Shortcuts are rarely worth it...

This one comes to us from...I really don't know...some kind of warehouse apparently.

Anyway, if you look closely in the upper left of this tranquil scene, you will see Joe Employee going about his day. Working hard, trying to get his job (whatever that may be) done as quickly and efficiently.

What could be quicker to get from point A to point B then to hop across pallets of...whatever it is they store there?

Bet his Dentist appreciates the business...

Download the video HERE in .avi format

Edit: OK, for some reason the video is uploading upside down - must be gremlins in the internet. If you download it though, it works fine. Otherwise, the guy is walking in the lower left, not the upper left - lol

-E-

Donald Duck Safety Video

OK, this is one of my favorite safety videos. I've been using it in accident investigation training for years.

Warning, it's an old cartoon, not really politically correct. Of course, I've never been accused of being PC.



Cartoons, although targeted at old and young alike, have been shaping the attitudes of generations of children and teens. Think about the violence of old Looney Tunes, and that was before more modern cartoons such as Bevis and Butthead, Ren and Stimpy, South Park, etc.

Think about the first time you ran off of a cliff and were surprised that you fell before you looked down...or that time you hung that 1 Ton weight over a pile of birdseed to catch that pesky Roadrunner, only to miss and drop it on your own head. Took more than blowing on your thumb to recover from that, didn't it?

Or the pain of kicking yourself in the testicles, lighting yourself on fire - and your friend Kenny never did come back from the dead the week after he got trampled by that herd of rabid chipmunks - did he?

Wait - you never did any of that stuff? HaHaHa - no really - really? I'm really not the only one am I?

Anyway - watch the damn cartoon...

-E-

A Christmas Warning from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

This video is a classic on that I like to share with all my co-workers this time of year.

It starts off simple enough, a rather bland living room - couch, coffee table, tan carpet... lamp (I love lamp...although, to my disappointment, the lamp pictured here is not in the shape of a leg)

Ooh, it must be Christmas time because there is a festive dry tree in the corner, draped in cheaply made electrical devices and surrounded by packages wrapped in highly flammable tissue paper -GOODY!!

But wait - what's that? A small spark from the middle of the tinderbox appears!




So we have learned here that - well basically, in about 45 seconds, your living room is gone. A properly watered and cared for tree during the Christmas season goes a loooong way to prevent this type of incident from happening.

Or, you could really practice with your family to get that house evacuation time down to under 45 seconds...that sounds reasonable - right?

Merry Christmas

-E-

Frankly, I just haven't had time to update as much as I'd hoped.

I'm going through some stressful times right now - a new job, a move and being without my family for almost 3 months. I apologize to those who started following me and then I disappeared off the face of the Earth...

I'm posting today because I'm at the apartment, under a blanket, sick. Whether from stress, exhaustion or whatever, my body told me it was time to take a break.

So much stupidity has happened in the world since I last posted, it would take months to put it all here. That, combined with the fact that most of it is political, means that I won't bother trying to rehash it all -

Instead, we'll try to begin anew! A fresh start to the end of the year before we are overwhelmed with stupidity from Christmas and New Year celebrations and then move right into the idiocy that will, almost definitely, control the general populace during 2011. I'm figuring the 2012 Presidential Election hoo-hah will begin in earnest around February of 2011...

So, for my first post back, a riddle -

What happens when a Semi-truck driver forgets to look both ways when crossing the tracks...?

Answer: The trailer loses! Even the guy in the van knew what was going to happen. Notice the way he throws it into reverse to get away from the coming debris shower... The way the Trucker keeps going, it almost seems that he doesn't even know his trailer is half gone.

3 Guesses on how this guy's Drug/Alcohol screen came out afterward...

Download the video in .wmv HERE

When Will Some Employers get the Message?!?!?

Read the initial story HERE

All I can say about this is how absolutely FURIOUS it makes me! Here is the Company/Owner info: The facility, at 10650 Mill Road just off state Route 64, is owned by Haasbach LLC, (or Haafbach, depending on which story, I found contact info for Haafbach)which is owned by the Harbach Family Partnership, based in Warren, and Haas & Haas, LLC, based in Elizabeth.

