Tag: Safety

Plant Managers – Friday – Safety Moments Do you start every meeting with a safety moment? Do you ask if anyone has a brief safety topic to share? Offer one yourself? For most meetings, it can be something informal. Just a quick 30-60 second share of something relevant: Morning production meeting or weekly leadership team…
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This post is about 2 aspects of “project safety” – safety during the installation and safety of the finished project. Installation safetyYou’re probably on top of this, but here are a few highlights, whether it’s contractors or your own in-house folks: Equipment/Machine safetyHere I’m talking about the safety of the finished project.You really need your…
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Plant Managers – Friday plant walk – Floor Presence Are your folks surprised when they see you out in the plant? Or does somebody come check on you when they don’t – “Hey. We haven’t seen you all day. You OK?” The biggest step change I saw in a manufacturing plant happened when the leadership…
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How is your compressed air safety? If you’re in a manufacturing plant, you use compressed air. It’s used to operate all kinds of equipment, for material conveying (dense phase or dilute), and for cleaning. As you’re walking today, look and LISTEN. Are you hearing air leaks? Especially when your equipment is down and you still…
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So, let’s take a look at the outside of your manufacturing plant. How is your site security? The high today in Burleson is only 96° – practically a cold spell, so it’s a good day for it. Is there a fence around your site?  If so, lucky you. Do the gates stay closed most of…
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“Electrical safety? Are you asking me to go watch my electricians? I don’t think those guys like me.” No. The work they do is a whole other post. This post is about general electrical safety. The stuff we walk by every day and don’t notice. Is “eye blind” a term? Like “nose blind”? WARNING –…
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