County Commission | The Magazine April 2017 | Page 14

FROM THE COVER The upgrades were initiated – not because an outsider pointed a finger at the problem – but because employees noticed that the small ladder they’d been using made it hard to safely reach an important port. It was a routine task, and they saw a risk they could reduce. “They brought pictures, and by the next meeting or two, the water department had done the same thing,” Tucker said. The safety program is making progress in Cullman County, and Tucker said employees increasingly see safety as something that benefits them. The hard-working safety committee is right at the heart of putting the “active” in proactive. “I’m seeing the spark – the lightbulb go off,” he said. “If we look around, there are things we can do. n Cullman County “If we look around, there are things we can do.” To find out more about this Brilliant Idea at Work in Cullman County, contact John Tucker, safety director, at 256-775-4948 or [email protected]. As a result of information shared by the shared by the sanitation department with the Safety Committee, the water department identified a similar risk. At that department’s fuel tanks, employees installed this new wraparound catwalk with steps and railings. 14 | COUNTY COMMISSION