This summer will mark 24 years of marriage for my wife and I. We hadn’t been dating very long when she told me her primary rule: Love me, love my kids. Her children were 8 and 4 at the time, and it was clear that if we were going to continue a relationship, I would…
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Important at Home, Too
In all my years in manufacturing, the subject of Personal Protective Equipment caused more debate and dissension than you might imagine. What you have to wear, when you have to wear it, if you can have facial hair, your obligation to care for the equipment or share the costs are all topics that sometime even…
7 Ways To Improve Financial Safety
Most of the time I write about personal safety. Precautions you can take to prevent accidental injury you yourself, your family, or co-workers. Safety is also a word often used to imply security. And many times we feel secure because there is no information to tell us otherwise. That doesn’t mean that we can’t be…
6 Safety Ideas For Your Wallet
My interest in safety began when I experienced a “near-hit” incident early in my engineering career, and when I realized how many of the equipment operators I had known were missing some of their digits. At that time of my life, I was enjoying playing piano and guitar, and I couldn’t imagine what it would…
5 Ordinary Tools Often Used in an Unsafe Manner
The invention of tools is one of the things that differentiates us from other life forms. Not all necessarily, like the sea otter who figured out how to break open shells, but most. Our willingness to use tools, however, is generally not tempered with the desire to use them correctly, or to use the right…
When Workflows Change
It was busy at my house over the holidays. The kids and their spouses, our college son, and 3 dogs were all there at once. When there are special events in your home, work patterns change. In particular, there is more time spent in the kitchen preparing, serving, eating and cleaning. The kitchen is full…
8 Cool and Cold Weather Precautions
After 5 winters in Atlanta, I hesitate to complain about cold weather. I grew up in Cleveland and spent part of my career north of Albany, New York, so I’ve lived in much colder climates. Still, as the temperatures move lower it’s always good to reflect on a few steps we take specifically at this…
7 Reasons to Review Your Insurance Needs
Although most of my posts are focused on prevention, I carry a certain level of insurance in case my own awareness and decisions are not enough to protect us from everything. But what insurance should you carry? How much and for what incidents? There are all kinds of sites that will help you understand the…
5 Everyday Risks
We live in a world with lots of regulation. Some of it is good, and some of it contributes to our safety. But there is only so much that can be done by others to assure we never get hurt. The most important ingredient is the choice we make when dealing with risk. And by…
5 Reasons to Take a Real Vacation
Time off from work. We all love it and look forward to it. Sometimes we spend time off on family events, and sometimes we plan to get away and do something we do not get the chance to do normally. My company offers a generous policy, and as a long-term employee I get plenty of…
