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Dave White:

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Fred Radunzel:

Hey, hey, hey this things live. It's Fred and Dave here with Quad City Safety. Another episode of Dave & Bacon's Safety Tales. Glad you guys made it back for another round.

Dave White:

Wrapping up S2.

Fred Radunzel:

Could be or could be... no depends when they come out.

Dave White:

Could be.

Fred Radunzel:

Could be. So we'll see what happens. But anyways, we are proud to be the industry's only dedicated safety podcast where our goal is to have you tune in and not tune out.

Dave White:

Yeah. Because everybody knows that you're sitting in the safety meeting and they put the slide projector on, the light goes down right after you've finished that last bite of the donut, you kind of doze off and you wake up at the end and you're like, what the hell did we talk about?

Fred Radunzel:

You knock your OJ over into your crotch.

Dave White:

Something like that. You get a second degree burn because you spilled the coffee in your lap. You got a McDonald's liability kind of thing going on there.

Fred Radunzel:

That's what in high school, we had a teacher, his name was Mr. Ryan. He was an old track coach, but I think when I was in high school you had to be pushing retirement age, like I think he retired not too much longer. His move was similar, start dozing off in class and fall asleep and he had a golf club that was missing the head of the golf club, so it was just the shaft, just the long stick.

Dave White:

Just the shaft.

Fred Radunzel:

Just the shaft. And he'd go up right next to 'em like when their head's on the desk with the shaft of the golf club and just whop, whop, whop, whop, whop,  right next to them. And that thing would... you'd get whiplash with how fast your head would pop open.

Dave White:

Yeah, that's what scared the sh** out of me.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, we've all had those moments where your head starts going down and you just all of a sudden you pop back up on your own and you look around, anybody notice that I'm a numb a**?

Dave White:

Nothing worse than when you're driving and you start doing that and you're rolling down the window, smacking yourself in the face.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, turning the music up and on trying to sing along and then you hear the zzzzzzzz as you're off on the side of the road.

So anyway, so safety is important, so we're going to keep on doing this. Once again its Fred Radunzel, Dave White Quad City Safety. Reach out to us on all our social media platforms. I know I say it every episode, but we would definitely love to hear from you. Five dollar challenge still stands if we receive a fax at 563-445-2171. Birthday card five dollar bill coming your way. Just ask a question or say hey, listen to the podcast, here's a fax.

Dave White:

Something, something.

Fred Radunzel:

Yup, so this week the plan is to kinda hammer home the importance of taking heat stress seriously. Keeping workers cool in the summer months should be high on everyone's priority list. Keep everyone smelling fresh and help keep them alive. I gotta a quick story about my own heat stress incident when I was about 25 years old. I had a buddy that I was the best man for his wedding, and we went out to Glynns Creek Golf Course in Scott County Park and then the plan was to... we did some swimming, stuff like... there's a pool out there,

Dave White:

Oh, so you were camping...

Fred Radunzel:

We went camping after that. That was what type of guy that he was. We weren't doing a stripper bachelor party, just a bunch of boys going out into the woods, go play some golf, go do some swimming pool and hang out and roast some marshmallows and have a few beers.

Dave White:

Okay.

Fred Radunzel:

That was the kind of party that we were doing.

Dave White:

Good enough.

Fred Radunzel:

And so out on the golf course, about 95 degrees, I think it was early July.

Dave White:

Good soupy, swampy...

Fred Radunzel:

Yup, my pale behind doesn't take too well to that environment if I'm not staying well hydrated. So yeah, six or seven Bud Lights while you're playing golf. All of sudden wasn't feeling too hot, then we went swimming out in the sun, just putting on sunscreen but not drinking enough water. So then they started about 10:00 AM, now we're at about 5:00 PM, go get back to the campsite and start thinking about we're going to do for dinner. And I just started feeling a little dizzy and then all of a sudden I started feeling nauseous.

And so I was like, Oh man, I gotta go find something. Got in the car and drove and I made it about, I don't know, three or four minutes from there. By this time, by the way, I had not been drinking for probably four or five hours. And so made it about four or five and all of a sudden, I was going to throw up. Didn't know what had happened to me, but came to the realization pretty quick that I was dealing with some heat issues and I think I had some sun poisoning. So if that can happen to some regular jerk off out there playing 18 holes and having a couple of beers, it is very easy to then go ahead and happen when you're out on a job site working your a** off.

Dave White:

Yeah, there's no doubt about it.

Fred Radunzel:

Nope, so...well let's kind of get into the topic a little bit. Why heat stress is a real concern during warm weather or hot applications. What all... what can happen?

Dave White:

A lot can happen. I mean you can actually expire. And the thing about it is, is the complications of heat stroke are...once you've had heat stroke, you're always susceptible to it, so it's something that once you've been there, it's something that your body will usually go back to. It's a complicated issue cause it's a number of factors, it's dehydration, but it's also your body temperature is getting to a point where your body wants to maintain a temperature around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit and when it gets outside of that, it's not good.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, sped up by sweating.

Dave White:

Yeah, but a lot of times when you get dehydrated or whatever, you don't have that moisture and your body quits. If you're sweating, that's good. That's one of the telltale signs is when you stop sweating, you are starting to enter kinda that whole danger zone cause your body's not dealing with it. And a lot of factors go into it, as you know, heat and humidity are two things that work together so you could look at it and it could be low 90's, high 80's but if that relative humidity is high, that's going to obviously cause the heat index or whatever, you want to follow is a higher temperature. So you're actually in something that's hotter than what just the temperature looks at.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, so there's probably also, rather than even just heat stroke, we can talk about rashes, started getting heat rash out there, cramping-

Dave White:

Oh yeah, well I mean cramping is that telltale sign of dehydration which is, the classic word is electrolyte replacement, or I guess that's more of a phrase, that's not a single word. But electrolyte replacement is not just water, it's electrolytes. It's minerals and stuff that is in water.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah.

