Photo of the Week

Workers hang by their PFAS after the hydraulic arm of their under bridge inspection man lift collapsed.  Just another good reason to wear your PFAS when in a telescopic boom lift! 

This was sent to me stating this is an actual contractor marketing photo in their “contractor safety packet”!  A member had just received it in their contractor evaluation process.  How many OSHA compliance issues can you find in this one photo?  Do you see a more safe way they could go about doing this project?

PLEASE NOTE this is NOT a SAFTENG client, but the photo was submitted by a consultant. Signs your Safety Audit may be off to a bad start!  NOTE: issues were fixed immediately and audit turned out to be very successful in educating the facility.  This company has become one of our favorite (unlisted) clients!!! On

This week’s photo is a bit different.  It is from my archives and one I use in my Flammable Liquids training courses.  For those of have attended my training courses or a PHA’s on a flammable liquids process have seen my video of a very similar “tank launching” incident.  The picture shows what happens when

A little different photo of the week!!!   The date code indicates when the hat was molded. Date codes are molded into the hat shell and they specify the following: Day Month, and Year the hat or cap was molded The large arrow inside the “Month / Year” circle points to the month, and the two

I took this photo last week at a company, which I will not name, where they were using a chain as a safety lanyard on the harness for the stock picker.  The operator demonstrated it for me and did not mind being photographed wearing it!  I refused to assess the applicant for his license until