Safety Poem

Safety Poem

Safety Poem

Safety Poem Written by a Safety Person leaving a Safety Team to pursue other opportunities and based on the Lewis Carroll ‘Walrus’ poem: ‘The time has come’, the walrus said, ‘to talk of many things, of boots and gloves and fluoro vests, for the team of safety kings’. ‘But wait a bit’ the team all [...]

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A BROKEN CHRISTMAS

Holiday safety

New and timely Safety Poem sent in by a reader: A BROKEN CHRISTMAS T’was the night before Christmas and now she’s all alone. Because her husband had an accident at work and didn’t come home. He was killed because he took a shortcut and of course he knew better. He knew the rules and usually [...]

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Ode To The Safety Professional

Safety Consultants

This piece of prose was sent in by a reader and something all safety people will relate to. Some of you may have seen it before – bad luck, I’m sure you will enjoy it again: Ode To The Safety Professional Sandwiched tightly between Top Brass and the teaming masses sits a wild-eyed individual madly [...]

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Dangers of Propane and Forklifts

Forklift Safety

PROPANE by Dennis Hoaglin (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR) If you wanna get chilled, blown up or killed — PROPANE. Forget the rules, act like a fool — PROPANE. It’s a gas, it’s a gas, it’s a gas — PROPANE. If sprayed with this gas, it’ll freeze [...]

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Prevention Better Than a Cure

Safety Poem

An Ambulance Down in The Valley By Joseph Malins, 1895 ‘Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, Though to walk near its edge was so pleasant; But over its terrible edge there had slipped A duke and full many a peasant. So the people said something would have to be done, But their projects [...]

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The Plan – Corporate Reality Check

Safety Culture
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Photo from Mail Online The Plan – Corporate Reality Check Everyone says that cultural change must start at the top. I beg to differ. Just found this classic old poem in the archives.  Explains, better than I could, why corporate initiatives (like safety or cultural improvements) are not always best led from the top. Despite [...]

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For The Life of a Friend

Safety Poem

A new safety poem by Don Merrell based on the reaction to a workplace fatality. Try getting someone to argue after you read this out in a toolbox talk, management meeting, training session or post it on a safety notice board. Don is fine with it being republished to help promote safety as long as [...]

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Safety Poems

Safety Poem

It’s Up To Me The Safety Poem “I chose to look the other way” has been used as a theme in a number of successful training videos, it is a powerful and very poignant piece of prose and is hung in many workplaces See the Poem Here. Here is another workplace safety poem by Don [...]

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Thats The Way We’ve Always Done It – The Calf Path

Consultation
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I’m a firm believer in finding creative (often cheaper and more effective) ways to solve ongoing problems. I love to quote this poem about creative thinking whenever I get: “that’s the way we’ve always done it” The Calf Path – Sam Walter Foss – 1895 One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home [...]

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