"Let's Not Forget Training!"
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 2:19PM In a changing construction industry environment where the focus of incident prevention is turning to changing the culture on jobsites and delving into the behavior of human beings and why we make the choices that we do day in and day out, it is also important to not forget that training is still needed.
Without fundamental training, whether it be a trade skill or safety training, it is the way people learn how to do things properly. Recently MICCS was notified of a heroic act from an employee at Eli Lilly and Company that saved a life and it was all because someone was properly trained in the Heimlich maneuver.
On December 3, 2009, as a group of colleagues were reviewing construction plans for a project an individual began choking on a chicken bone. Tom Hart, of Messer Construction, promptly and calmly addressed the issue by performing the Heimlich maneuver multiple times on the individual, saving his life. On behalf of the MICCS Board of Directors, I commend the efforts of Tom not only for stepping into and taking charge of a situation but also for the time he dedicated to properly learning how to apply the Heimlich maneuver in the event that such a situation would ever arise!
Scott Grimes
Executive Director, MICCS
Reader Comments (2)
Wow, that's a great story. In our line of work which is closely related, safety is always on our minds.
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