Safety Police

Tweinke I like your suggestion. However this forum already has more sub forums than any I have been on before and sometimes find it overwhelming.

Folks could post in the Safety Issues .... forum that already exists, or the Questions forum.. get answers fast. I find that I keep an eye on those all the time.

David
 
Lots of folks do things "their way" and in that they know the safety tasks and often omit them as they work on "autopilot" or they assume everyone knows.

It does not hurt to remind folks of areas to be concerned for safety.

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Has anyone run numbers here.

We have 18,122 members at the moment. Let's use an average of 5 years in the trade for each member, not that far off actually I would think as many here have over 40 years experience. That equates to an amazing and impressive 90,610 total years. Not only that we are family and care what happens to one another. I for one am proud to be part of this.

"Billy G"
 
Billy I am an electrical engineer (retired), but have always been a "closet" mechanical guy. For the last 35 years of my career I worked with a well known consumer power tool company designing all sorts of products, and being the only EE among very talented mechanical engineers and machinists I sucked up everything I could learn from them. After all I had to be able to talk THEIR language since they didn't understand electrons.

Of course I am still learning. But while I am learning I also experiment on my own and try new things. Some would be considered unorthodox by the purists. However I feel that I can post my methods here and not feel intimidated by those that are far more experienced than me.

And yes I am proud to be a part of this family, and my sincere appreciation to all the moderators / administrators whom have created this culture. But I can't minimize how equally important it is for the 18,122 who participate and adhere to the values that are so critical to the success and acceptance of this forum.

David
 
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The day we stop learning we will be gone from this big blue marble. I learn something new from here every time I show up and I have been in the trade since march of 1970. I became a Journeyman in 1974 after my apprenticeship was done.

"Billy G"
 
I'm with Billy. I started in 1968 and have learned more and more through the years. Most of it from the old timers and some from newbies. I pass on what I can to those who want to learn. But I still learn from time to time because someone comes up with a different way to do things that is easier, faster, and better. Not everyone thinks the same way. But sometimes the way someone does something is not all that safe. It doesn't hurt to point that out but it needs to be done in a polite manner. But if done rudely can cause problems.
 
Maybe a bit late to chime in on this one but as my first post I would like to say I am a journeyman machinist of 10 years in Canada and now am also a full time health and safety advisor in a large plant setting. 90% of all incidents can lead back to one little cause-complacency- we become comfortable doing "what we have always done" I feel proud if someone thinks of me as the safety police because that means I have spoke up when they may have inadvertently put themselves in harms way and maybe they went home with 10 fingers and 10 toes because I was vocal about an unsafe act or condition. For every one that I am there to witness there are 10 that I am not there for, this is where self triggering on our state of mind or on what we are doing in the moment comes in when we are working alone...... AWARENESS IS KEY. End rant and step down from soapbox
 
Farmboy1, I'm glad that you are here!! Please continue to speak loud and proud.
Farmboy1 said:
Maybe a bit late to chime in on this one but as my first post I would like to say I am a journeyman machinist of 10 years in Canada and now am also a full time health and safety advisor in a large plant setting. 90% of all incidents can lead back to one little cause-complacency- we become comfortable doing "what we have always done" I feel proud if someone thinks of me as the safety police because that means I have spoke up when they may have inadvertently put themselves in harms way and maybe they went home with 10 fingers and 10 toes because I was vocal about an unsafe act or condition. For every one that I am there to witness there are 10 that I am not there for, this is where self triggering on our state of mind or on what we are doing in the moment comes in when we are working alone...... AWARENESS IS KEY. End rant and step down from soapbox
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Hey - I'm not a trained or very experienced machinist.
I'm here to learn and get help.
I'm all for someone who notices anything in a post of mine that isn't a safe operation to tell me about.

The only way to learn is to be taught by someone who knows.

PLEASE - help me keep all my fingers where they belong.
 
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