It's That Time of Year:

It's that time of year again: Thanksgiving Wine,Christmas Parties, New Years Parties.and festive living and get togethers. Good times for sure. Safety comes rushing out of the vacuum of life when at this time of the year,accidents of all kinds rear their ugly heads: Automobile accidents, DUIs, Attempted suicides,Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Alcohol Poisoning, and injuries of all sorts caused by drinking and trying to act like Superman when you lose control. Of all times of the year, this is the time to think about safety and how it will affect your life and the ones around you.My Father died on Christmas Day, 1968. I was 17 years old. Although he died from Lung Cancer which was caused by 40 years of smoking cigarettes, the effects of his death at 49 years old can still be felt today.Be safe, use good judgement, and above all do not drink and drive. It is way too risky.This is ole Dangerous Dale saying: Be on guard!

Over The Line?

Have you noticed while driving lately that a lot of drivers are weaving over the center line while coming at you? They are either talking on the cell phone, texting, or just not paying attention to what they are looking at. What's up with that? I see it just about everyday now as I drive around town. Then it should come as no surprise to anyone that the accidents that we see on T.V. are getting more "grizzly".
More speed, more impact, roll overs, flips, T-bones, head-ons, and people going the wrong way on freeways? What's up with these? Distractions at the wheel are at an all time high. Sleep deprivation is starting to rank as the number 1 cause of a lot of bad accidents, not drunk driving. Are we as a society getting so relaxed behind the wheel that we are just dozing off while going 65 mpg? Split seconds can change the future of your life if you are not careful. Be alert, be safe, pay attention. This is ole "Dangerous Dale" saying danger never takes a day off.

PPEs

Hard Hats, Steel Toed Work Shoes, Cut Resistant Gloves, Hearing Protection, Safety Goggles,Fall Protection Harness, Arc Flash Gloves, Welding Helmet,Respirator,Trench Box, Hearing Protection, Cr-6 Tests, Lock Out/Tag Out / Test Procedures, Confined Space Program,Air Quality Studies, Sound Curtains, Lifting Devices, Ergonomic Controls,Engineering Controls,Voltage Testing Meters,Interlock Safety Devices, Dock Lock Systems, Blue Flag Procedures,Safety Check Lists,Dust Audits,Fire Safety,Fire Drills,Evacuation Procedures,Tornado Drills,Machine Guarding, Crane Safety, enforcement,and the list goes on and on.Each one of these terms represents an injury or probably a death in the OSHA 1910 CFR Standards for Industry Book. Just think, somebody had to give their own blood before a regulation was finally made to stop this from happening to employees in the workplace.We were not the ones. Somebody went before us to pave the way for safety to get better in this country.To think that the Hoover Dam had many men fall into the concrete while being poured only to have another man take their place all because the job had to continue while the trucks kept pouring in to dump more concrete.The next time that a pesky, hot, safety device that you have to wear starts bugging you, remember that they could have used these devices and programs back in 1940. Lives would have been saved and limbs spared.Ole "Dangerous Dale" saying: be safe!

Proactive vs Reactive?

(1).Proactive: Manhole cover missing. Concerned citizen sees it, gets someone to correct it; problem solved. (1a.)Reactive: Car falls into an open manhole. Somebody sees it and pits a metal plate over it. City has a number of council meetings to determine when and how much it will cost to fix this problem permanently. Unfortunately, during this time another car hits the metal plate, moving it off of the open manhole, and another car falls into it.

(2). Proactive: Airport decides to xray and scan all packages and luggage one mile from the airport before loading them into an airplane in case of terrorism. (2a.)Reactive: Packages and luggage keep coming into the airport where all of the people are and if something is wrong with them, it's too late.

(3). Proactive: Injuries caused in the workplace are investigated, corrected, and then "dummy-proofed" so that they can "never" happen again. (3a.) Reactive: Injuries keep happening in the workplace because management, employee comittees,costs, and attitudes get in the way of mandating that (3). Proactive be implemented.