Photo of the Week

A little fun this week.  After four straight weeks of auditing, this is what safety professionals feel like…

What is wrong with this photo???  Well… no body-harness,  the rescue rope, and having it tied around the waist of the entrant.  Sadly, this photo is from the official IL EPA Underground Storage tank website.  Click Read More below to see the full-size image or the IL EPA link.  THANKS to “Mike” for sharing.

Transporting Mini-Excavators Lessons to be Learned:(15 photos)

When someone tells you that all my shockers are from 3rd world countries and that workers in the USA would never do anything that outrageous… consider the photo below.  Would using a cardboard box that once contained flammable liquids as your welding face shield qualifies as outrageous!  We were shocked at the newspaper and cellophane

UNREAL!  Many thanks to Bob Cornett @ MSHA and his Safety Sharing Group for this shocker photo.

Want proof that employers are not worried about safety citations?  Below is a photo taken right outside an MSHA office.  Notice the rig to the left in the photo and the contractor walking by the MSHA Office sign.  You have to wonder if this same company would dump oil down a storm drain in an

I wonder how many safety pro’s have thought about this hazard when doing a JSA on loading/unloading trucks.

Not to make light of a very serious hazard, I just could not resist passing this on.  You know it is time to implement your heat safety program, when…

Photo’s of trench. One is the trench on day one. It’s 11 feet deep and water is in the bottom 2 feet. The other trench photo is a huge cave-in that happened 24 hours after the trench was dug. But the trench box saved the guy’s life.   Please do not use my company name