An employee engaged in unsafe horseplay at work. He got warnings, including a final one, but was caught once again on videotape. He was fired, and the case eventually went to court.
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Tags: final warning, horseplay, Wal-Mart
If you get into enough debates about using cell phones while driving, eventually someone is likely to say, “What about all the other things people do while driving? I’ve seen people eating, putting on makeup, shaving … ”
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One of those so-called reality shows takes too cavalier an attitude about safety, according to a blogger in the general media. If that’s the case, we want to take the issue one step further: Do the media’s messages harm attempts to increase workplace safety?
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Tags: disregard for safety, people getting hurt, reality shows, Survivor, tough-guy attitude
Did you know that Feb. 12, 2009 was Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday? And the man credited with the theory of evolution now shares his name with an annual list of people whose unsafe acts accidentally led to their deaths. And many of these occurred at work.
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This isn’t how companies would want to test a safety net at a construction site.
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Tags: construction, drunk worker, safety net
An employee was hospitalized after he used a propane torch to thaw ice on a piece of work equipment.
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The city of Montreal, Canada, has shown that it takes drinking — or even just carrying — alcohol on the job while using city equipment very seriously.
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Tags: alcohol, breathalyzer, fired
Does your company require employees to pass drug tests? Now, there’s one less product on the market to help them cheat.
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Tags: court, drug tests, transportation, Whizzinator
Stupid: Performing stunts on a forklift. Really stupid: Recording the stunts and posting them on the Web.
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Tags: forklift, safety courses, stunts
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