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Dear Fellows

 

I have worked with Health and Safety for almost 10 years now and always have to pinch myself that this is a serious issue that we need not take lightly. We men, have the tendency to ignore all safety warnings and do things like Sinatra said "I did it my way". Remember, you as a grandfather, father, son, brother,uncle, brother-in-law and relative can never be replaced. You are simply a special figure in the family tree.

 

Last evening, a friend of mine and I went under the Discovery 2002 MY to work on the compressor which has either lost it's life style of holding the air springs intact or a general leakage in the system. The truck was well placed on stands and an extra tyre around me just in case. The bottle jack was also around and the main jack too was intact. Stig, my pal had his head under the truck and so did I!.

 

My worry was Stig. I had pulled him from under the family supper to help fix my truck. The fear of being the guilty one lurked over me. He is working in security and I am working with Safety which pays my bill. My thoughts reflected on a headliner on the news, "Two men have been mashed up under a discovery whiles replacing the compressor". Just the thought summoned me to tell Stig to move from under the truck and he did it. We were safe but I still resolved at getting our bodies out of the way when we were not having any operation.

 

This morning (11th February 2016) it was in the headliner of VG - A man has been squeezed under his car. The wife discovered that he was not in bed and went into the garage!!!!!

 

Please take all risk assessments and evaluations before you go under your car. The Norwegian word "Etterpåklokskap" tells it all. " It is always wise to be wise afterwards".

 

One accident is one accident too much. Take care of yourself, guys!!

 

Enclosed are pics of some of the operations I did lately on my discovery. Trust me. Everyday under the defender or the discovery sets my mind rolling.

 

 

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When I worked in the oil business, Schlumberger, long long time ago, we had a sticker on every mirror in the workshop and Offices.

 

"you are looking at the person responsible for your safety".

 

I have a similar sticker on my workshop Mirror.

 

 

 

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Here is another Safety alert.

 

A worker who was replacing the front brakes on a semi-truck jacked up the truck's front end and left it supported by a pair of jack stands. Later that day, with the front end still supported on the jack stands, another worker began replacing the truck's rear engine mounts. While he was underneath the front end jacking up the engine, the jack stands failed. One side of the front end then dropped onto the worker, causing serious crushing injuries.

WorkSafeBC's investigation found that none of the workers involved in that day's work on the truck knew the weight of the truck's front end, where to find that information, or the rated capacity of the jack stands that were used. As a pair, the jack stands had a rated capacity of only 2,700 kilograms (3 tons). That was not enough to safely support the truck's front end, which weighed 5,400 kilograms (6 tons). Jack stands with greater capacities were readily available at the workplace, but the workers were not aware of the ratings of those stands. Nor did the workers know that the jack stands had to be used in pairs to achieve their rated capacity.

Safe work practices:
  • Determine the weight of a vehicle before jacking it up. Choose jack stands that can safely support that weight, or use wood cribbing instead.
  • Check the manufacturer's instructions and the safety labels on the jack stands themselves to confirm the capacity of your jack stands. Most jack stands must be used in pairs to achieve their rated capacity.
  • Follow the manufacturer's instructions for using tools and equipment safely. If the instructions for jack stands or other vehicle supports are not available, contact the manufacturer or obtain written instructions from a professional engineer.
    • Ensure that jack stands, as well as any other vehicle supports or automotive lifts, are assembled and installed by qualified workers.
    • Ensure that workers who work on heavy equipment are adequately informed, instructed, trained, and supervised

 

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When I worked in the oil business, Schlumberger, long long time ago, we had a sticker on every mirror in the workshop and Offices.

 

"you are looking at the person responsible for your safety".

 

 

-Once, on a vessel operating out of West Africa, I spotted a delightfully honest and to-the-point sticker in the dirty mess: 'Look after yourself. Nobody else gives a f**k!'

 

Luckily, the last half turned out not to be true.

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