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Twenty-one years ago, my son was born. He is a great son and a joy to my wife, Karen and me. I am reminded every day when I climb into a car, without safety, he would not have been born. The reason why? Several years before my son was born,...
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As I was driving to the refinery at 5am in New Jersey to give a motivational safety presentation, I encountered a situation, which reminded me how people’s actions impact the safety of those around them. In this particular instance, it was the second day after a major snowstorm in the...
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In the past several months, I have been re-creating a presentation that causes people to want to watch out for each other. It has three parts; first, I give people 5 reasons they would want to watch out for the safety of others. Next, I teach a few ways people...
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Today, the health portion of health and safety came to mind. As with safety, health can be approached from the perspective of what can we do to protect our own health and secondly, what can we do to help insure the health of others. On a recent flight, the passenger...
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Two blog entries ago, I talked about two types of safety leaders. The second type of safety leader is by choice. These are the leaders who volunteer to be on safety committees or safety teams. If you are one of these leaders, I would like to congratulate you on your...
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Are you a leader in your organization? Last week, I heard a plant manager comment at their safety meeting that there are two types of safety leaders - safety leaders by position and safety leaders by choice. Which one are you? If you have a title of leadership because of...
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Happy Birthday to my editor, Sandie Gilbert. I wonder what safety topics go with a birthday celebration. My first creative thought related to safety and birthday celebrations is for a more experienced worker you could do a fire extinguisher demonstration making a joke about the number of candles on their...
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January 27, 2011 How often do you think about safety? How often do you talk about it with your children? Look for opportunities every day to share safety with those you love. Just today, I was riding my bike and saw two adults riding with their children. Both children were...
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January 26, 2011 How do you show you care about the safety of others? As I mentioned yesterday, I was the safety speaker at a safety meeting in Indiana. Before I left the meeting, several people wished me the typical, “Have a safe trip home.” Several others admonished me to...
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Today, as always, presented opportunities to put safety values to the test. I had arrived in Cincinnati last night and checked out the weather forecast. Snow was expected to begin early in the morning. I had planned to arrive at the speaking site at about 11am for my 12-noon safety...
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