Be safety conscious

My employers will always drum it to your ears that safety in the workplace is a serious matter, therefore, it also part of the companies policy to make sure that every stake holder is equally affected.

In fact it starts right from the security gate, where every incoming visitor is made to know that every writing instructions on the billboards are to be strictly adhered to. But the most difficult area in which implementing this rules are most prevalent, is when it comes to enforcing it on the truck drivers.

The truck drivers and their motor mates or conductors in Nigeria settings are naturally difficult to control, but their services cannot be ignored. Therefore extra force is needed to make sure that the company safety policy is strictly adhered to.

The moment of reckoning finally came on Sunday when a truck driver and his conductor capitalised on the absence of safety officials at the gate and therefore drove quickly to the empty packing space meant for trucks.

But, the conductor decided to come down in order to make sure that the truck positioned very well, because in this case the driver cannot rely on the accuracy of the side mirrors for better view of the back. The conductor decided to give a helping hand, by standing right at the back of the truck, while signalling the driver for easy positioning.

The truck was moving backward, while the conductor was barking instructions right at the back of the truck. But suddenly the conductor lost his balance, because his rubber sanders got hooked right inside the wide opening of the slabs used in covering the drainage.

Before that truck could be stopped, he had ran over his conductor and as a result of this, the conductor sustained a very serious injury on the head coupled with serious loss of blood. The conductor eventually died before rescue team came.

The import of this is that, the conductor is suppose to wear safety boot compared to the leather Sanders he was wearing, because safety boot will offer more balance to the body and beside that it cannot easily get stalked in the hole created by the slab.