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Pet Peeves & ‘Common Sense’
“Last Thursday’s article on pet peeves [by Dave Gouthro] refers to ’simple common sense.’ Well, I also have a pet peeve of my own: the term ‘common sense.’ Boy, do I dislike it. In a past situation, I was involved with improving Accident Investigation at a workplace. In reviewing existing investigations, [...]
Manual Labor
Here’s a training blooper submitted by a SafetyXChange member who asked to remain anonymous to avoid embarrassing his colleague.
A safety engineer on our staff reported an occupational back injury that resulted in time off from work. Another safety engineer investigated the injury and found that the accident had been caused by lifting a box [...]
Joke of the Week
How many safety personnel are needed to change a light bulb?
Fifteen:
One to conduct the Project Safety & Health Review;
One to prepare the Job Safety Analysis;
One to review the Standard Operating Procedure;
One to check regulatory requirements;
One to assess training needs;
One [...]
July 26, 2002, The Quecreek Mine Miracle
Any time a worker survives a mine accident, it feels like a miracle. Multiplied by 9, it’s like a miracle on steroids. So what happened 8 years ago on this date in the Pennsylvania Quecreek Mine is a tale worth retelling.
It began 2 days earlier, on July 24. At 8:50 [...]
July 12, 1949, Baseball Adopts the Warning Track
Innovations like the batting helmet, catcher’s mask and padded walls have made the game of Baseball much safer to play since the fatal beaning of Cleveland Indians’ shortstop Roy Chapman in 1920. And if you believe the “Internet,” today represents the anniversary of another one of Baseball’s safety features. On this [...]
Death on the Diamond: The Tragedy of Ray Chapman
With Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game a day away, this seems like an appropriate time to reflect
on one of the game’s darkest moments. It happened on August 16, 1920. The Cleveland Indians had travelled to the Polo Grounds in New York to take on an upstart team [...]
June 29, 1864; The Grand Trunk Railway Disaster
19th century Americans weren’t the only inhabitants of North America with the ambition to build a railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Construction of Canada’s version of the transcontinental railroad, the Grand Trunk Railway, started in 1853. Six years later, it began operations between Ontario and Quebec.
Unfortunately, the great [...]
The Tragedy of the Victoria Hall Stampede
On June 16, 1883, excitement and laughter filled Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England. Hundreds of children had been looking forward to this day, and now they gathered in the event center to enjoy the travelling entertainers, Mr and Mrs Fay.
Toward the end of the show, it was announced that children with [...]
Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
By Maya Angelou (Selected by Barbara Semeniuk)
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size.
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
“It’s in the reach of my arms,
[...]
Dr. James Young Simpson
It’s hard to imagine but for centuries surgery was performed without anaesthetics. No wonder it was considered a treatment of last resort, one that patients often failed to survive.
The ancient Sumerians first used herbal remedies derived from opium poppies as anaesthetics in 4200 BC. A 10th century Persian work describes a cesarean [...]
