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Safety Spotlight: Safety - An Overview by Scott Cosby This month’s article is a basic overview on safety to keep everyone protected in our industry. What is safety? The answer may be obvious, but one’s perception of safety may be quite different from another’s. The perception of safety is often based on one's own occupation and/or experiences. If one’s work is in construc- tion, the perception of safety may be comprised of a combination of state and federal regulations and/or company pol- icy. In the drilling industry, it may be very similar to the construction industry. Take driving, for example. Many people drive; we jump in our cars and trucks daily and take off down the road. Many of us have driven for years without a speeding ticket or accident. When you consider the number of vehicles on the road, it's amazing how relatively few road accidents there are. The laws, regulations, and rules of the road are probably the most universal example of a system of safety in our society. This is a singular system we can all reference a perception of safety on. Most people take driving for granted, and do it automatically. Rules, regulations, and procedures provide the structure for which we reference our percep- tion of safety. When we add a regulation or another procedural rule as the recommended remedy to an incident, we add complexity to our safety system. However, rules, regulations, and proce- dures cannot think - people think. Like driving, we do it automatically. Safety is created and exists in our minds. The more we learn, practice, share, and mentor each other on the aspects of safety in our workplace and lives, the safer we become. Not by adding rules, rather by sharing experiences. By sharing and creating a broad and increasing knowledge of safety, we create and sustain a safety culture. This culture encourages and supports one another to think safety, thereby em- powering each individual to navigate safely through an ever-expanding set of circumstances and variables encountered throughout the workday and our daily lives. There are wide varieties of sources through search engines concerning this topic. A good place to start is the Occupa t i ona l Sa f e t y and Hea l t h Administration Web site www.osha.gov , which covers many occupations in re- gard to safety concerns. It is important to maintain a safety program at your agency and/or firm. Scott Scott Cosby may be contacted via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com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orldWide Drilling Resource ® “I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest.” Dalai Lama