6th July 2010, 10:23 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:If someone is incapable of conceiving safety as an integral part of their job, they are clearly incapable of being on site and as supervisor you need to take responsibility for getting them out of the danger zone. Don't see what's so difficult about that or even what there is to get fed up with. Its just part of the job....
I would suggest you talk to your trade union and the company safety committee and the management about implementing a scheme where only safety competent staff are allowed on site.....that's just day to day trade union and saftey committee business after all.
Speaking from non-archaeological experience, there is often no way until the muppetry is incipient or already in progress to see if the person in question is incapable of common sense. My brother-in-law has two weeks in Bermuda, a twice-yearly trip to Hawaii and various other holidays, all paid for by the stupidity of people. He's an engineer and expert witness of the 'No, the machine is within the approved parameters, and would not have ripped that man's arms off if he hadn't bypassed the safety guard to retrieve his eyeglasses from the cooling fan' sort of thing. It is impossible to look at someone and know that they are total idiots until they prove it to you in a way that you could never, ever forsee. Ever.
Prime practitioner of headology, with a side order of melting glass with a stern glare.