Sirocco Jerry
Active member
Environmental Health and Safety..
one of the largest business opportunities on the planet today,
and here we sit in the middle of it..
we are Enviro-Clean-Up Specialists. Eh?
We will profit, and all that, BUT..
We are constantly reminded we MUST engage in Best Management this,
compliance that,
and looking over our shoulders.. Liability.. in EVERY way.
We need a "meeting Room" to remind eachother to "stay alive"
..in EVERY way..
Get sales, be profitable, do it safely,
be compliant, pay your insurance,
repeat. ..day, after day.
if you're not sure where I'm coming from.. let me paint a picture..
Roof cleaning is a "slip and fall hazard".
chemicals are "liability problems in a bottle".
employees are your first impression, and WORST "exposure problem".
your equipment is all the above.. an "everything hazard"..
from spills, to fires, to blown coils, to broken ladder,
Hot water spraying on a passer by.
MOST importantly.. "personal BMP's" need to be handed to every employee,
If you don't have employees, you STILL need "personal BMP's"
..and to READ them,
..EVERY time your wife says "be careful" as you go out to the next job.
I have seen "seasoned veterans" make the most amazingly dumb-a$$ mistakes..
like NEVER wearing earplugs.. you are GOING to go deaf.
And water spraying forward at 475 MPH (4000 psi at the nozzle)
throws those little rocks right back in your face at 200 MPH or more.
would you ride a motorcycle at that speed without goggles ??
We need a place (here) to post what went wrong,
what almost went wrong, and what could possibly go wrong.
We need to teach eachother to "actively" focus on our own
.. environmental health and safety.
each example deserves it's own thread..
Let the Safety Meeting begin ! :smash:
..ACtually it already started,
..and those posts should be moved into this new area.
one of the largest business opportunities on the planet today,
and here we sit in the middle of it..
we are Enviro-Clean-Up Specialists. Eh?
We will profit, and all that, BUT..
We are constantly reminded we MUST engage in Best Management this,
compliance that,
and looking over our shoulders.. Liability.. in EVERY way.
We need a "meeting Room" to remind eachother to "stay alive"
..in EVERY way..
Get sales, be profitable, do it safely,
be compliant, pay your insurance,
repeat. ..day, after day.
if you're not sure where I'm coming from.. let me paint a picture..
Roof cleaning is a "slip and fall hazard".
chemicals are "liability problems in a bottle".
employees are your first impression, and WORST "exposure problem".
your equipment is all the above.. an "everything hazard"..
from spills, to fires, to blown coils, to broken ladder,
Hot water spraying on a passer by.
MOST importantly.. "personal BMP's" need to be handed to every employee,
If you don't have employees, you STILL need "personal BMP's"
..and to READ them,
..EVERY time your wife says "be careful" as you go out to the next job.
I have seen "seasoned veterans" make the most amazingly dumb-a$$ mistakes..
like NEVER wearing earplugs.. you are GOING to go deaf.
And water spraying forward at 475 MPH (4000 psi at the nozzle)
throws those little rocks right back in your face at 200 MPH or more.
would you ride a motorcycle at that speed without goggles ??
We need a place (here) to post what went wrong,
what almost went wrong, and what could possibly go wrong.
We need to teach eachother to "actively" focus on our own
.. environmental health and safety.
each example deserves it's own thread..
Let the Safety Meeting begin ! :smash:
..ACtually it already started,
..and those posts should be moved into this new area.