940 Quotes About Safety

I consider myself fortunate that I no longer live in the home where I broke a mercury filled astronomical spectral lamp.

The entire astronomical observatory team were installing a mercury argon spectral lamp (HgAr) during a training session when one of the workers smashed the mercury filled spectral lamp. We continued the training session with a new mercury spectral lamp from stock. A week later I was at the doctors complaining of a variety of health conditions that were classic mercury poisoning.

In high altitude astronomy, we would throw broken mercury spectral lamps into the closest trash can.

The problem is not Boeing, it is the corrupt government regulator.

Most USA managers know that it is highly unlikely that they will go to jail for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations and willfully ignore the corporate governments legal safety requirements.

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea is turning into a fascinating study on how international government corruption willfully damages the health of unsuspecting workers.

While many blame Boeing for the fatal 737 Max crashes, it was an expected outcome of government deregulation.

If it ain’t Boeing, it ain’t going down.

I find it concerning that by the time I flew on a new Boeing 737 Max airplane that numerous pilots knew that it had uncontrolled descent issues that had already caused a fatal crash.