Tragic

I am not active as a CRSP nor full time in the Health and Safety business any longer.  I am acting as a supervisor in my current (retirement?) employment right now.  I found this video while searching out another matter and was dumbfounded.  

I absolutely do not wish to be judgemental.  These miners died, families destroyed, jobs lost.  However, I believe this readily could have maybe been prevented.  Though the legal fault fell on the management and company, everyone involved carries some fault, unfortunately some workers paid with their lives. 

Safety equipment to prevent explosions was disabled.  Suppression dust was not about the mine to prevent a catastrophic expansion of a coal dust explosion.  Was no one paying attention?  Did no one realize that this happen in Nova Scotia at Westray Mine not much more than twenty years prior.

This is criminal.  Do we ever learn?

Don't work in unsafe conditions.  Your life and your family could depend on the outcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIeUtcTIXE0

Some Craft Work

 I was going to show the actual.  the above one is a trial.  But the customer has not received it yet.

The one below is the first one I did.  The one below that is second with a third (which is an experimental type).

Update

 Not doing much in the teaching/training department since moving to Manitoba.  Just the circumstances of life.

I wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all (American TG).

I'll keep you posted.

A Year of Lockdowns

 What is there to say. 

Interesting Times

Well, as I am sure everyone is aware.  We are well into our social distancing and stay at home time.  It looks, at least in our jurisdiction, that things are slowing going to start back up.  I am sure we all have questions as to how the world is going to work, how instruction in Firearms Safety and any other type of 'hands-on' training is going to be conducted.
I am attending training and seeking knowledge to ensure that anything I conduct or participate will put no one at risk.
My hope is all those at work and those still at home are safe.

Moving

House has sold (well, last condition through the lawyers tomorrow morning).  New province for Barb, I last lived in Manitoba in 1979.
I will keep you updated.  js

Still teaching

I still conduct High Angle Rescue type training with my day job with Sunset Protection Systems.  Not as often, more geared to Confined Spaces (as that seem to be the need in our area).
Mostly on my own, I am conducting Firearms Safety.
I enjoy it, meet lots of people.  Its good to introduce folks to my sport.
Just back from the range.  Beautiful day.   (the picture is from a month or so back, can't beat that smile)  js