Irish Safety Advice

The Irish Safety Advice limericks are intended to be used as independent items to draw attention to and reinforce safety concepts. Feel free to use them but in full and with full credit to Don.

 

Irish Safety Advice

 

Keeping injury and illness away,

Is a job we must work at each day.

When we take things for granted,

Or become disenchanted.

Pain and suffering’s the price that we pay

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat,

And Reaction they form when they meet.

These four things make Fire,

But if you desire.

Remove one, and you have the thing beat.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

 

 

Irish Safety Advice

 

To be safe and stay injury free,

There’s a way that your worksite must be.

Well set up, and inspected,

With no hazard neglected.

Do-It-Right, That your Best Guarantee.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

When climbing, use caution and care

Not a box, bucket, table or chair.

You’ll be safer not sadder,

Using stepstool or ladder,

And your body will save Wear and Tear.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

When the weather is frigid and chilled ,

Be alert for where Icicles Build .

For if you’re down below,

When an ice chunk lets go,

You’ll be very impressed – if not killed.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

There are things we expect we will hear,

Like the voices of those we hold dear.

To achieve expectation,

Practice Hearing Conservation,

And They’ll keep coming in – Loud and Clear.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

Eye Protection not used, or not right,

Will not protect eyeball, or sight.

And a chemical splash,

Or impacts that crash.

Could turn your days all into night.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

The hands that we’re given at birth,

Are tools of incredible worth .

So treat them with care,

For they’re hard to repair ,

And you won’t find replacements on Earth.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

In the workplace you must be aware,

Of which Chemical Hazards are there.

Check the inventory table,

Read MSDS and Label,

And follow the instructions with care.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

A barricade tape that is red,

Warns of hazards inside we should dread.

The Danger Tag will Explain,

But outside we remain.

Or we risk being injured or dead.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

When you move through the plant to and fro,

Keep your eyes on the path as you go.

Or you might find to late,

That they moved a floor grate,

And you’re lying one level below.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

Problem fixing works best, if their solved,

Without government agents involved.

Safety, Water or Air

We have People who Care,

And their better, at getting it resolved.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

Problem fixing works best, when resolved,

Without government agents involved.

We don’t fear, being fined,

And don’t think them Un-Kind,

Were just faster, at getting things solved.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

When you work in a Space that’s Confined,

You must keep ‘Safety First’ on your mind.

And if something’s not right,

You should quickly take flight,

Or risk leaving this Good Earth Behind.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

If advice to work safe you reject,

Treat the rules, with distain and neglect,

Then don’t feel misused,

When you’re battered and bruised,

That’s the best you’ve the right to expect.

 

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

A safe workplace, is not really rare,

They exist where the people all care.

Where taking risk, is rejected

Hazards found, and corrected,

And we watch out – For Everyone There.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

If you listen to all that is said,

And use what you have in your head,

You can leave the same way,

You arrive every day.

And not go home injured, or dead.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Irish Safety Advice

 

If you have a job you must do

Lock and tag it – and check, that it’s true

For the power is there,

To rip, shred, and tear.

And you don’t want it working, on you.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

 

Irish Safety Advice

 

Use the handrail, going up or down stair,

For your safety, is the reason it’s there,

And should you start to fall,

Though you give it your all,

You can’t stop yourself- grabbing at air.

 

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

Railroad Crossings quite often spell doom,

For folks who do not give trains room.

So Stop, Look and Wait,

Or you’re gambling with fate,

That they won’t pick you up – with a broom.

 

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com

Irish Safety Advice

 

Large equipment and trucks cannot see,

All the places, you’re likely to be.

If you’re smart you will learn,

Where they back up, or turn,

Is a place, you do not want to be.

Don Merrell

donmerrell@hotmail.com