tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372002122011-12-14T18:35:23.649-08:00After years of investigating industrial accidents, it still strikes me as ironic that injured people are often stunned in disbelief that it "happened to them". NEWS FLASH: Accidents Happen! They're preventable,and avoidable,but they can happen...to YOU! You're not invincible. The sometimes gory compilation of accidents in this blog are meant to illustrate that benign activity & simple routines can cause accidents. Accidents that didn't have to happen to good, hard working people, just like you!Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368322128560814780noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37200212.post-52842028249660297852006-12-10T14:20:00.001-08:002006-12-10T15:51:32.415-08:00

How Much of YOU Can a Shredder Shred, If a Shredder is Set to Shred?December 2006With a headline like that, you know this story is going to be.... well... hard to read. Plastic, wood, an arm here, a leg there... the shredder in this story doesn't really know the difference. Turn it on.. it shreds, and shreds. The horrific injuries suffered by a shredder operator earlier this year are a stark

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Battery vs. Person; Battery WinsThis could be re-titled, "two guys being stupid", but we'll stick with the sports analogy to be politically correct. The men were checking the battery and the battery won. Another accident that shouldn't have happened. But remember, they probably thought, "It Can't Happen To Me". Here is the Executive Summary: Use extreme caution when charging batteries. A worker

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368322128560814780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37200212.post-61234768857013259652006-11-27T07:37:00.000-08:002006-11-27T14:21:16.463-08:00

This story is a perfect case-study for so many safety practices: 1) The need for hot work permits, 2) Safe welding practices, 3) Fire safety, 4) Preventative maintenance, 5) Lock Out Tag Out programs, 6) Common sense (saving property at the cost of personal safety) to name a few.This is how accidents happen. While reading this sad story, watch the domino effect happen right before your eyes; from

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368322128560814780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37200212.post-72390620521137592942006-11-20T08:54:00.000-08:002006-11-27T07:06:00.809-08:00

Again this week, we read about two more senseless deaths where people were "just doing their job" when they were killed. "I'm just pouring concrete, It Can't Happen To Me." "I'm just sorting mail, It Can't Happen To Me." Those of you in the bakery business might have said at one time or another, "I'm just baking bread, It Can't Happen To Me".... in the food business, "I'm just cleaning the fryer,

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368322128560814780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37200212.post-1163289416638298372006-11-11T15:08:00.000-08:002006-11-27T07:07:25.094-08:00

Human TOAST.Electrocuted While Plugging In A Toaster!!I think we all have wondered- if even once- "how will it happen to me.... how will I die?" We fantasize about a quiet, peaceful passing, but none of us really know. I wonder how many think, "maybe I'll get it while plugging in this appliance"? The following tragedy left no less than two victims; one electrocuted to death, one just electrocuted

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368322128560814780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37200212.post-1162795569205454492006-11-05T22:33:00.000-08:002006-11-27T07:09:57.761-08:00

EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM A STANDARD LADDERThis sad series of events can demonstrate just how easy it is to have a catastrophic event occur from a seemingly benign event. These two people fell just 6 and 10 feet. Bam. Lights out.Feel free to use this excerpt in any way you think might help get the point across to your employees that things like this can, and do, happen to good, honest, hard working

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EYE IMPALEMENTThis is not an urban legend... it really happened.A man suffered an industrial accident by working too high and unstabilized on a simple 6' ladder. How many ladders, how many times do your employees climb a ladder each week... think you ever have any close calls?? Yah, I'll betcha do... This one is a graphic example of what could happen to you or one of your valuable employees.A

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BLOOD, GUTS and GOREHere are three accidents that happened last week, nationwide. The sensible among us endeavor to NEVER be the brunt of this kind of press. Three reminders that it can happen to us… so let’s take this to heart, and protect our employees against it. As you read this blog, periodically you should notice a striking similarity between these businesses and your own- and the processes

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368322128560814780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37200212.post-1162788756861294882006-11-05T20:43:00.000-08:002006-11-27T07:12:10.702-08:00

GET SOME REST!How many of us have employees that have to work all night long? Some make it look easy and some complain about it, but all have challenges and opportunities because of it. Every job and every shift has its challenges.. listed here are a few opportunities for our graveyard employees.The number of workers working the graveyard shift - between midnight and 8:00 am - is on the rise. The

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