It isn’t very often that I have a day like the one I am about to describe.  After all, it started off like most days.  Hurry here, get this done.  Get to the airport, turn in the car, get to the gate, catch the plane…all in a day’s work.  During these moments while I am waiting at the airport or when I am actually in the air flying, I get to thinking about safety, where we are now, where we have been and where we are going.

EPA states their mission as “to protect human health and the environment.” To ensure this, EPA has the authority to enforce federal laws. In 2014, they levied $163 million in combined federal administrative, civil judicial penalties and criminal fines, and sentenced defendants to 155 combined years of incarceration.

You have the policies and procedures in place. You have established smart practices for tasks. Y ou train your employees the best way to work safely so you can send them home at night in one piece to their family and then…