Dangerous Jobs: Why Do Some Choose Them?

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. -Vincent Van Gogh There are some professions that top the list of dangerous jobs year after year: commercial fishing, loggers, roofers and trash collectors. The average fatality rate for all jobs [...]

By |2025-01-17T10:51:42-06:00June 12th, 2019|Workplace Safety|Comments Off on Dangerous Jobs: Why Do Some Choose Them?

Man Down: Knowing When Someone is Hurt

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”  Isaac Asimov We recently facilitated a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) where the question came up, “What if there was a release and an operator was suddenly overcome? How would we know?” The PHA team considered several possible safeguards: rounds, radio [...]

By |2025-01-17T11:59:22-06:00February 22nd, 2018|Procedures, Process Safety, Process Safety Management, Training, Workplace Safety|Comments Off on Man Down: Knowing When Someone is Hurt
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