In article , Mark & Juanita
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Dave,
You might find this link useful for such reminders

http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/default.htm

Allen

Haw! that is a great resource. I have grabbed a
few items from them in the past. I believe that is where I got
the picture of the guy welding the gasoline tank on his truck,
while it is propped up at about 45 degrees by a couple of
4x4s.
Regards
Dave Mundt

I took a look at that link, e-mailed it to work as a matter of fact, some
of the photos should be useful. But, they also seem to get a bit carried
away; for example, the baby spare on the back of the jeep leading into a
diatribe about how sorry the driver will be when he has a flat -- my bet is
the real spare is inside the jeep. As in, "it's a joke son, a joke I say".
Some of the other diatribes were a bit off the deep end -- the situations
while not necessarily according to Hoyle were not necessarily
life-threatening hazards either. Guess one needs to apply some common
sense filters. Another example -- the coke can screw holder -- want to bet
the person using the can that way *wasn't* reaching his fingers into the
can for the screws, but was shaking the screws into his hand from the can?


Well, keep in mind the audience for that site varies widely, from the
most junior Marine rifleman to the saltiest Command Master Chief. Take
a look at the number of hard copy magazines the Safety Center puts out
for the various Navy communities to get some examples. It's also not
meant to cover just really dumb dangerous stuff that has happened but
in the spirit of Operational Risk Managment get shipmates to think
"what are the consequences" if even mundane stuff goes awry. It's all
about breaking a link in the mishap chain before the mishap occurs.

Spent several months at Naval PG school in Monterey learning all about
this and they rarely publish the truly gruesome stuff. I had a buddy
lose his left hand ejecting from an EA-6B when his Timex G shock got
caught on the centerline canopy bow. Degloved everything but the base
of his thumb and he's one that lived. Vince had a great atitude about
it afterward figuring the alternative was a deep smoking hole in the
ground in the Olympic mountains. The Navy made him specialized hands
for everything he wanted. As he was a triathelete he even had hands for
swimming and biking. That was over ten years ago so I'm sure he has
something even better now.

Allen