suspicions are that it was done on purpose so that management could not recognize the machine was still powered on while maintenance/servicing was taking place. But if ALL workers did not know about this and just turned the switch off and did NOT verify zero energy this could
HAZCOM labeling is not intended to be a “process of elimination”!!!!
One day a safety professional was walking his job site when he came across two workers using a forklift and stack of pallets unsafely. He/She intervened and instrcuted the workers and their supervisor that they would need to use the forklift basket to lift the worker(s) safely. They all agreed and the safety professional went