Let’s Beat a Dead Horse and Talk About Safety

This is a follow-up to our last post.

Why are we doing a follow-up? Because safety is that important.

The photo of this truck is real and we saw it happen.

Could the accident have been avoided? Yes!

Could the accident have been worse? Yes!

Remember from our last post…our first goal is to make it home every night, and we work really hard to make sure that happens.

Let’s give you an example:

There is an employee walking through a warehouse and trips over a pallet. Without any other details, who’s at fault? The employee who tripped of course.

Now let’s add the fact that the pallet was placed there by another employee who left it there to go help a customer. Now who’s at fault? Still the answer is the employee who tripped.

So the question comes down to what the employee was doing prior to tripping, and we have recently seen three perfect real-life examples…

1. The employee was talking to another employee as they were walking. The one employee took her surroundings for granted and was looking at her coworker as they walked, resulting in her tripping and falling.

2. An employee was “running” backwards in the warehouse, and not paying attention to his surroundings, resulting in him tripping and falling.

3. An employee was carrying items in his arms that blocked his view. He ended up tripping, falling, and damaging merchandise.

All of these examples are of accidents that could have been avoided, just like the accident in the photo from above.

It doesn’t matter if you are walking, driving, or sitting on your couch…accidents can happen, and they can also be avoided.

The moral of the story is pay attention to what you are doing.

We want to make it home every night.

We want you to make it home every night.

We don’t want to see anyone get hurt.

When you think BICO, think safety, and if you are unsure or have questions about a safety issue…reach out to us and we’ll be happy to help in any way that we can.

From the BICO family to yours…

Safe travels!!!!

P.S. Here is a little safety video from TV’s Mike Rowe…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RrhkMk2zY