Michael T. Coon, CPG, CSP, CIT, is Principal Advisor at Kyanite Safety Advisory, LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience spanning environmental investigation and remediation, drilling and subsurface work, operational safety, and regional and global EHS leadership for an international engineering and advisory firm. Today, he works with organizations to make safety practical, removing the friction between how work is planned and how it gets done.
Shorter days, colder temperatures and changing jobsite conditions bring new risks for drilling crews. Here's why safety planning must account for seasonal hazards before they become costly mistakes.
When an unsafe shortcut gets the job done, it can quickly start to feel like experience. Instead of asking, “What were you thinking?” after something goes wrong, ask why the decision made sense in the first place, and what could make the safer choice easier next time.