The terms “unsafe” has come up a few times in the last few weeks and I’d like to take the opportunity to speak to this. When someone says they believe a situation is “unsafe and wants to shutdown the job”, I become very nervous. I’m nervous because I’m hearing (right or wrong) “you’re afraid”. I […]
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Measuring Hazards
The other day one of our teams was attending a client going into an empty tank. Our team wanted to take a number of precautions whereas the client did not. The team was concerned that the client was taking unnecessary risks. The client, on the other hand, thought we were going overboard. This conflict was created […]