Week 31/Safety Tip 31
We know are jobs and we know the rules…so what is the problem? Rules are rules and they apply all the time!
We all see unsafe conditions occasionally, but most go unreported…why is that? Think of your co-workers!
Supervisors if someone reports an unsafe condition, you need to take action…are you addressing these issues… if not WHY?
We know speeding is dangerous and wastes gas, but we do it anyway…WHY? Consider the risks!
We tell our teenagers to follow the rules of the road but then we roll through a Stop sign or speed through a red light (with them in the car) because ‘we’re in a hurry.’ What message are we sending them?
We all know an unsafe act when we see one but most of the time we just keep walking…WHY? Watch out for your fellow workers!
Everyone is responsible for housekeeping yet some of us don’t bother to clean up our work areas when we are done…Why is that? Step Up!
We harp on our kids about wearing seat belts, we know they save lives, but we never wear them…Why is that? Buckle Up!
We know the 3-points of contact rule but, some of you ignore this rule when climbing ladders or equipment…WHY? Falls account for more than 10% of workplace fatalites.
We all know horseplay is not allowed on the job, yet it continues…WHY?
We’re adults and need to act like it.
We only have two eyes and two ears but some of us fail to wear PPE consistently…WHY? Just Do it!
Approximately 17 people die and another 17,000 suffer disabling injuries everyday on the job in AMERICA…WHY? Because people are dropping the ball and that gets people hurt. SAFETY- Get off the bench, get into the game…we’re all counting on YOU!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Wear Your Safety Glasses
Everyday an estimated 1,000 eye injuries occur in American workplaces. The financial burden is in excess of $300 Billion. Source: OSHA Fact Sheet
Keep an eye on the Dryer
There is an estimated 15,500 fires, 10 deaths, and 310 injuries a year associated with clothes dryers. Some of these fires occur when lint builds up in the lint trap or in the exhaust duct. To prevent such catastrophes, clean the lint trap regularly and check the exhaust hose occasionally.
Consumer Products Safety Council
Never Quit
“Defeat doesn’t finish a man— quitting does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.” --Richard M. Nixon
Winners vs. Losers
A winner says, “Let’s find out.” A loser says, “Nobody knows.”
If a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong.”
If a loser makes a mistake, he says, “It wasn’t my fault.”
Winners go through a problem to deal with the issue, while losers go around problems to avoid tough issues.
A winner says, “There ought to be a better way to do it.”
A loser says, “That’s the way it’s always been done.”
Source: Good Stuff Vol. 4, No. 41
Stress…it comes with the Job!
“If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job at all.”
Source: Malcolm Forbes
Make Time for Yourself
Find time to relax - read a good book, take a walk, spend time with your kids or find a hobby. This helps reduce stress levels and keeps you healthy.
Source: ‘20 Ways to Manage Stress’ by the Positive Line
Quote of the Week
“If it weren’t for the rocks in its bed the river would have no song.”
--Carl Perkins
Everyday an estimated 1,000 eye injuries occur in American workplaces. The financial burden is in excess of $300 Billion. Source: OSHA Fact Sheet
Keep an eye on the Dryer
There is an estimated 15,500 fires, 10 deaths, and 310 injuries a year associated with clothes dryers. Some of these fires occur when lint builds up in the lint trap or in the exhaust duct. To prevent such catastrophes, clean the lint trap regularly and check the exhaust hose occasionally.
Consumer Products Safety Council
Never Quit
“Defeat doesn’t finish a man— quitting does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.” --Richard M. Nixon
Winners vs. Losers
A winner says, “Let’s find out.” A loser says, “Nobody knows.”
If a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong.”
If a loser makes a mistake, he says, “It wasn’t my fault.”
Winners go through a problem to deal with the issue, while losers go around problems to avoid tough issues.
A winner says, “There ought to be a better way to do it.”
A loser says, “That’s the way it’s always been done.”
Source: Good Stuff Vol. 4, No. 41
Stress…it comes with the Job!
“If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job at all.”
Source: Malcolm Forbes
Make Time for Yourself
Find time to relax - read a good book, take a walk, spend time with your kids or find a hobby. This helps reduce stress levels and keeps you healthy.
