Unfortunately most safety posts involve what injuries or deaths have happened from an unsafe act … I guess in a way, it’s a scare tactic but a truthful one. Every once in a while it’s nice to hear about when a major incident was avoided due to following safe work practices. OH&S reported a great story about a couple of workers doing hot work with an appointed fire watch. The workers were torch cutting and grinding to remove a bearing from equipment and the fire watch didn’t take this opportunity to have a nap on the clock. Nope, they stayed alert and did their job. So when sparks dropped on the floor, starting cables on fire, the fire watch was there to extinguish the flames quickly without incident. You may not think of this worker as a safety champion… But you should. Think about what could have taken place if the fire watch was snoozing or playing on their phone. Things could have ended very differently. So in the future when you have the choice to slack off a bit or be safe, make sure you pick safety every time. Wouldn’t you rather be a champion then a slacker? I sure would!