Don A.
Long
STS,
CAIH
Southwest
Research Institute Laboratory
Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal
Facility
PO Box
20130
White Hall, AR
71612
870-541-4930
It is hard to see the sense in following “safety rules” that cause more danger than they prevent. Often rules are made by people who are only looking at one small part of a situation and not at all considering the overall ramifications of their dictates. Consider the post this morning from Ina Ahern whose local fire department is mandating the use of a tubing which has been shown to cause safety problems (see her post) when all that is needed is a program to increase awareness as to the importance of inspecting tubing; at most a requirement that inspections occur and are documented at regular stated intervals.
Kay
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"I recently bought several safety cabinets, and I found that it is the state that mandates self closing doors. Luckily, we were able to purchase ones with manual doors."
This spooks me. The above statement implies that even though self-closing doors are mandated by state law (probably a UFC state) but inconvenient, you have decided to ignore the law. I hope that's not what I read.
It's hard to convince employees of the importance of safety rules and standards when we ourselves ignore the "inconvenient" ones.
Don A. Long
STS, CAIH
Southwest Research Institute Laboratory
Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
PO Box 20130
White Hall, AR 71612
870-541-4930
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