You know, there are rules about operating forklifts. There are thousands of violations every year, and yet it seems that the message isn't getting through that forklifts are dangerous vehicles when not used properly and used outside of the rules meant to govern activities and behaviors around forklifts. In this installment, we'll take a brief look [...]
Forklifts are not just toys, people. These powered industrial trucks (PITs) are not to be messed with without some reasonable experience, or at least exhaustive training about what they can and cannot do, so operators do not put forklifts in a position to do something it is not able to do. That is where many [...]
Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a prosperous and safe 2017 for everyone who is involved in workplace safety, whether directly or indirectly. A happy year is a year with fewer workplace incidents and deaths. Now that we got that platitude out of the way ... As we enter a new year, this is often [...]
Happy New Year, wherever you are! We here at Purcell Enterprises are hopeful that you have had a prosperous and safe 2016, and that you are looking forward to more progress in safety in 2017. We are hopeful that this blog has been helpful to you in providing valuable safety information that keeps you up-to-date [...]
Opioids are known as pain relievers. But some companies may be looking for a pain reliever to relieve the pain of having workers on pain relievers. It is one thing to take care of the selfish pain that we all go through, just so we can keep working. While working is dignified, and many of [...]
For construction workers, pain has become part of the job. It is one of the industries that features a high number of workers who work through pain that come from various worksite injuries. And painkillers, by extension, are a prevalent threat to worksites, especially those highly narcotic drugs called opioids, which are prescribed for intense [...]
As safety professionals, we do have to look out for each other. As much as we can see and observe many of the prominent risks in our workplace, no individual safety officer is perfect. We all miss something. Why? Because not all risks are tangible and observable immediately. Many hazards and risks of which we [...]
It's Friday, the middle of the month ... which has usually no significant meaning to this blog. It was just an observation. (Funny, right?) This particular Friday means a little something though, as it means I get to clean off my desk by sharing a couple of safety briefs, which I call Safety Snippets. These [...]
A pile of sand responds in any environment. It doesn't need a pressure or crisis situation to do what it does as grains of sand are added to the pile. Its focus and direction of energy is natural. Sometimes we can't say the same thing for human beings. And in some cases, that can be [...]
We're all just a pile of sand. Or at least, we should try to be, and we shouldn't wait for some crisis to occur for our workforce to be as organized as a pile of sand. Yes, this seems like an odd metaphor, and I cannot say that it's my original idea. I do like [...]
