OK guys... we're not that bad are we?

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

 

 

 

 

 

[Texas Joker]

Somewhere an OSHA manual burst into flames

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

... and this is why we have safety briefs ...

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

3 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

... and this is why we have safety briefs ...

That usually go something like, "Last week you did THIS.. don't do it again."

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

... exactly right ... at a raised volume, including certain Anglo-Saxon labiodental fricatives ...  

[Subdeacon Joe]

No, no we're not....we're worse.

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

Safety second.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

4 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

... and this is why we have safety briefs ...

 

    .... "safety briefs" ....... is what we have to change just after performing/witnessing such incidents ........ often urgently ...  

[Pat Riot]

I have actually seen people do this one:

 

 

And this one:

 

 

[Rip Snorter]

Darwin Award Contestants.

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

cullin" the herd 

[Dusty Devil Dale]

Idiots are not the only ones who get injured.  Safety seems so obvious, but it is not always so.  Things can seem perfectly safe, but have hidden hazards that nobody would anticipate -- many times even experienced people get nasty surprises from things they've done routinely. 

 

A habit I've acquired is to go onto the Internet and search/read about accidents that have occurred with tools and equipment that I use.  The OSHA sites pop up with some surprising, but awful accidents that I'm glad to be made aware of. 

 

For example the 60 cycle per second semi-pulsation of an older single-tube fluorescent light strobed a 60 RPM 18" swing vertical lathe flat still.  The operator stuck his hand into the giant chuck - lost his lower arm. 

 

Or a worker was finish-polishing a cylindrical wooden spindle on a lathe in a furniture factory, using high speed and too long of a sanding strip.  It wrapped his hand, twisting it off. 

 

Or the diesel engine of a front-entry skid-steer died from hot intake gasses while pushing logs up onto a burn pile, with no fast way out for the operator.  The operator perished. 

(Reading that, I removed the rear windows from my front entry equipment that I use for managing burn piles. )

 

Pretty much every tool or equipment type has its own list of fatal or disabling accidents. 

It isn't pleasant reading, but there's a lot of value in being aware.  

 

 

 

 

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

Along this thought train, ... I am firmly of the belief that ALL power (and battery operated) tools should come with a packet of "band-aids" and the challenge to never need them.  .... 

[Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728]

But look honey how much money we are going to save by not hiring one of those licensed, insured contractors.

And, honey, does my life insurance cover what I am about to do?

[Maddog McCoy SASS #5672]

My favorite safety video (or how to irritate your Safety Manager and other managers)

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=safety+third+video&rlz=1C1CAFB_enUS631US631&oq=safety++third&aqs=chrome.6.0i131i355i433i512i543j46i131i340i433i512j0i512l8.24271j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:863d69e1,vid:s0RrhkMk2zY,st:0

[Alpo]

[watab kid]

On 12/31/2023 at 2:32 PM, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

cullin" the herd 

yup ---- here , hold my beer , watch this 

[Oak Ridge Regulator]

I really like the 5 guys working on the power pole, that shows real team work and dedication. I really would have liked to see a video of them climbing over each other to get to the top. Hope the guy on top remembered all the tools he needed before he headed up !

[Oak Ridge Regulator]

Wonder if the guy with the chainsaw had anyone holding his beer

 

[Eyesa Horg]

12 hours ago, Oak Ridge Regulator said:

Wonder if the guy with the chainsaw had anyone holding his beer

 

The guy pulling on the rope to keep the tree from falling is holding it.