Trashing the Boss

I was asked to provide safety training to the supervisor staff at a commuter rail construction job site with the safety manager. I suggested to my boss that we talk about keeping the various work areas free of debris. During the training, I showed several digital snapshots taken around the various work areas to illustrate the hazards from debris accumulation on walking surfaces. I learned later that the worst areas in my photos were the ones for which the boss was personally responsible!

I feared I had shot myself in the foot. But it turned out that the boss was not only not unhappy but actually appreciative that I had brought the problem to his attention! This enabled him to fix the problem. Phew!

Over the next two years, the areas where the training was held experienced over a million injury-free man hours for a crew of 600-700 workers.

David H. Faulkner, Instructor
ANCDF Training Department

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