Daily Happy Thoughts

I have been meaning to blog in a long time. And I mean a loooong time. So much has happened recently that I have a lot of stuff going on in my head that I so wanna write about and express my thoughts but I have been quite busy the past few days. I have been doing quite a lot of travelling too.

Still vivid in my imagination last Monday of the previous week, the incident wherein I witnessed with my own eyes, when the crane we were using at work attempted to lift a 10-ton weight. The crane capacity was at 45 tons, so the confident operator was probably lax and was not anticipating any potential problem. However, as the hoisting line already tightened and already was in tension, the crane suddenly tilted to its side, prompting the operator to panic and release the load hoisted by the crane.  This caused the load to drop on top of another piece of equipment and toppled to its side, almost hitting the nearby steamlines. All the people who were in the vicinity scampered about for their safety and it was a good thing that no one was hurt. But still it got the adrenaline pumping throughout my body.

While looking at the sight, I was suddenly imagining all sorts of possibilities that could have happened and was thankful that we were still quite lucky since this accident could easily have resulted to a fatality, as well as it could have resulted to a substantial amount of property and environmental damage had it hit and severed the surrounding steamlines. It also got me to wondering if some of the guys were covered with updated insurance policies or if they ever evaluated the option to avail of insurance online. Because in just a snap of a finger, everything could change then and there.

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