[21twelve]

I really like Mike Rowe’s “Safety Third” rule.

The company is (and should be imho) primarily concerned with making a profit and timeliness. Safety is third (or fourth) - and so it is the worker that must be most concerned with safety.

Of course that is sometimes difficult to get across to a 20-something “it won’t happen to me” guy. And of course we didn’t even think of the consequences in some cases.

Out on the oil rig we used diesel, soap and water to clean the equipment. Some of the guys, me included, would stand there with our oily overalls and spray ourselves down at the end of the shift with it!

[pierrem15]

Yup. When I worked at my uncle's garage, we used to clean up our hands and arms with the parts washer.

We were smart enough not to wash our faces with it, although I did get a mouthful of leaded gas once siphoning a gas tank.

The good old days! /s