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Post by comom1 on Feb 10, 2014 17:23:29 GMT -5
Stupid People. Seriously. Follow safety rules and we all go home in one piece I can be as safe as can be and follow every rule in the book, but it doesn't help me if I have an idiot for a co-worker.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Feb 10, 2014 17:37:39 GMT -5
Stupid People. Seriously. Follow safety rules and we all go home in one piece I can be as safe as can be and follow every rule in the book, but it doesn't help me if I have an idiot for a co-worker. Good thing all your co workers are smart, thoughtful, and aware individuals then!
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Post by mamasita99 on Feb 10, 2014 19:17:57 GMT -5
I work with kids with intellectual disabilities and severe behavior needs. Bodily injury is always possible for staff. Most common injuries are scratches, bites and bruises. But from time to time the injuries can be a lot more severe.
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Post by Peace77 on Feb 10, 2014 19:21:52 GMT -5
I volunteer with prisoners and men recently released from prison in often sketchy neighborhoods --potential problems but so far -none.
past jobs included finger cut by bread slicing machine at bakery;
nursing jobs were the worst: got hand sliced (needed stitches) while washing a glass, got peed on and a teenager in the psych unit tried to strangle me.
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Post by Malarky on Feb 10, 2014 19:27:55 GMT -5
Lung damage from breathing flour particles. Flour is also very combustible so fire is a real possibility.
My doctor actually does lung x-rays every couple of years because of my job. We have an exhaust fan in the ceiling that is never closed so there is always ventilation and any gas buildup from the ovens extremely unlikely.
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Post by comom1 on Feb 10, 2014 20:00:03 GMT -5
I can be as safe as can be and follow every rule in the book, but it doesn't help me if I have an idiot for a co-worker. Good thing all your co workers are smart, thoughtful, and aware individuals then! Oh yes, it's a wonderful thing. Seriously, most of my coworkers are just that. Smart and aware. I don't really care about thoughtful. However, we have a couple of people that no one wants to work with because they're always an accident waiting to happen. One of them put a 100# trunk on the belt, wheels down. It rocketed down the belt loader and damn near took out the guy at the bottom. When he realized what he had done, his response was to giggle.
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Post by comom1 on Feb 10, 2014 20:01:52 GMT -5
I work with kids with intellectual disabilities and severe behavior needs. Bodily injury is always possible for staff. Most common injuries are scratches, bites and bruises. But from time to time the injuries can be a lot more severe. Bless you for your work. I could never do what you do and I know whatever they pay you, it isn't enough.
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Post by sunshinegal1981 on Feb 10, 2014 20:41:20 GMT -5
At work? Mostly I'm at grave risk of dying from boredom.
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Post by spartan7886 on Feb 10, 2014 21:12:52 GMT -5
In the office, which is most of the time - carpal tunnel, falling down the stairs, getting run over in the parking lot, standard office stuff.
Precautions for the above include a 10 mph facility speed limit, which is strictly enforced, annual ergonomic assessments, strict punishment for talking on the phone while driving (including termination) and a strong peer-to-peer intervention culture. We also have an on-site nurse and defillibrators/first aid kits on every floor.
In the field, which is about 10% of the time, multi-ton overhead lifts, pressures up to 15,000 psi, flammable and explosive well fluids, deadly gases, rotating machinery, falls, uneven rock surfaces, inexperienced personnel, weather hazards (heat exhaustion and ice both), not following the permit to work system, various acids, helicopter crashes (offshore), and surprisingly, with all that, you're still most in danger driving to work, particularly when locals decide it's fun to freeze water bottles and throw them out the window at oncoming traffic during crew change. We didn't have any people hurt, just damage to the trucks, but other companies had people get cut pretty good.
Precautions for the above include everything from the office (except the nurse on most locations) plus a strict limit on short-service employees, MSDS sheets, two-barrier policy for wells, No-Go zones for lifts and pressure tests, red zones around rotating machinery, 100% tie off above 4 feet, safety showers and eye baths where chemicals are in play, cool-down trailers during the summer, mandatory helicopter underwater evacuation training to take even a single trip by helicopter, Kevlar restraints on all temporary pipework, regular equipment inspection and maintenance programs, JSAs, MOCs, and more standards than you can shake a stick at.
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Post by midjd on Feb 10, 2014 22:28:57 GMT -5
We have a few death threats every year, but the building is pretty secure (badge entry + security desk downstairs, receptionist upstairs). It's kind of a PITA since the downstairs security desk won't let anyone upstairs unless they've gotten an email from us, and we have a lot of visitors who just want to drop in unannounced.
