Tool Box Talk: Safety Means…. A Lot

Safety Means…. A Lot

The word safety refers to our freedom from danger, injury and damage, and to our personal security. The word safety has been used so often that many of us may think of it as a “Preaching Word”, or a word that forces us to alter our ways or change bad habits. Instead, when we hear the word safety, we must think of it as a word that applies to the way we do everything in life. Think of it as a procedure to keep us from harm.

For example: If we are driving safely, we’re simply operating our vehicle as intended and obeying the laws, no more, no less. If we’re working with a power tool that requires eye protection, we must not fight it. Safety glasses are simply a necessary accessory to the proper use of that tool.

WHAT SAFETY MEANS

1. Safety means a complete understanding of our work and knowledge of every step that must be taken and the realization that mistakes could be costly to us and to the company.
2. Safety means good judgment. Never relying on luck; always being prepared to cope with unexpected situations and being alert when following our routine.
3. Safety means consideration for the family that depends on us, for the company that employs us, and for our own welfare.
4. Safety means remembering the safety rules set up by our company to protect us and applying them every minute when we are on the job.

WHO AM I?
I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world. I have destroyed more than all wars of the nations. I am more deadly than bullets or missiles, and I have wrecked more homes and jobs than the mightiest siege of guns. I steal billions every year. I spare no one. I find my victims among the rich and poor alike, among the young and old, the strong and weak, the high level and low level workers. Widows and orphans know me well. I rise to such proportions that I cast my shadows over every field of professional as well as non-professional, from the humblest labourer to the nuclear scientist. I kill thousands of employees each year. I lurk unseen and do my best work silently. I am relentless. I am everywhere. On land and sea and in the air, in the home, on the job, on the streets and highways. I breed sickness, degradation and death. Yet few people make a real effort to avoid me or even take me seriously. I destroy, crush, maim. I give nothing. I take all.

I AM CARELESSNESS.

And a bonus quote from Winston Churchill:

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Thanks for the share, TO!