Over the years, there have been a great many stories in the
media about tragic accidents in the workplace. In some of the more serious
incidents there have even been fatalities, and it’s a sad yet inevitable fact
that there will be more such tales in the coming months and years. Despite a
stronger focus on health and safety in the workplace, it seems there are still
some companies and some employees who simply do not take the matter seriously
enough. In a perfect world, an industrial accident would never happen.
Unfortunately we don’t live in a perfect world at all.
Anyone who works in the engineering sector needs to be aware
of every rule and regulation
regarding their safety, and this can take a great deal of time to do. If a new
member of the team joins, he or she will often want to get started straight
away on an oil drill pipe friction welding project – and that is completely
understandable, of course – but there should be advice from management about
safety first. This rather impetuous attitude on behalf of the employee really
needs to be reined in at this early stage.
It goes without saying that there is more to an engineering
workshop than a rock drill pipe friction welding machine. There are a number of
high tech appliances in even the smallest of work locations in this fascinating
yet demanding sector of industry. Anyone who arrives for their first day of
work in such an environment will no doubt be raring to go, and may even be champing at the bit to start working in earnest. This may be perfectly normal, of course,
but there needs to be a great deal of patience before any buttons are pressed
on the oil drill pipe friction welding machine.
In many workplace locations in just about every sector of
industry, a new starter will have to undergo an in-depth induction process.
This will detail and highlight any potentially dangerous appliances and
systems, and the inductee should pay close attention to everything that is
being shown to them as well as everything that is being said. If the mind
starts to wander while this is going on, it is no exaggeration to say that the
consequences could prove to be disastrous. Therefore, make sure you listen if
it happens to you.
Remember the advice before you start up the oil drill pipe friction welding machine
There are some working environments which play host to jobs
which, to put it bluntly, can drive you crazy with tedium. These are often
repetitive tasks which require little or no mental agility, and because of this
the employee may eventually feel like nothing more than a part of machine,
performing process after process without giving a single thought to what he or
she is doing. These are the types of jobs which most of us would get away from
at the earliest opportunity.
In the engineering sector, however, there will be fewer
examples of this, both in the large workshops and the smaller ones. There is
something highly enjoyable about having a job which allows you to express your
creativity, and which gives you a tangible finished product which you can hold
in your hand and think to yourself ‘I made that’. Some of us pace a high
importance on the chance to be creative, and that is why jobs in this
particular field are often in high demand, especially among school and college
leavers
The most important thing when starting a job in an
engineering workshop, and this is by far the most important, is the
ability to learn how to work safely. If you are likely to be something of a
loose cannon in the workplace who doesn’t take safety as seriously as you
should, the chances are you will not be allowed to operate a rock drill pipe
friction welding machine or any other high tech appliance. In the long run, you
may even find that you are unable to keep your job at all if your attitude to
this matter does not show signs of improvement.
Sad to say, too many men and women who don’t take safety as
seriously as they should only find out their errors via the hard way. Having an
accident that could have been avoided in the workplace is a quick and
unfortunate way to realise that you were wrong. Whether you are working in oil
drill pipe friction welding, metal fabrication or on a CNC machine, any slip in
standards could easily cause a very serious injury. Let’s all hope that lessons
can be learned during that first induction rather than later on. It’s in
everyone’s interest for all new members of the team to do all they can in this
crucial area.