Still, after witnessing someone shoot himself a few years ago (after firing 2 shots into our building), I'm glad we have security.
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Post by teen persuasion on Feb 10, 2014 22:29:40 GMT -5
Bookshelves falling, stairs (especially if I'm carrying boxes of books to or from storage), climbing ladders to decorate, etc. We recently had to re-anchor the bookshelves that run the length of the children's section because it was pulling away from the wall a good 6" at the top. Oh, and the risk of hitting my head on a low hanging pipe or duct while in the basement - it is fun schlepping boxes of books while ducking. You get pretty good after 10 or 20 trips on booksale weekends.
Honestly, I'm probably at greatest risk from germs I'm exposed to working with the public, especially kids. When you see the condition of books that people return, you begin to wonder...
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Post by Sunnyday on Feb 10, 2014 22:43:05 GMT -5
We have a few death threats every year, but the building is pretty secure (badge entry + security desk downstairs, receptionist upstairs). It's kind of a PITA since the downstairs security desk won't let anyone upstairs unless they've gotten an email from us, and we have a lot of visitors who just want to drop in unannounced. Still, after witnessing someone shoot himself a few years ago (after firing 2 shots into our building), I'm glad we have security. oh my, did you witness it close up? How horrible. How absolutely horrible. Back to topic: My work hazards are poor eyesight and back problems from sitting scrunched up on the computer. And the occasional anxiety attack when extremely urgent, high profile projects happen, but otherwise, not much to write home about.
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Post by midjd on Feb 10, 2014 22:54:06 GMT -5
oh my, did you witness it close up? How horrible. How absolutely horrible. He was across the street, so luckily not too close. We all heard the shots and rushed to the windows (smart, right?) in time to see him fall from the top of the building. He had 2 kids...it was very tragic.
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Post by moneymaven on Feb 10, 2014 23:37:19 GMT -5
Jet engines are the biggie. There's also a lot of ground equipment moving near us and you won't hear it so you need to keep your head moving around. There are chemicals, fumes, lavatory waste, heights, heavy bags and, this time of year, snow and ice. You just have to be hyper-aware of your surroundings all the time. I've seen what happens when you walk behind a running engine or in front of a tractor. It isn't pretty. I've been spared seeing someone ingested into an engine, but I've seen pictures of the aftermath. Pay attention and know the rules on hazardous materials and waste. Those two things should keep you fairly safe. Do you work at DIA?
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Post by NastyWoman on Feb 10, 2014 23:49:28 GMT -5
I think that the dozens of binders at or above face level are the most dangerous items in my workplace, because I live on terra-firma and a good quake could bring all that stuff down on me
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Post by Opti on Feb 11, 2014 0:19:52 GMT -5
Interesting topic and I'll need to think about it. My first thought was, well, we do have sharps, hazardous waste, and portable oxygen in the facility... We have patient deaths monthly mostly from physical causes that are going to kill them eventually anyway. We did have one staff member death which I think was ultimately something like a quick unexpected blood clot to the brain, but according to those who were there looked like instant syncope and collapse before WP was taken to the hospital. As a receptionist/medical records clerk/former rehab aide tech it really depends on the mix in the facility. We tend to have 40 to 60% of the patients at any given time not oriented to time, place, etc. Here, strong men and older bigger Down's Syndrome folk scare me the most as sometimes they aren't to be reasoned with. I'd almost prefer the not oriented mentally ill folks 60 years old or younger. While the physical danger gets higher, chairs thrown at you etc., my options would be better and if I made the wrong call and got fired over it, I'd be OK with it. (I do martial arts and I do occasionally think about what to do *if* I had to stop someone. Bad thing, because of bullies constantly trying to take me out or intimidate me as a child, if surprised while tired and half aware, I'm actually more accurate with my hits/ability to defend myself/ disable the other.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 8:06:35 GMT -5
I can be as safe as can be and follow every rule in the book, but it doesn't help me if I have an idiot for a co-worker. Yep- the mother of a friend of mine was a nurse in the 1950s. One of the other nurses violated the rules for keeping the workplace as germ-free as possible and her mother caught a nasty infection that left her infertile. She'd already had my friend but their second child was adopted.