3 employees, one of them a CHILD (14) working in a grain bin with no fall/retrieval equipment. 2 of the 3 employees died, one of them the 14 year old BOY who should not have even been performing this hazardous work. That's not my opinion folks THAT'S THE LAW!

OSHA is investigating, we'll see how that turns out. I'll be very interested to see what kind of fines this Company gets for it's absolute disregard for human life.

For something this idiotic and negligent to happen when the Permit Required Confined Standard (29 CFR 1910.146) hasn't changed in almost 20 YEARS is completely unacceptable!

For those interested, Grain Handling Facilities are covered under General Industry standards, not Agricultural - 1910.272

I'll be watching this one closely as it goes on.

SafTguY

OK - OK - It's been a while...here's an Ergonomics Nightmare

I know it's been almost 2 months since I've posted anything. In way of excuse, I will say I had 10 days on the motorcycle, 3 days of bereavement and since then....well let's just say I won't be drinking out of any public water coolers for a long time...

Anyway, as my apology, I will be posting several videos over the next few days.

First, anyone who's ever managed a construction site wishes they had a hundred of these crews. Look at the form, the poise, the stamina... these guys are sure to be walking around the site, with arms raised and shoulders back for years to come...

OK, maybe shoulders stooped...and I'll give you that they probably won't raise their arms much after a few years...be lucky if they're even walking, I guess... but OH to manage one job with a crew that works this hard!

Download the video HERE.

Not the Job to have with allergies

If you have Hay Fever and sneeze alot, this is not the job for you. I can't even really call it stupid, a whole lot of thought obviously went into employee placement and worker/workstation relationship.

HR definately has enough on the ball to make sure the exact right candidate is chosen for the job as well (height, weight, reach, lack of claustrophobia, etc.)

And employee engagement - Wow! Look at the smiles on these guys faces as they go about their work. Just happy to be productive members of society, I guess...

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?yid4dwjzzxg

Gas Station Attendant Surprise

Here we have a typical 3rd shift gas station delivery. Deliver on 3rd shift because there are not as many customers around. In this case, it worked out well since, obviously, they also put the dumbest people on 3rd shift.

Watch this guy directing the truck in so well that the driver has to back out and try again. Then the attendant gets up top to check the fuel. The real idiocy begins about 1:18 in. Watch verrrry carfully for what this guy pulls out of his pocket and what the result is.

BTW: If you want to download this in .wmv format, here's the link. Enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/?nowby2tmmde

Safety Car Oops

So - If your only job is to be the car that keeps everyone else from having an accident, you should probably pay attention to where you're going.

At very least use your rear-view mirrors

BP tries again to cap well as protests against oil giant set to start

Gotta start with Stupidity at it's finest - The multi-billion dollar BP Idiots.

Latest try to stop the leak at CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/03/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T2

Now to the picture...The best PPE to wear when surrounded by oil-soaked water and foliage? Prison coveralls and nitrile gloves? Life Vest, shorts and bare feet? Blue Jeans and a ball cap?

And is the guy in front wiping his nose, the sweat off his brow or did he get something in his eyes? Safety glasses anyone?

At least there aren't any visible cigarettes hanging out of anyone's face...

Getting Up and Running....with scissors

Howdy all! Coming at you with a site dedicated to unsafe acts caught on camera - video or still. Here you will find pictures, videos and links to some of the dumbest, uncommon sense mistakes this side of the universe.

I'll also, occasionally post some commentary on stupid moves by Corporations and Governments that I feel affect the safety and health of the popuation at large. I'll try not to get political, stupidity happens everywhere, on every ray of the political spectrum.

If you like what you see, or even if you don't, comment, cajole, berate, like, lol - whatever you want to do.

These will be files in the "public" domain as far as I know. If you have issues or claim ownership to any of the material, shoot me an e-mail and I'll remove it ASAP. Also, if you're willing to share any stupidity, send it and I'll post it with kudos to you.

Whether you use the stuff for training, examples of what not to do or just a good laugh at someone else's expense - enjoy it - and be glad it wasn't you.

SafTguY