Edition
232 Monday May 5th 2014
Hi,yes,Mothers Day is in fact 11th May, thanks to
all who advised after I brought it forward a week!
Crikey, as a follow up to last weeks Volunteer Fire Brigade
story one needs to be careful what they wish for as we experienced our very
first raging version of a ‘ BBQ’ fire at home on Saturday night!
We were lucky it was noticed early and that we had some
experience close at hand in the form of one of our older sons,trained Chef
Matthew, who knew that one didn’t pour water on a grease fire !
Thank goodness we and/or our neighbours didn’t have to call
out the local Volly’s as their newest recruit who was already in attendance
would have been highly embarrassed to say the least!!!
As a ‘come back to bite you’ footnote I can say that in the
post fire investigation it was revealed that my procrastination re servicing
and cleaning the BBQ was directly responsible for ignition and onngoing fueling
of the blaze. Moral of this story crystal clear I hope, check and clean BBQ
regularly…..guess what I was doing Sunday !!
Interestingly most ACC claims come from people being injured
in or close to their own homes!!! A lot of us take our Health and Safety and
that of our families far too lightly in our own homes! Yet another good wake up
call for the Joneses at 48!
From
the Fletcher file; first swimming lessons in
the hot new speedos indicate we have a potential racing sardine in the
family!New gumboots for puddle jumping acquired although left and right need to
match corresponding foot for optimum cohesion.More exciting times in the life
of a little boy…J
I hope you all had a happy and safe weekend with family and
friends. Remember to take some time out to appreciate and recognise the
contribution your Mother has made in your life this coming Sunday May 11!! Have a happy and ‘safe’ week ahead .….…………Cheers
Jonesey!!
Harry
and the Hendersons reckon they needed juicy treats after their ‘near miss’ fire
ordeal
“Safety
doesn’t happen by accident.” The Joneses at 48 !
Never underestimate the
importance of Health and Safety in the workplace.
Mention those two words to
many people and their eyes glaze over and roll back in their head given what
most consider a somewhat ‘over the top’ approach by some to this subject.
Whilst it may seem this
way the reality is that far too many Kiwis are killed every year in the
workplace in fact we have one of the worst work/safety records in the world!
Every single one of us
needs to be committed and focused on making sure we comply with the H&S
policy of ours and our customers companies.
Our aim in life is to
ensure that we , our colleagues and the staff of our customers all return
safely to our families at the end of every work day !
That said herein lies a
huge opportunity for us to retain our existing customers and win new ones!
In a good example last
week I followed up with one of New Zealands largest companies after losing out
on a big project to a competitor three months ago. This company has won many
business safety awards and pride themselves on their national safety record. It
turns out they are not happy with the lack of commitment or attention to safety
detail on site by our competitor.
This has opened the door
slightly and provided us with a huge opportunity to win this massive five year
project!
Moral of this story is
that things that are important to your customer need to be important to you too!!
Ignore this advice at your peril and above all else at the peril of yours or
your customers staff!
“Better
a thousand times careful than once dead.” ~Proverb
No comments:
Post a Comment