I came across this on LinkedIN. It is definitely worth a conversion. Click the like below to find the source of this conversation starter.
I couldn’t agree more with Karsten.
Safety should be everyone’s concern.
knowledge of hazards, equipment and procedures through training is key in creating quality systems.
Meaning, a day in training is just as valuable as a day on site. If not more in my opinion.
The cavalier approach to winging it or disregarding procedure or overriding safety controls, missing training, not engaging in the value of yourself and the people working beside you is influx.
Change is often slow, a struggle, and uncomfortable. It will take unity of many voices over time to swing the culture. More accidents will happen, some will learn and engage, some won’t. Some won’t ever make it HOME again.
The best line of defence is still Covering Your Ass…
CYA my friends… Understand the jobs that are being required of you and the hazards that are affiliated. You are your greatest advocate.
Next to your direct colleagues that walk beside you, to our supervisors and employers… A team working together to reduce complications.
Is it easy to work as a group… Sometimes, but often NOT.
But if a basic respect + gratitude for all that’s within the group can be achieved. Patience and understanding + appropriate development of quality systems can then grow to help sustain the safest environment. Yet this will never completely mitigate the potential for discrepancies to arise. But it would reduce the potential.
Refusal of unsafe work is to lead these transitions to implementing better quality systems also.
There is a ton of stigma around that…
It comes back to, you are your best advocate.
Do you want to work for a company that doesn’t take care of these systems and their employees?
The statements have no reflection on the article. It’s a general blanket statement. It sounds like the company in question through this article is reevaluating and implementing new systems to avoid incidents in the future.
Yet it all falls under the integrity of policies, procedures and personnel. Accidents should not be the only cause for change after fines are served.
Safety is NOT Boring. Enjoy the training, Ac and paid lunches if they’ll give it to you.
Engage with the person training, ask questions, ask policy. Read the required policies before signing. That should never take away from your tangible job, it’s to enhance it. Not to mention a part of an employee’s responsibility.
Remember emails and reading policies and training is all part of your job. Might be a small part but it is a part of it. Don’t take that stuff for granted. It may not seem or feel like the same type of work, but it’s work. It might not be your everyday cup of tea, but that’s okay because it’s not necessarily an everyday thing for a tradesperson.
Lastly, you are irreplaceable.
Do all that you can to keep your work environment as safe as possible.
Part of that starts with loving what you do and taking pride in the value you bring.
YES everyone needs to make money to pay the bills. But it doesnt say you have to do a job you hate for life.
The movement of pursuing the skills and knowledge you would like, will naturally transition the positions you move on from. Or maybe you will come up with ideas to implement on creating a more enjoyable situation.
You have options, NOT Everyone has…
JEMI