Safer, smarter drivers then why need signs?

Why would smarter safer drivers need signs?...

http://mylicence.sa.gov.au/road-rules

Because there is no such thing as a smarter safer driver...hence why we need to be treated like idiots...

A professional Linkedin comment!

Just the other week, a professional safety person who runs a LinkedIn safety site in Australia, (a person who supposedly supports mental health) replied to a comment/s made about a person who suffers from bipolar. This person who has bipolar at times comes across angry and feels euphoric (which makes them say things that others feel derogative)...the comment from the expert safety person was "just because you suffer from bipolar, it does not make it OK to act they way you do"...

What a personal insult to that person who seems to be labeled as one who wants to ACT that way! and this person is giving advice to organisations...

Note- Watch the movie Mr Jones with Richard Gere to understand what it can be like living with such a condition...

I want readers to think about the comment made for second. 

A person is suffering from a condition that they have trouble controlling...and this so called expert safety person, who seems to lack any understanding about bipolar symptoms; such as feeling irritable or agitated which drives other secondary issues such as aggression, deems it OK to say such a negative comment.

Imagine telling a person who suffers from cancer not to blame cancer for their lose of weight...or...telling a person who suffers from Tourette syndrome; "just because you suffer from Tourette's, does not make it OK to act they way you do"...

We have a long way to go in understanding symptoms...a long long way. 

Why I feel we can not cure Bullying!

You are different, you are mad, you are weak... nature does not like different, it does not like weakness...you are out nah nah nah nah nah..."go bury your head in the sand you fake"

I have not read anything on my views about bullying etc (being a natural instinct to kill off/separate the weak or different (keep in mind different does not fit into the typical group...the group must work to survive...all in a group are then in my view weak as they need others...different break away and then become innovators, leaders and culture/society changers...then they are respected as unique...the full circle complete but only done by the MAD!!!!))).

One dead in fire at Yatala Qld industrial area

This is the sort of incident where we must question the involvement of other workers to put out fires. 

People do go into panic mode and put themselves into harms way in situations like this and it is common cause of secondary harm. As hard as it might be to not take a few seconds to think first before action (what I used to call the 'thinking version of fight or flight'), often those few seconds of thinking can reduce the risk to yourself and others. Fire Fighters do this for a job and are trained constantly. A worker is not. A worker in most cases has only done a basic one day fire training course that really only only covers a small fires and what fire extinguisher to use on what source of fire. 

I would like to think that if I had a fire at work, and that if the fire was more than just a small fire (manageable), I would not put myself or allow others to go into harms way. On the other hand, if there was person in the fire and being hurt...knowing me, I would (like most) put myself into harms way without thinking (try my best anyway).  

I am not saying those employees who reduced the fire should not have done what they did (which appears to be a good job and well done to them), but a life is more important than plant and equipment. 

It will be interesting to see what sparked the fire. The workplace would (should) require (as must be a high risk fire site) spark arrestors, no smoking, no naked flames etc. I really hope a safety assessment was done for this site and key high risk issues addressed and educated. Equally I hope that any rules or procedures were not ignored. As with many of these sorts of tragic events...there will be a simple reason why this occurred.

Pike river reminds us to not ignore key high risks HERE 

  

------

WORKERS at a Yatala oil plant risked their lives to extinguish a fire after it killed a fellow employee this morning.

A 38-year-old Oil Tech International employee was unloading oil from a truck into a pit when it exploded.

The explosion killed the man instantly and sparked into an intense fire.

One person is dead after an fire at commercial business at Yatala. Photo: Matthew Howard

Distraught workers sprang into action, doing what they could to control the emergency situation.

The tragedy unfolded at the Sandy Creek Rd plant just after 8am today.

District Duty Officer Senior Sergeant Marc Kimber said police and Workplace Health and Safety were investigating the incident.

“Workplace safety will look at aspects, the workings of the facility and its general practises,” he said.

The scene at a Yatala oil reclaiming business where a man was killed this morning. Photo: Jessica Elder

Acting chief Superintendent for Queensland Fire and Emergency, David Herman, said workers successfully prevented the fire spreading.

“A gentleman has lost his life here today, but workers did reduce this incident, it could have been worse,” he said.

“They did what they were trained to do and followed their processes".

“We will now follow an investigation process and secure the site, which we expect to take the remainder of the day.”

Devastated employees have been sent home and offered counselling.

It is believed a truck driver and fellow plant employee witnessed the incident, neither were injured.