Tag: WorkplaceSafety
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When Dad’s “Nifty Sleeping Bag” Taught Me About Safety Culture.
When I was a little kid, my dad worked as a pipeline superintendent. He had been away from home for months on a project, and the day he finally returned, he crashed hard from pure exhaustion. While he slept, my sister and I decided to go explore his truck. We had missed him, and there…
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They Would Own You
Years ago, long before I was an instructor or a Construction Safety Officer, I witnessed an exchange that changed how I view professional integrity forever. A Supervisor wanted to get his quad on the company payroll to increase his pay from the project. There was one catch: he needed a quad certification. Unwilling to actually…
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Punishing Compliance
We once had a competitor with a strict “No Fail” policy. It didn’t matter how poorly a student performed; they could simply keep retaking the exam until they “passed.” The courses we instruct are designed with intention by very clever people. The material is written at a Grade 5 level, and the exam is at…