Safety Spotlight: Short Cuts

Everyone takes a shortcut at one time or another. Kids jump the fence instead of using the gate. Pedestrians cross streets between intersections. In many cases, a shortcut involves danger. BREAK THE HABIT If you have the habit of taking dangerous shortcuts, break it. In our work it can be deadly. An iron worker who tried to cross an opening by …

Safety Spotlight: Shortcuts Are Killers!

Most of us have the necessary skills and knowledge to do our jobs well, and most of us don’t want to hurt ourselves or anyone else. Why then do we take shortcuts, setting ourselves—and others—up for injury? The following is a list of things we often do, even though we know we shouldn’t! You can’t fool safety devices—but we remove …