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Art Fettig's Monday Morning Memo
April 12, 2010
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In This Issue
o What if?
o Say Something Good
o Visit Our Website
o Points To Ponder
o A Little Humor
o Quote of the Week
o To Subscribe
... and I was in charge of safety? |
What if?
What if this was my company and I was in charge of safety?
"MONTCOAL, W.Va. (April 5) -- The blast occurred around 3 p.m. at Massey Energy Co.'s sprawling Upper Big Branch mine as nine miners on a vehicle that takes workers in and out of the mine were leaving, said Kevin Stricklin, agency administrator for Coal Mine Safety and Health. Stricklin said a crew ahead of the vehicle felt a blast of air and went back in to find out what happened."
What is the total today as I write this...Twenty-nine dead.
Sometimes safety takes a back burner when profits become the number one priority and that seems to be the case more and more in America. My heart goes out to those grieving survivors in the families of those miners who died. I wonder how the bottom line of that mining company looks right now? Was it just good management sense when it comes to dollars?
All my career I have said that most safety rules are written in the blood of those who went before us. Well, sometimes I feel that in the mining industry dust and greed somehow covers up that which has been learned and the rules have to be written all over again and again.
Please leave your comments on my BLOG regarding Mine Safety.
Say Something Good
Duke 61 Butler 59 It seemed fashionable this season to hate coach K and the Duke team but as I write this I am wearing my duke jacket and a huge smile on my face. What a fantastic final game of the NCAA tournament and Butler College can hold their heads high. The game came down to the final mini-second as the ball flew through the air and missed. That is really championship basketball. In my book, Coach K is the #1 college coach in America and just imagine a 33 year old upstart going toe to tow with the big man and coming up only a heartbeat from winning. It was the closest margin of victory in a final since Michigan defeated Seton Hall 80-79 in 1989. "We came up one possession short in a game with about 145 possessions," said Butler's 33-year-old coach, Brad Stevens. "It's hard to stomach when you're on the wrong end of that."
Yeah Duke! You put some new spring into me for this season. May God Bless America and keep our troops from harm.
Visit Our Website
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Points To Ponder
Have no fear of perfection-you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali
A Little Humor
Socrates: TO DO IS TO BE
Shakespeare: TO BE IS TO DO
SINATRA: DO BE DO BE DO
Quote of the Week
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it. Norman Vincent Peale
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