Snowballs, Butterflies and Safety
Getting your organization's safety culture going in the
right direction can be like a snowball or a butterfly.
Now, you may ask, what does safety have to do with
either one of those things?
Most of us have built a snowman or made snowballs.
It's not hard to understand that a snowball grows as it
rolls whether it's being pushed or is rolling on its own
momentum. Without the benefit of a scientific
explanation, snow adheres to the snowball as it rolls
and it grows and grows. We've all seen cartoons with
a character running downhill as a snowball careens
out of control, looming larger and larger.
Then there is the so called, "Butterfly Effect."
Hazard Bulletin: Forklift on a Trailer
What are the hazards?
When an operator hauls a load, the responsibility for
not losing the load on the highway is his or hers. In
this case, the forklift becomes a hazard to the public
because of the forklift is not properly tied down.
Certainly anyone who has been trained to haul heavy
equipment (and I still retain my CDL) can see how this
operator might think this load is safe. However, a load
like this can lead to serious injuries to the public and
damage to equipment and property.
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Come to my Kansas City area HRC Workshop and stay for the PDC
What is a PDC? It is the Professional Development
Conference for the Heartland ASSE Chapter. I will be
keynoting that conference the day after my Hazard
Recognition and Control Workshop. This is a great
opportunity to attend some great safety trainning.
52 Weeks of Safety - Vol. 2, Week 2
I recently my friend Bill called me with a safety
problem. He operates a shop where he works on
airplanes at the airport where I keep my Cessna 182
airplane. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
had been to his small job to inspect it for among other
things, safety. They one issue that had to do with
housekeeping. Being a guy who never throws
anything away that he might need, Bill had a fine
collection of new and partially used aerosol spray
paint cans, lubricants, and cleaners on an open shelf
Are you a safety hero?
Heroes abound in the safe water landing of US
Airways flight 1549 on January 16, 2009 in the Hudson
River: the flight crew, the New York Waterways ferry
operators and other watercraft operators, police and
fire rescue teams, the Red Cross and other first
responders as well as the 155 passengers. The
whole event has been dubbed "the miracle on the
Hudson". This is a great event - one in which many
things went well. Even without having the benefit of a
full investigation and report, there are many lessons
that we can learn from. Here are just a few things to
consider.
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