It is common knowledge that the number one cause of work-related fatalities is vehicle accidents. Most companies have at least one truck, if not a whole fleet of vehicles, and their drivers face the hazards of the roadway day after day. Sometimes a trip ends tragically. .
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Operation of heavy equipment such as excavators, loaders, graders, rollers, and bulldozers,
should always be done by qualified operators who have demonstrated the ability and
necessary skills to operate safely.
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Picture this scenario.
You are walking through your Shop and notice a puddle of oil on the floor. Hopefully, you recognize that this is a safety hazard and proceed to clean up the oil.
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There is unnecessary exposure to hazards for workers across the country every single day. The list of
possible unsafe actions and unsafe conditions employees deal with in their work can be limitless.
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For most of us, we have been doing our jobs long enough to know what the right way is to do something and what falls short to “good enough.” When it comes to workplace safety, “good enough” does not cut it. When addressing hazards, having this mindset will lead to exposure to risk that will eventually result in incidents and injuries occurring.
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1. Always wear your seatbelt when in a vehicle or heavy equipment. Seatbelts are critical to preventing
serious injuries and death while driving or operating. Motor vehicle crashes are still the number one cause
of fatalities on the job in the United States.
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When planning work tasks for the day and addressing hazards, it is easy to get caught up on
the big hazards. We focus on risks such as falls from heights, electrocution, and chemical
asphyxiation during a confined space entry when they are present. While these hazards
need to be taken seriously and be properly mitigated, the bigger hazards can be responsible
for taking almost all of the attention from the “little things.”
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Any company that focuses on improving workplace safety aims to get their employees home in the same health they came into work or better every single day.
For many companies, there are larger expressed goals attached to this effort. Often the main goal for many worksites or companies as a whole is to make it an entire year without any injuries. For other companies, it may just be no lost time injuries in a year.
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