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“My crew and I were working one day when a guy walks up to us and stops the job. He points out several things that were wrong with the way we working – from PPE not being used to incorrect tie-offs.”
“As a safety professional, I’ve heard people’s stories and their experiences with accidents and fatalities. So, I’ve spent the last several years trying to be “present” and in the moment as much as possible. It’s always been a struggle for me and I know I'm not alone in that struggle.”
“I recently had the opportunity to take my marketing and design job in safety apparel to the extreme by climbing up a wind turbine as part of a research and development trip. It was taxing in every way possible.”
“The biggest impression on my work life was the loss of a close friend in the early nineties from a work-related accident. My perspective on life and work was shifted.”
“They had an air duct, and were working with a beam, and he didn’t tell the other guy when he was about to move that beam.”
“I was on top of the scaffold and my partner was working, and uh, well, I wasn't paying attention. “
“This was somewhere 15 years ago, and we had done everything that we had to do to set the job up correctly. We followed all the procedures. We prepped everything…”
“‘I hate you and never want to see you again.’ I told my dad this when I was about 10 years old. I really don’t even know why I said it.”
”I have my son, he's very emotional. He loves to show it. He's very lovable. “
“People don't really like to have safety meetings, truthfully. So I said, everybody, pull out your phone today…”
“They call me Puma and they call my son Little Puma. Everywhere he goes in construction they say, we know your daddy and we know he’s safety conscious. That, to me, is valuable.”
“I’ll never forget my 15th birthday, my dad got me flying lessons. I even got to do the take-off.”
“Growing up, there were a lot of constant changes when it came to the people around me and the places where my time was spent. People came in and out of my life.”