Tag: Occupational Safety
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Site Orientation
Where do you go in an emergency? Who is your supervisor? Where do you lock out? What has been locked out? How do you report an incident or unsafe conditions? Where do you take your breaks? What Personal Protective Equipment(PPE) is required? What specialized PPE is needed? It you cannot answer these questions and more…
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“I don’t need any training to work there.”
Had someone take some training with me, they had taken some other training with someone else, sent those certificates to a prospective employer. The prospective told the student that those certifications were not good enough, The training and certificates had to be from a respected industry body. The student was upset, the had paid good…
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Capacity
Bad safety reduces capacity. Good safety maintains capacity. Great safety increases capacity.
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Safety (& Life?) Success
Can you describe your plan? Can you write it down? Can you recognize when something has changed? Can you describe the change? Can you adapt or change your plan? Can you write that down? Repeat.
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The Sleeping Bags in My Dad’s Truck
When I was a little kid my Dad worked as a pipeline superintendent. After he came on time my sister and I decided to check out his truck while he slept. There were always something new, toys, tools, etc. One time we found these nifty sleeping bags behind the seat, they had a zipper in…
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What I Like About Being a Safety Professional
It is the easiest job I have ever had. I explain the painfully obvious to the blissfully ignorant. I read acts, regulations, codes, owner’s manuals, corporate codes of practice, safe work practices, safe work procedures, permits, etc and explain what they mean. If they do not make sense to me there are hundreds of resources…
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Bare Minimum
There is a bare minimum that you have to do, brush your teeth, bathe, eat, … At work there is a bare minimum for safety: Pre-use inspection of equipment Be fit for work Arrive on time Do not go into areas you are not supposed to Pay attention to what you and others are doing…
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Comfort and Safety
Complacency is comfortable, safety is to bring you out of your complacency. Safety is not comfortable.
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Incomplete Information
One of the retorts I often hear in safety is, “I know what I am doing, I’ve been doing it for ‘x’ years” or “This is the way we’ve always done it and now you’re telling me it’s wrong.” This is usually points to a problem of incomplete information. My job is not to do…
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What Safety Does for Us
Safety is the process to make things better. To anticipate problems to avoid them and things will run smoother. If safety is getting in the way, you are doing it wrong and that is on you.