In a recent Twitter chat on workplace safety for #USAMfgHour, one of the questions we posed to the group was, “When was the last time you had an emergency evacuation or fire drill?” I was not prepared at all for the responses and was quite shocked as sadly they ranged from not at all to… Read More You Know The Drill
Some of you are currently working for either a supermarket chain, department store, discount store, or fast food restaurant. Whether this is just a temporary gig or a stepping stone to a career path within that corporation or industry, chances are thanks to the ‘Great Resignation‘ your bosses haven’t been able to tell you about… Read More Stuff Your Boss Probably Hasn’t Bothered To Tell You Cause No One Told Them
Santa received a notice of violation(1910.1200) Hazard Communication #2 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. (Still #2 in 2023 – not good for employees or people). Santa openly admits that he’s been so busy running the family business that he has not always kept up with changes in regulations and was very surprised to find… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Ninth Day
When Kelly Clarkson sings, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” highlights why that’s one of the best things about life, the ability to learn from your mistakes if you want too. It makes you better, wiser, and older. That’s exactly what happened during our one and only PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutoff) that we… Read More Our PSPS. Mistakes were made, what we learned
California. Always unique in many ways and last week was no exception. As the headlines will tell you, we celebrated the fourth of July with a 6.4 Earthquake Rocks Los Angeles Area on Fourth of July and of course, that was upstaged by No deaths reported after 7.1 earthquake rocks Ridgecrest and California soon after. When the ground shook… Read More Are You Prepared?
The company had a very old ASRS, Automated Storage and Retrieval System to store the majority of it’s finished product inventory. We were in transition as the company had gone into receivership and was run by an investment corporation that was trying to keep overall costs as low as possible while they prayed and searched for… Read More The Company As Hostage
So here we are folks, more than halfway along the Green Brick Road of Safety and the Emerald City is in sight. It’s been an enlightening trip for me as well and I want to thank you all for the positive responses and fabulous comments on this series. As I’m sure you remember, we began our… Read More A Complete Guide To Warehouse Safety-Volume 4 – Training
Welcome back and thanks for stopping by. Hope your April Fools Day wasn’t too brutal. There is no doubt in my mind that TRAINING is the most important aspect of any safety program. Having employees who know what to do and how to do it without losing fingers, limbs or their lives makes for… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-Training
Welcome back and thank you for stopping by. I’ve gotten a lot of advise on “what not to do” over the course of my life. Beginning with my first ever safety training, don’t touch the stove when the burners are lit. Then it was don’t play with matches and don’t play with dad’s lighter fluid,… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-Don’t Do That
Welcome back. Well, it’s official people, it’s fall season, oh and it’s the beginning of autumn as well. As the Governments fiscal year ends, OSHA has published its listing of the top 10 safety violations and yet again, falls are number one. I don’t get it. With all the focus on fall prevention and all… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-Stupid Tax
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