Source: ‘20 Ways to Manage Stress’ by the Positive Line
Quote of the Week
“If it weren’t for the rocks in its bed the river would have no song.”
--Carl Perkins
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Scofield Disaster
The mine blast in 1900 killed 200 — the worst calamity of any kind in Utah; each household in town lost someone.By Carma Wadley, Deseret NewsDeseret News Archives:Thursday, April 27, 2000 The world stopped at 10:28 on the morning of May 1, 1900, at Winter Quarters No. 4.
An explosion far inside the mine ignited highly flammable coal dust, which covered mine floors in deep abundance, and sent death and destruction racing through the underground tunnels. And what fire and falling debris did not destroy, the perilous "afterdamp," a combination of poison gases and lack of oxygen, did.
At first those on the outside, who heard only a dull thud, thought the sound had something to do with town festivities planned for later on to celebrate May Day.
But the realization soon hit that there would be no celebrating that day -- nor for a long time to come in the mining town perched on the hills just above Scofield in Carbon County.
As the count of what the next day's Deseret News headlined "Death's Awful Harvest at Winter Quarters" mounted, it became clear that the scope of the disaster was almost beyond comprehension, larger than any other mining calamity seen before in the state -- or the nation.
"Every house, without exception, is a house of mourning," wrote the paper, "and every household is preparing to receive its dead. The awful scene of yesterday had passed away when the day dawned this morning and the awful calm of despair had taken its place."
In that "awful calm" the numbers reached staggering heights: At least 200 men killed, leaving 107 widows, 270 fatherless children. Families decimated: fathers, brothers, sons gone; uncles, nephews, cousins, in-laws all lost.
There were more bodies than there were caskets in the state, so 75 caskets had to be brought in from Denver. Victims' bodies were lined up under sheets. No mining community anywhere in the country had ever suffered such horror, and shock waves shook the entire country.
(Sadly, since then, other mining disasters have occurred; the Winter Quarters blast now ranks fifth on the all-time national list. But it remains the worst disaster of any kind in Utah.)
President William McKinley wired his condolences: "I desire to express my intense sorrow upon learning of the terrible calamity which has occurred at Scofield, and my deep sympathy with the wives, children and friends of the unfortunate victims of the explosion."
Read more at www.kued.org/.../images/frames/frame_encl.gif
An explosion far inside the mine ignited highly flammable coal dust, which covered mine floors in deep abundance, and sent death and destruction racing through the underground tunnels. And what fire and falling debris did not destroy, the perilous "afterdamp," a combination of poison gases and lack of oxygen, did.
At first those on the outside, who heard only a dull thud, thought the sound had something to do with town festivities planned for later on to celebrate May Day.
But the realization soon hit that there would be no celebrating that day -- nor for a long time to come in the mining town perched on the hills just above Scofield in Carbon County.
As the count of what the next day's Deseret News headlined "Death's Awful Harvest at Winter Quarters" mounted, it became clear that the scope of the disaster was almost beyond comprehension, larger than any other mining calamity seen before in the state -- or the nation.
"Every house, without exception, is a house of mourning," wrote the paper, "and every household is preparing to receive its dead. The awful scene of yesterday had passed away when the day dawned this morning and the awful calm of despair had taken its place."
In that "awful calm" the numbers reached staggering heights: At least 200 men killed, leaving 107 widows, 270 fatherless children. Families decimated: fathers, brothers, sons gone; uncles, nephews, cousins, in-laws all lost.
There were more bodies than there were caskets in the state, so 75 caskets had to be brought in from Denver. Victims' bodies were lined up under sheets. No mining community anywhere in the country had ever suffered such horror, and shock waves shook the entire country.
(Sadly, since then, other mining disasters have occurred; the Winter Quarters blast now ranks fifth on the all-time national list. But it remains the worst disaster of any kind in Utah.)
President William McKinley wired his condolences: "I desire to express my intense sorrow upon learning of the terrible calamity which has occurred at Scofield, and my deep sympathy with the wives, children and friends of the unfortunate victims of the explosion."
Read more at www.kued.org/.../images/frames/frame_encl.gif
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