Let’s face it folks, the world can be a dangerous place. Even though we’re not hunting mastodons with spears or competing with other wild animals for shelter in a cave, it’s still dangerous out there living in a modern world. In the U.S. 19,000 have already died in auto accidents alone during the first half of 2015. According… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Racing To Die
The graphic above may look familiar since it’s been used once before because unfortunately the top 10 OSHA violations hasn’t changed much since last year. In fact only items 5 & 6 swapped places, mainly due to the fact that there are still some folks out there, who are just hell bent on dying on… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Día de los Muertos
Let’s get right to it, shall we? Even though September 23 at 4:21 a.m. ET is the official time of the arrival of autumn, it appears that in the construction industry, it is Fall Season every day. In fact ladies and gentlemen, of the top ten OSHA violations, FALLS is still by far the number… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Fall Season
Recruiting and supplying people for various jobs in various industries has gone on since the early years of mankind. At one time the British navy used press gangs to recruit for many open positions (unwillingly) and now day laborers patiently wait in parking lots hoping to work as it’ll mean how hungry they’ll go to sleep tonight.… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Temporary Dead Labor
This was originally published on August 9th.2013 as A Complete Guide To Warehouse Safety-Volume VI-Coaching, the glue that binds it all. In light of the Golden State Warriors winning the NBA Championship with basically the same personnel on the floor they had when they were eliminated in the first round last year with the only… Read More Coaching – The Glue That Binds it All
Seems to be we are always rushing these days. Rushing to work, rushing home, rushing to the weekend, rushing to die. When it comes to accidents, sometimes it is your fault. You know what I mean. The boss is not watching, you’re feeling lazy, it’s so close to shifts end, you’re angry, you’re worried,… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Rushing To Die
Silence may be golden but not when it comes to workplace safety. Never keep quiet about safety. It’s May and the kids will be out there looking for jobs and showing up at your place of work maybe as an intern, seasonal or temporary agency worker or maybe someone looking for a career. Before you… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Child’s Play
My first real job was working at a supermarket. It was full of dangers and accidents waiting to happen and I was young and stupid, not a good combination. There was no safety or other training back then as you were just pointed to your work station and told to watch someone else do it… Read More Companies Behaving Badly – Knocking At Death’s Door
I had previously posted about this construction group and how sloppy a site they’re maintaining. It is obvious that these workers received no training, have no supervision, don’t care about their own safety and couldn’t care less about putting the residents that live here in danger. (For the record, I don’t live here). Some numbers… Read More Burns My Butt – Death Wish
When you accept the lowest bidder, are you still getting safety with that bid? Do you ever consider the vendor’s safety record before awarding a contract? Do you care? Today in the city of Vallejo I came across this intersection. I was amazed how close to harms way these workers were placed. We wonder why… Read More Burns My Butt – today
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