Workplace Safety & Procedures

[skyking]

Today I ran a D8T
http://www.cat.com/en_US/products/rental/equipment/dozers/large-dozers/18175886.html
It has terrible visibility forward, and behind on each corner. There were people down on the fill area and one of them was tasked with removing trash material from the fill dirt. He asked me how for behind me was he safe to cross, and I said, "always get my attention first no matter what you think." It is 87,000 pounds of fast moving unforgiving steel. I could fail to see somebody and once they are within 20 feet I can no longer see them. It is more like 75 feet out front over the engine. It is sobering to think what could happen.

 

[gorcorps]

We had the same guy come in and tell his story for our safety day last year. He was a good speaker and made quite an impact on everyone there.

 

[rcpratt]

One of our coal plants pretty much burned to the ground last week. Amazing that everyone made it out unhurt.

 

[CraKaJaX]

We had the same guy come in and tell his story for our safety day last year. He was a good speaker and made quite an impact on everyone there.

Had the same vibe here. It was probably 1.5-2 hours, but he kept your attention the entire time. Great speaker.

 

[CraKaJaX]

One of our coal plants pretty much burned to the ground last week. Amazing that everyone made it out unhurt.

Yikes! You work in the plant, or are you saying 'our' as in... your town? We got rid of coal at our sites a while ago. Still have dual fuel capability though.

 

[rcpratt]

Yikes! You work in the plant, or are you saying 'our' as in... your town? We got rid of coal at our sites a while ago. Still have dual fuel capability though.

I work downtown away from all the excitement, buying and moving the fuels for the plants.

 

[Brainonska511]

I've worked in and around academic chemistry labs over the last few years, and I have to say, in many, the idea of safe operation of stuff and PPE is inadequate, to say the least. In some ways, I'm actually amazed there aren't more incidents.

 

[Kaido]

Why you should wear safety glasses:

 

[Kaido]

NSFW: (Hollywood gore warning...note that this is a comedy forklift safety training video)

 

[Kaido]

I once rushed the cover letter for a TPS report and gave myself a papercut. Fucking Bill, hate that guy to this day.

PSA on paper cuts:

 

[CraKaJaX]

Why you should wear safety glasses:

At first glance, I thought that was stuck in the guys nose - LOL. That kind of looks like a grinder wheel, but I can't really tell ....

Whatever the case is, it would sting a little bit.

 

[Stopsignhank]

SK,

Your posts reminded me of this picture. There is a better one out there where you can see how proud the guy in the middle looks.

 

[BoomerD]

SK,

Your posts reminded me of this picture. There is a better one out there where you can see how proud the guy in the middle looks.

That's funny. I drove haul trucks in a mine in central Idaho 30-odd years ago. One of the first things we were taught was how to roll the truck on the haul road rather than go off the haul road and down the side of a mountain...

Wasn't a bad job...but the money sucked, so I left after a few months.

 

[Stopsignhank]

K,

That is exactly why prescription glasses are not safety glasses.

 

[NetWareHead]

Why you should wear safety glasses:

That's what happens when you remove the blade shield. Google angle grinder accident.

 

[Brainonska511]

K,

That is exactly why prescription glasses are not safety glasses.

You should tell that to some of the people that work in academic labs. I just shake my head when I see that. I know most people doing it are not working with things that could cause stuff to fly at the face, but labs they work in basically have polices of: safety glasses OR regular prescription glasses. Unfortunately, nothing seems to change in academia until someone gets seriously hurt.

 

[kranky]

People just don't believe they are going to be hurt, so they short-cut all the time. My wife wanted to learn to use some of the woodworking stuff in the garage and the first thing I told her was before you do anything else, put on safety glasses. A few weeks later I went out there and she was running the table saw without safety glasses. I said if that ever happened again, I'd sell all the power tools because she couldn't be trusted to use them properly. No excuses, no "I only had to make one cut", nothing. Fortunately there was no recurrence. But it makes me crazy to see people do stupid things and get hurt when it was so preventable.

Co-worker lost 3 toes with his power mower when his foot slipped on wet grass on a slope. Wet grass, slope = bad time to cut grass.
Neighbor a few doors down lost half of his ring finger trying to clear a clog on a mini wood chipper without turning it off.

 

[BoomerD]

You know what they say....

(then it becomes the game of "Find the eye!")

 

[IronWing]

K,

That is exactly why prescription glasses are not safety glasses.

Mine are.

When I got my last pair, on literally the first day having them, I put a rock chip dead center of my right eye. I was chiseling limestone.

 

[skyking]

The soils engineer walked across in front of me as I was dozing the road up onto the fill. He just appeared as he moved past the engine cowl. It was not close really, but had he twisted his ankle or something similar, I would have felt nothing in the cab to indicate his passing. I got him in the seat to show him the lack of view. he was suitably impressed.
I took some pictures today to illustrate the view.
My beetle.

From the seat:

I parked it just a touch off center. Notice you can see a sliver of window as I lean over to one side and look.

 

[IronWing]

^^ Dang, you're right, you can't see anything.




Image links are a bust.

 

[skyking]

fixt

 

[uclaLabrat]

I've worked in and around academic chemistry labs over the last few years, and I have to say, in many, the idea of safe operation of stuff and PPE is inadequate, to say the least. In some ways, I'm actually amazed there aren't more incidents.

Yup.

 

[Billb2]

Workplace safety is a management function. If it doesn't come from the top, no matter what rules and procedures are written, it won't work.

 

[Stopsignhank]

SK,

One of the toolbox meeting that I have is forklift safety for non-forklift drivers. I found a really good video to show. A couple points in it are the visibility from a forklift (not all that good) and the fact that you may have the right of way, but if you get hit by a forklift. The forklift will be OK and you will be hurting. Your pictures would be great to use for a training topic for non-equipment drivers.

IW,
If your glasses do not have side shields they are not safety glasses. They do not meet the ANSI Z87.1 spec. At least for true safety glasses at my workplace.