Safety Everywhere

I sat down for dinner with my family at a local restaurant. It’s Friday, we are all done work for the week, time to relax, YAY! Then our son starts screaming “TRACTOR, TRACTOR”, we look out the window and see a man spotting a worker driving an EWP down the road (I know that’s not a tractor but our son is 2, don’t worry, he’ll know what an EWP is😉). I notice the spotter is in plain clothes and think he should be wearing a high res vest, maybe his company has very lax rules. We continue with our dinner but this is now bothering me. I take our son for a walk in the restaurant and we spot the worker on the lift. That’s when the above picture was taken. What do you notice? This man is about 2 stories up and not tied off! In plain sight! I couldn’t believe it. I snapped the picture and then went to drop my son off with my spouse but by the time I came back the worker already had the lift on the ground for the night and driving away in his pickup. Was I going to talk to him? You bet your bottom dollar I was, it’s my due diligence. I looked for a company name or sticker to call but there was nothing. However his lift is still there, I will track him down. Now I don’t want to get the worker in trouble, that is definitely not my end game here. But could you imagine eating dinner and a worker falls 2 stories right in front of you and you could have prevented it? I’m sure he was just pulling the lift in for the night and thought he didn’t need to tie off. But that’s just it… If it’s not enough to keep yourself alive, just know us safety people are always watching, even when we are off duty. So always take the time and do it safely.