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Post by tskeeter on Feb 11, 2014 11:50:04 GMT -5
I used to work for a pharmaceutical company in manufacturing. We handled highly toxic chemical in large doses, many of them flammable, and highly potent substances (our products). During a safety presentation one year, the put up all the statistics and one of the most dangerous jobs in the company was actually sales person, because they were in their car on company time a lot. One year there were 4 deaths - this was a very LARGE company. Yup, seems that outside sales and driving truck are some of the more dangerous jobs you can have. I believe that OSHA reports that the primary cause of workplace deaths in recent years is vehicle accidents.
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Post by spartan7886 on Feb 11, 2014 14:45:53 GMT -5
In the office, which is most of the time - carpal tunnel, falling down the stairs, getting run over in the parking lot, standard office stuff. Precautions for the above include a 10 mph facility speed limit, which is strictly enforced, annual ergonomic assessments, strict punishment for talking on the phone while driving (including termination) and a strong peer-to-peer intervention culture. We also have an on-site nurse and defillibrators/first aid kits on every floor. In the field, which is about 10% of the time, multi-ton overhead lifts, pressures up to 15,000 psi, flammable and explosive well fluids, deadly gases, rotating machinery, falls, uneven rock surfaces, inexperienced personnel, weather hazards (heat exhaustion and ice both), not following the permit to work system, various acids, helicopter crashes (offshore), and surprisingly, with all that, you're still most in danger driving to work, particularly when locals decide it's fun to freeze water bottles and throw them out the window at oncoming traffic during crew change. We didn't have any people hurt, just damage to the trucks, but other companies had people get cut pretty good. Precautions for the above include everything from the office (except the nurse on most locations) plus a strict limit on short-service employees, MSDS sheets, two-barrier policy for wells, No-Go zones for lifts and pressure tests, red zones around rotating machinery, 100% tie off above 4 feet, safety showers and eye baths where chemicals are in play, cool-down trailers during the summer, mandatory helicopter underwater evacuation training to take even a single trip by helicopter, Kevlar restraints on all temporary pipework, regular equipment inspection and maintenance programs, JSAs, MOCs, and more standards than you can shake a stick at. I forgot fire. stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2014/02/11/natural-gas-well-explodes-in-greene-county/Not my company, but a risk for us as much as anyone else if equipment fails or procedures aren't followed. My inside sources tell me the missing worker is most likely dead, given his proximity to the well at the time of the blowout and failure to muster.
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Post by comom1 on Feb 11, 2014 22:35:05 GMT -5
Jet engines are the biggie. There's also a lot of ground equipment moving near us and you won't hear it so you need to keep your head moving around. There are chemicals, fumes, lavatory waste, heights, heavy bags and, this time of year, snow and ice. You just have to be hyper-aware of your surroundings all the time. I've seen what happens when you walk behind a running engine or in front of a tractor. It isn't pretty. I've been spared seeing someone ingested into an engine, but I've seen pictures of the aftermath. Pay attention and know the rules on hazardous materials and waste. Those two things should keep you fairly safe. Do you work at DIA? Guilty as charged. I'm the one who's in charge of breaking the handle on your suitcase.
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Post by moneymaven on Feb 11, 2014 23:42:07 GMT -5
Guilty as charged. I'm the one who's in charge of breaking the handle on your suitcase. Ha! Actually, it's gotten much better than it once was...! I had some serious problems with baggage handling in Dulles recently. It took them over 3 hours to find my gate checked car seat. DIA had my bags out before I got to baggage claim.
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Post by grits on Feb 12, 2014 1:25:32 GMT -5
The doors at work are painted green on the side you are supposed to enter, and red on the one you are not. We have had meeting after meeting about it. Still, we have idiots who continually barrel through the door that is red because it is 10 feet closer than the one they are supposed to use. When somebody gets hurt, and the idiot who hurt them gets fired, they might finally listen.
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Post by happyhoix on Feb 12, 2014 10:55:44 GMT -5
I used to work for a pharmaceutical company in manufacturing. We handled highly toxic chemical in large doses, many of them flammable, and highly potent substances (our products). During a safety presentation one year, the put up all the statistics and one of the most dangerous jobs in the company was actually sales person, because they were in their car on company time a lot. One year there were 4 deaths - this was a very LARGE company. Yup, seems that outside sales and driving truck are some of the more dangerous jobs you can have. I believe that OSHA reports that the primary cause of workplace deaths in recent years is vehicle accidents. Yes vehicle accidents are always high, due to the large number of sales people, truck drivers and other types of workers who have to use vehicles for their job.
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