How to Stay Focused on Safety When Times are Tough
When the economy is in a slide, as it is now,
executives in virtually all industries start asking
managers to cut budgets and spending. Once that
effort begins, everyone from the individual contributors
to the top executives starts getting anxious. Stop and
think about it - before you started reading this article,
you likely had a conversation sometime today about
the economy and your concerns: your job continuity,
your retirement funding, your mortgage interest rate, or
some other personal economic factor. It's not hard to
imagine that workers in hazardous industries have the
same worries. And when workers' minds are on
anything other than the task at hand, the risk to their
well-being goes up. A wandering mind will continue
to drift away from the work until something happens to
52 Weeks of Safety: Week 46
WEEK 46 Eye-Protection
---------------------QUESTIONS------------------
1. When must side protection be provided?
a) Always
b) In areas designated by the company
c) Where there is a possibility of flying objects
d) Both b & c
2. Which of the following would be considered a
specially designed eye-protection?
a) Automatic tint safety glasses
b) Hard hat attached face shield
c) Clear wrap around safety glasses
d) Light radiation safety glasses
Safety Ethics: Some Situations Create Serious Complications
When it comes to safety, some situations and the
decisions related to them cause serious
complications and long-term consequences. To
make my point a little easier, consider this all too
familiar situation.
You are sitting in your easy chair with your favorite
drink (pick one) watching the game, movie, TV show,
etc. and the phone rings. Your six year old child
protégée is sitting on the floor playing with his favorite
toy and your spouse is relaxing comfortably, hoping
nothing disturbs the nice quiet evening at home. Then
the phone rings-- you and your spouse exchange a
look, each hoping the other will answer the phone.
Your spouse goes to pick up the phone and you
The Gamble of a Lifetime
You Bet Your Life
It's getting a little ridiculous - all everyone is talking
about is their 401Ks and their stock market
investments. The cable news networks have to stock
exchange board on the screen all day long. Every talk
radio host is pontificating about the financial
meltdown and how bad it can get. Of course,
everyone is concerned. I am too. But you know what?
We can't as individuals do a lot about these things.
We just don't have a lot of control other than about
decisions concerning whether to continue to invest or
not. It's all a bit of a gamble, don't you think. But
there's one other big gamble that we face every day -
and we have a lot more control over it. That's our
personal safety.
Extension Cord Safety Video
In this video Carl talks about electrical cords and what
you can do to make them safer at work and home.
Protect Your Hearing Video
Here is just another safety video for you to use in
safety meetings or however you wish... just trying to
help where I can.
Carl
PS: Got a subject idea? Email me.
Is Your Attitude Hazardous to Your Health?
Why does a worker make the decision to bypass a
safeguard, take a shortcut or not wear personal
protective equipment? Such unsafe behavior often
leads to injury - to the employee or someone else. A
safety director in a utility once remarked, "We don't
work in a dangerous workplace, we work in a
hazardous workplace that we make dangerous by not
following safety procedures and wearing our PPE."
When workers make decisions that change their
workplace
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