TRUE STORY:

​'Shane', a Haul Truck operator - early 30’s with a wife and young child.
The night before coming back for his next swing his partner said “no more Shane, it’s all over, but best if you go to work, we’ll figure out the details when you get back.”
His Supervisor saw him in the crib room, sitting off to the side of everyone by himself, which was really unusual for Shane, by nature he was a very social guy.
He asked Shane’s workmates if something was wrong : “ Dunno, he’s definitely not himself today so we thought we’d just leave him alone”.
The Supervisor did likewise and got on with organising the Pre Start.
45 minutes later, Shane, clearly with other things on his mind, flattened a Light vehicle, like a foot on a coke can - two workers inside, dead.

I’m currently delivering Fatigue Management Training and one of the things we discuss is the critical role of a Safety Leader in getting to know the physical, mental and emotional norms of our team members and always acting on any subtle cues to have a quiet, one-on-one chat.

Let’s all recommit today to this (and strongly encourage our teams to do likewise).

Caring alone is not enough. We need to ACTIVELY care