safety alert
cmonforton | December 21, 2016The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) deserves credit for rapidly publicizing information about serious injury incidents and close call events. A brief recap and single photo make an easy lesson for a pre-shift safety meeting or toolbox talk. But MSHA needs to reject language in its safety alerts that blames workers for their injuries. It's an easy trap to fall into, but it's not effective for injury prevention.
This morning, an MSHA "Serious Incident Alert" landed in my inbox. The lead sentences read:
"A miner was trying to determine why clay was not flowing properly by examining…