It's Christmas Eve on the island. Nothing much going on. Wife and kids are in Butuan City to celebrate Christmas with the familia there. I'll be there soon thereafter. Later on...in the next couple of days.
Didn't know today was an off-day for the company. Yeah...my buddy Lee told me last Friday. But he's a joker so I didn't pay to much attention to it. Found out when I went to work this morning and there was nobody at the trailer, gate was closed. So I went to my job sites and waited. Not one person from both companies were around.
Then I drove up to the "Tank" and found a crew working. That job site is just all ate up in safety violations. I don't know if the SSHO assigned to that site knows what her crew is doing. It's just amazing the amount of safety violations that I've found in less than 15 minutes. The manager of that company just does not care. Either that, or he has no clue what his responsibilities are in regards to safety. I am so glad that is not my job site. But, because that's a P&S Construction Project, I have to insure that the subcontractors follow our Safety and Health Plan.
Let's get back to Christmas...
Family here have been busy cooking for tonight's Noche Buena, here on the island. Rhoda is cooking for her family's Noche Buena there in Butuan City. Food here smells good. I'm sure the food being cooked by Rhoda is good.
I was supposed to go shopping today. I'll forgo until the 26th.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Working to Save all the Chokoy for Me!
The following message was sent to me by Rhoda, this morning. A conversation between her and our son, Frenz.
As told by Rhoda.
during breakfast this morning with kids, I asked our boboi:
Me: Where is your dad?
Fren: He's in Guam...
Me: where?
Fren: Guam...
Me: What is he doing there in Guam?
Fren: He's working..
Me: what work is he doing there?
Fren: Mom, you know very well that daddy's work is saving chokoy for me so when he comes home, I will have all of it!!!
(then he gave me an evil eye) kaduku!!!
Larraine laughed hard and explained to him this way:
daddy is an SSHO and when he is getting paid, that's the time he buys chokoy for you...
My reaction...ROFLMBO!!! I love my children's analysis of life.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Miscommunication Caused Safety Discrepancy.
Friday was my biggest challenge for the week, as a SSHO. When I got to the job site that morning. I learned that one set of damaged electrical wires, that was not repaired, was buried. I went from positive outlook to livid in seconds. I tried so hard to hide my anger. Hopefully, the guys wouldn't notice. I couldn't believe that someone would literally order hiding damaged electrical power lines.
I had to "Take "5" a couple of times. "Take 5" is a program that I adopted as a safety precaution for myself to follow. I'm slowly implementing it with my crews. When a safety issue happens. The worker "Takes 5". "Take 5" is moving 5 feet back, and analyze the issue for 5 minutes. When you find a solution, you return to finish the job task. If not, then you "Take 5 again. Move 5 feet back, and another 5 minutes to analyze. So I took, maybe, 6 "Take 5's"
During that time, I worked to calm myself down. I had to move into my Accident Investigative mode. Ask Questions, Analyze what happened, and make the proper changes and recommendations, so that it never happens again.
So I asked the questions. I learned that an operator was told to bury the wires. I found out a supervisor told him to do it. Also learned that it was the subprime super who did that. Then I went to talk to the super. he said, yes, he told the operator. But he was told by their subcontractor to remove the forms, so they can back fill. He assumed that the wires were repaired.
When the hole was covered with the wires underneath...everyone from the operator, foreman, supers all thought that the wires were repaired. Nobody confirmed with me or the QC about that matter. They all thought wrong.
Root Cause. After following the dots, in my opinion, this safety discrepancy was due to miscommunication by all parties.
My Recommendation. A Safety Huddle should take place prior to any job started on the site, on a daily basis. The huddle informs the workers what we did already, and where we are going. It tells of logistics needs for the day, and safety issues we may face and need to keep an eye out for.
I had to "Take "5" a couple of times. "Take 5" is a program that I adopted as a safety precaution for myself to follow. I'm slowly implementing it with my crews. When a safety issue happens. The worker "Takes 5". "Take 5" is moving 5 feet back, and analyze the issue for 5 minutes. When you find a solution, you return to finish the job task. If not, then you "Take 5 again. Move 5 feet back, and another 5 minutes to analyze. So I took, maybe, 6 "Take 5's"
During that time, I worked to calm myself down. I had to move into my Accident Investigative mode. Ask Questions, Analyze what happened, and make the proper changes and recommendations, so that it never happens again.
So I asked the questions. I learned that an operator was told to bury the wires. I found out a supervisor told him to do it. Also learned that it was the subprime super who did that. Then I went to talk to the super. he said, yes, he told the operator. But he was told by their subcontractor to remove the forms, so they can back fill. He assumed that the wires were repaired.
When the hole was covered with the wires underneath...everyone from the operator, foreman, supers all thought that the wires were repaired. Nobody confirmed with me or the QC about that matter. They all thought wrong.
Root Cause. After following the dots, in my opinion, this safety discrepancy was due to miscommunication by all parties.
My Recommendation. A Safety Huddle should take place prior to any job started on the site, on a daily basis. The huddle informs the workers what we did already, and where we are going. It tells of logistics needs for the day, and safety issues we may face and need to keep an eye out for.
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