“Hazards Of Rushing”
In our busy lives, we are often faced with time-management choices.
When given the chance, we must always choose safety over time savings, because rushing causes us to lose focus, skip steps and make bad decisions.
In fact, the time we spend staying safe is time well spent.
In this publication we will learn the very real hazards associated with rushing and being in a hurry.
Through various examples, we will learn to recognize the symptoms of becoming rushed, why “hurried working” is so dangerous and what steps we can take to stay safe.
The publication also makes the point that being in a hurry is not the real cause of incidents and injuries, but rather a symptom of poor planning, poor choices and poor time-management—all of which can be prevented by proper preparation and organization.
RUSHING TO FINISH JOB BEFORE LUNCH LEADS TO COLLISION
Scotty and Robert were cleaning up an area of the warehouse. Scott was placing lids on containers and labelling them while Robert was placing them in their storage areas with a forklift.
“Hurry up Scotty. Get out of my way; we’ve got to keep moving,” said Robert.
As he began rushing, he allowed less and less time for Scotty to get clear of the container before approaching with the lift truck. He also began driving faster and faster. Not used to working at this faster pace, Scotty was having trouble with the lids and applying the labels.
The faster pace was actually slowing him down, much to Robert’s frustration. “Scotty, all you’ve got to do is peel and stick!” shouted Robert.
“Robert started rushing me and I couldn’t get the labels peeled off.
The more he hurried me, the worse it seemed to get,” Scott would say when discussing the incident.
As Robert focused on speeding up Scotty, he lost focus on safe driving practices just as a co-worker with a cart of tools and supplies was approaching.
Robert’s forklift collided with the cart, knocking it and the pedestrian over.
Lessons Learned From the Incident
In other words, rushing to save time often doesn’t.
RISKY DRIVING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME
Too many people use drive time as a time to get back on schedule after a late start.
Those people make a habit of gunning it at all green lights, changing lanes anytime they perceive one lane may be moving faster, running through yellow lights, rather than stopping and pushing the speed limit every chance they get.
On a good day, they are rewarded for their risky behaviour by arriving about one minute ahead of the vehicles driven in a safe manner.
Of course, on a bad day, they don’t arrive at all.
WHEN YOU HURRY, ALL YOU DO IS HURRY UP AND HURT
During an interview, a maintenance worker says, “When I started working in maintenance, my old supervisor used to say, ‘What’s the hurry? When you hurry, all you do is hurry up and hurt.’ That was his way of saying, “Slow down. Do the job right the first time,’” the maintenance worker adds. “That was real good advice.”
OFFICE WORKER IN HURRY CAUSES COFFEE SPILL
Mandy was scanning some files at her desk one afternoon when a co-worker called and asked, “Hey Mandy, are you going to stop by the big drop-in tonight? All the big wigs are going to be there.”
Mandy replied that she would be able to make it if she could get all the files scanned by 3:15.
Later, another co-worker asked Mandy if she wanted to go get a cup of coffee. “No time. I’ve got to scan these files before 3:15,” Mandy responded. “Will you grab me a cup, though?”
When the co-worker returned to Mandy’s work area with the coffee, she was hurrying to get to a filing cabinet so she could file some of the documents she had just scanned.
Not paying attention to her path of travel, she collided with the co-worker and both cups of coffee were spilled.
Anytime you’re trying to save time, you’re going to end up going faster. Anybody knows that if you hit something going fast, you’re going to end up getting hurt.
THE RISKS OF MOVING FASTER
Another hazard associated with hurrying is the fact that we are actually moving faster than usual. This may seem obvious, but we seldom think about the increased risk this creates.
Questions to Consider
“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”– Jim Rohn
Thanks for the share, TO!
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