Safety Tidbits 3/5/08

KEEP SMILING…
-If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
-If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
-If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
-If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world.
-If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace...you are among the top 8% of the World's wealthy.
-If your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada. If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read.

So go for it – Live life and appreciate it. Things could be a lot worse.

Never lose your sense of humor
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think. -Clarence Darrow

Safety Warrants Repeating
Repetition is good…it helps us learn. That is why we have annual refresher training and review the same information time after time. Some folks take a while to get it and the rest of us have to re-learn everything we forgot we knew. And us safety folks are GREEN so we like to Recycle!
-Fall Protection – 100% tie-off is required
-The chest strap of a harness must be clipped and the proper position is at the nipple line (unless you want a broken neck).
-Most lanyards are not made to tie back to themselves (the square head is one of the few designed for this application). Use a cross arm strap if you need one.
Inspect harnesses and lanyards annually.
-Self Retracting Lifeline cables should be retracted when not in use (so they are not exposed to the elements and need to be inspected too.
-Lock it out EVERY TIME! –One lock with tag for every person at risk.
-Thousands suffer serious injury every day…because they didn’t think they needed to lock it out!
-Give Blood… and Make a difference in someone’s life
-Buckle Up – Seat belts save lives

Get excited!
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Ralph Waldo Emerson