
For example, how many times have you crossed in the middle
of the street because you didn’t want to wait for the light to change at the
intersection? How many times have you gone into the plant without your safety
goggles because they were in your office and you didn’t want to take the time
to go get them? Or say you need to get
something off a top shelf and you don’t have a ladder handy. Do you take the
time to get the ladder or do you try to climb up on the shelves? Or, how many
times have you used the wrong tool on a job because it would take too long to
get the right one?
In all these situations there’s that decisive moment when we
choose to roll the dice or play it safe. Play it safe! Shortcuts create
potentially dangerous situations; can result in accidents, mistakes, serious
injuries, equipment and product damage, lost time and money and even worse. It’s
not worth it.
Policies and procedures are in place for a reason. Follow
them. The need to work fast should not override the need to work safe. Those
few extra minutes it takes to do it the right way could save a life.
As Beverly Sills once said, “There are no shortcuts to any
place worth going.” Be safe.
Posted by MJ Thomas
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