Safety Highlight
It’s Up to You
Last month we lost a brother.
An employee at a sister company lost his life to a workplace incident. It was not a huge, dramatic incident but the result was a 19-year-old man lost his life . I hope we all have taken a few minutes and really given this some thought. His family has lost a son, and a brother. Everything from this time forward that life has to offer has been taken from him. It makes us realize just how fragile life is . So what can we do going forward? We can intentionally work safe so this does not happen to anyone else. Any injury is too much. We as human beings have a built-in thought process that tells us bad things happen to other people, not us. We accept risk when it is inconvenient to do what is right, we accept risk if we are in a hurry. It is so important that we do the right thing all the time every day, at work and at home. I fear some of us only do the right thing when we think people are watching . We talk about being committed to zero. Are we really Committed to Zero or is it just something that we say, instead of something that we do? It needs to be our culture; the way we do things. Our Values are, Take Care of each other, Take Care of the Customer, Strive for Excellence, and No Distractions. Are they really our values? Do we believe in them and intentionally live up to them each day? Jerry is writing an article in the newsletter each month about our values. Take to heart what he says. We have great people at Delta, and you are the ones that have to decide; Will you live our values, are you committed to zero? We provide a lot of equipment, we do a lot of training, we have some great opportunities, but at the end of the day it comes down to each employee intentionally working safe and preventing losses. There is nothing that we do that is worth getting hurt over, nothing. Each Supervisor, each foreman, each apprentice should be looking out for each other. Don’t wait for the safety director or someone else to come onto your job site and point out an unsafe condition. You know it is there, do something about it. Everyone is expected to stop work if there is an unsafe condition in the area where they need to work. We have just started the fourth quarter of the year. Let’s make it the best quarter that we have ever had. Sometimes with the holidays and with making plans for the upcoming year we can lose focus on the present. Stay focused. We have good people that do great things each and every day, but, we are not where we need to be. You are the answer; you can make it happen.
Thank You for your hard work and dedication,
Dennis Orgill Corporate Risk and Safety Director
We want to continue sharing both safety wins and stop work situations. If you are involved in a safety win or stop work situation, please send a description of the incident along with a photo to: Ashley Tzioumis, Quentin Johnson & Dennis Orgill
(Ashley.Tzioumis@deltafiresystems.us) (Quentin.Johnson@deltafriesystem.us) (Dennis.Orgill@deltafiresystems.us)
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