Yesterday on www.usgnn.com we ran a news link about how a 10-foot lite of glass plummeted from the 24th floor of a Miami building. Luckily, no one was injured. While no one yet knows what caused the glass to fall, similar situations are not uncommon. Every few months, it seems, we hear stories of glass falling from windows, and, sadly, often there are injuries or even death.
While in yesterday's case there was no one was actively involved in the accident, sometimes these situations do happen as a result of human contact. This made me think about how important it is that safety be everyone's top priority when it comes to working with glass, whether inside the plant or on a job site.
The thing is, even though glass is a product that offers many, many benefits to end users, it's still glass--it breaks, it has sharp edges and it can hurt. Who hasn't, at some point, been cut by glass? Maybe you stepped on a broken piece of glass with your barefoot or broke a glass in the kitchen then sliced your hand while picking up the pieces. It happens. But regardless of the situation, we can all be more careful when working with glass.
With that said, I would like to share a story with you about my younger brother. A few years ago, while he was till in his early 20s, like many young men in their early 20s, he was more concerned about going out and having a good time than he was with his school work. Typical, right? Anyway, he was out with his friends one night and they had been having a really good time, if you know what I mean. My brother find that he has locked himself out his house. So what does he do? He wraps his hand in a towel and well, need I say it? You know what he did--he slammed his hand through the glass so he can reach through to unlock the door. Clearly, he had been watching way to many action movies, because while he did unlock the door, he also wound up with a good number of stitches. Luckily, my baby brother has grown up and matured--but we still like to laugh about the crazy things he used to do.