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Hotler

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36. Does your place of work have a safety program in place?

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 10:32 PM

Mar 2013

I work for a company that is AISC structural steel, ASME pipe/presure vessel and mechanical contracting with close to 1000 employees and we just got what is called OSHA VPP Star staitus. Less than 0.03% of the companies in America get achive this for safety. We have a safety program where anyone from the office, shops and field crews can stop work if they think or see that something is dangerous and not get in trouble for it. You cannot be legally fired for reporting a safety violation to OSHA. Don't be afraid to go read the OSHA website. My place of work main core value when it comes to safety is that at the end of the day everyone goes home to their family healthy and safe.

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yet another friend got hurt at work tonight [View all] backwoodsbob Mar 2013 OP

where are you working? snooper2 Mar 2013 #1

I thought "sausage factory machinery repairman?" myself.... nt MADem Mar 2013 #41

Where the fuck do you work? HarveyDarkey Mar 2013 #2

My dear backwoodsbob... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #3

I keep telling myself 4 more years backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #5

last update I just got backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #6

I've been hit by the blades of my scroll saw AND my band saw. So far no major damage. talkingmime Mar 2013 #24

this is on a different level...no insult intended backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #26

Yeah, I gathered that from the post about the steel reels - after my post. talkingmime Mar 2013 #27

Be safe out there. Ptah Mar 2013 #4

Is the man in this video working without safety goggles? PADemD Mar 2013 #8

He wears clear goggles when the machines are running - hedgehog Mar 2013 #30

Sounds like they need some visits from OSHA Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #7

+1 union_maid Mar 2013 #9

Indeed! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #11

Indeed... Earth_First Mar 2013 #13

OSHA is a joke backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #32

Really!!!! Hotler Mar 2013 #37

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #38

Exactly! AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #39

Be careful, Bob. IME if you get hurt at work you're screwn. nt raccoon Mar 2013 #10

I'm sorry someone was hurt. What is the nature of your job? In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #12

steel fabrication backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #14

I escort those loads. I am so very sorry! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #16

oh yeah backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #17

It needs to stop before someone gets killed! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #19

people have died backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #21

O!M!G! bob!!! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #23

Even just getting hurt is awful. The pain, and the loss of fingers or a hand...life altering. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #44

if you do steel runs I'm sure backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #20

I believe I was in that location in 2010! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #22

You mean like the 4 meter rolls? I've seen eleventy-million wheel trucks hauling those. talkingmime Mar 2013 #25

we have them limited to 60k but yeah backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #29

if anyone wonders why I have such a love for my big doggies backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #15

God...what can I say? AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #40

I miss buddy Guy so much backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #42

The world needs more stupid puppies. AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #43

I know what you mean. I lost my black cocker spaniel, Buddy, Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #45

That's terrible. RiffRandell Mar 2013 #18

holy fucking fuck. mopinko Mar 2013 #28

There is no excuse - whatsoever - hedgehog Mar 2013 #31

took a vacation day backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #33

Stay safe. Gosh, it must be bad if someone got killed on the job LeftInTX Mar 2013 #34

watched a guy die in Virginia backwoodsbob Mar 2013 #35

Does your place of work have a safety program in place? Hotler Mar 2013 #36