I keep hearing assertions regarding 'safety training,' etc. Horsefeathers!
Oh, 'safety is a wonderful concept. However, the bent of these proposals is to REMOVE the worker himself from the safety equation. This is exactly opposite of the claimed purpose of these efforts.
Virtually no one visiting this web site has ANY safety training- at least, as these seminar wonks wish to define it. To them, 'training' only counts if it is the canned presentation, one-size-fits-all rulebook that they attempt to sell at their seminars - AND the dated 'certificate' attendance buys you.
You want safety? The answer lies in Demming's management principles- and NOT the 'industrial engineering' approach too often taken.
The two main principles Demming stressed are:
LET the worker decide. This means no more idiotic enforcement of safety glasses and hard hat rules. Please not it was the enforcement I refer to as idiotic - and not the use of the gear!
Second ... hold management accountable. As Peters (Not the "Mr. Sparky" guy) has well documented, accident rates plummet the moment they start having an impact on management bonuses.
