One priority of any professional tradesman is to value and respect the tools, equipment and machinery they operate. This is by no means of any less importance to drillers; it is vital that they keep equipment in peak condition through regular maintenance and servicing.
In the ’70s, after drilling and pushing tools for a few years, I had every roughneck’s dream. Every roughneck I ever met wants to be a fisherman. They see him sit in his truck, making pretty good money, and they trip pipe. That’s gotta be better, right? Sometimes, but not always.
"Safety meetings are an opportunity for management and your safety department to communicate to employees how they can do their jobs safer and better."
A
hardhat primarily is to protect a person from being injured ... Wearing a hardhat also signifies that the person’s personal safety is
important to him. Many
people dislike wearing a hardhat; I don’t understand why.
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