Relationships Matter to Safety

August 1st, 2004 by Hal

So, it's not Thursday. This story couldn't wait. Please take a few minutes to click through and read the next link on the Toledo crane collapse that killed four people.

Now that OSHA has completed their report on the Toledo crane accident and fined Frucon $280,000, the story behind the story is getting out. Once-model bridge project had cracks behind scenes. Behind the praise, tensions flared. In the words of an ODOT inspector, it was a "tirade."

Projects needn't be contentious. If they get that way, then act fast to (re)build relationships and trust. The cost of not doing so just might be another Toledo crane collapse.

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