One of the ways we are constantly improving our safety program is to visit local companies who have an interest in safety. By presenting our safety program and asking safety professionals for suggestions, we are able to implement current industrial standards and practices. MetalTek listened to our presentation and gave us new ideas to add to our program. Following their advice, we have now adopted the following ideas:

• The Mind’s Eye Principle: beginning a task by thinking through the procedure, tools, work environment and PPE needed.
• Machine inspection: to keep machines running efficiently, safely and reliably, we have implemented inspections of machines on a monthly basis.
• Fire extinguishers inpection: they will now be checked regularly so that they are not unusable or expired when needed.
• The MSDS book will be standardized in order to keep it current and valid.