Dave White:

So, you know the classic... if you go to pee and it comes out and looks like a heavy brown. You kinda look at it and go, huh, we may need to treat this.

Fred Radunzel:

Right.

Dave White:

And if we are going to treat it, treating it with water or things like Sqwincher, Gatorade or All Sports something that has a little added extra kicker in there to boost that stuff up. It doesn't hurt to eat a banana, potassium is one of those things that your body craves. Magnesium, all the things that are usually packed into those drinks.

Fred Radunzel:

That's what I did have some cramping one day. I was at a tennis tournament and got done playing tennis all day long and three or four matches and then got in the car on the drive home and all of a sudden it looked like I had tennis balls on my calves. Its just bunching up and so I was laying on the ground and my uncle ran over and starts trying to stretch me out and rub those cramps out. He had a banana in the car, gave me a banana, started pouring water down my mouth like let's see what we can do about this.

Dave White:

Well, I mean right now I'm on one medication and then they had to...when I took it all of a sudden I noticed that I had Barney Rubble feet, so I looked down and my feet were just huge-

Fred Radunzel:

Really?

Dave White:

Swollen, so then they put me on a diuretic, so problem with the diuretic was I kept waking up, I called it eagle feet so not only were my calves cramped but my feet looked literally like I'm trying to scoot down and pick up a fish or something like that. And nothing's worse waking up in the middle of the night, so then they put me on potassium and that wasn't enough, so every morning I have to...after I get done with my medicine, I usually eat a banana also just so that I don't have to walk around and all of a sudden get that... nothing's worse than a good calf cramp that you can't stretch out.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah.

Dave White:

I mean it's painful.

Fred Radunzel:

Plus you look like you just got shot.

Dave White:

Yeah.

Fred Radunzel:

So heat exhaustion... the definition: the body's response to excessive loss of water and salt. And usually if you're sweating. Fainting can be an issue. So if the victim's kind of operating heavy machinery, that can be a real problem for the worker.

Dave White:

Yeah, don't you love when you see the heavy piece of machinery and it's got that little goofy umbrella hanging off the side of it. Well, it's there for a purpose. A lot of times you're in a job site and you got a hard hat on and you're setting yourself up there. If you can wear a vented hard hat, little things like that go a long way. Making sure that your clothing is right. You can wear some moisture wicking stuff. Not only does it keep it a little dryer, but the whole goal when is you have evaporation, evaporation cools. Pulls heat away from the body so your dress can even...obviously, unless you're Gary Player, Gary Player always liked to wear black when he played golf, you should probably wear a little bit lighter color stuff also so you're not sitting there absorbing all the heat.

Fred Radunzel:

Right. So we got differences between heat exhaustion and heat stroke which heat exhaustion is something we can try and treat and then heat stroke is something that needs to be treated as a medical-

Dave White:

Yeah, its a medical. You're usually...you're probably going to go to the hospital at that point.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, so heat exhaustion got rapid heartbeat, profuse sweating, extreme weakness, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, elevated body temperature whereas heat stroke high body temperature, confusion, loss of coordination, hot, dry skin, throbbing headache, seizures, coma. There's dangerous sh**.

I just lost track of what I was thinking. I'm looking at a list and....when workers get hot, does it impact PPE compliance? The next little bullet point I had.

Dave White:

Yeah, well, from a compliance standpoint, Cal OSHA or California OSHA usually looks ahead of the curve on a lot things and some stuff they are a little overboard on, but they've started addressing heat stress from the standpoint of looking at what the temperature is and how long somebody is working and having scheduled breaks that you monitor. That's some things that are coming down. So from PPE compliance, I don't necessarily think that it's going to....heat stress...it's going to impact the fact that you might not wear something. Not taking...I would be more apt to sit there and go-

Fred Radunzel:

You mentioned a hard hat...

Dave White:

Yeah, well I mean... well a hard hat, if you are taking it off to cool yourself down and you are still in a drop zone or in an area where you need it, you are creating risk but there are augmentations to certain items. Let's say instead of wearing the classic hard hat, you wear a vented hard hat so there can actually be some breathing-

Fred Radunzel:

Or cooling band or something or other.

Dave White:

Yeah, there's all kinds of after market products whether... heck you can have cooling vests. You can have... there's all kind of things out there. You have to spend a little bit of money, but the biggest impact would probably be that people would choose to not wear something. Heck, they have hydration packs for all protections. A lot of times if you're working on heights, it's not like you just walk over to the water cooler, but you can take your water bottle with you and make sure that you are staying hydrated.

Fred Radunzel:

I would say something to look out for then is kind of a lot of people, a lot of workers are just going to try and suck it up.

Dave White:

Yeah, everyone wants to be Billy Badass. That's a blessing and a curse. It's good that people want to get stuff done, but it's kinda like we were talking earlier about driving tired. Working when you're on that heat stress, heat stroke line and you brought up being on heavy equipment. Well ain't nothing better than having some guy that's getting ready to faint swinging some kind of wrecking ball or crane or something like that and so-

Fred Radunzel:

And trying to tough his way through it.

Dave White:

Yeah, because we got only a couple more minutes to go here. Let's power through, power on. So you're creating issues, creating a safety issue by just not doing proper rest and recharge and ready to report.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay. So talk about some real solutions that actually work on a job site to help workers kind of stay cool and hydrated. I know we talked about some of them, but it's... so cooling towels and cooling products and vests and venting-

Dave White:

It's providing shade, so having a little pop-up shelter with a hydration station that's one that we have some customers have asked us to put together. All it is is a glorified garbage can with a cooler on top of it and cups. But that becomes the reason that people don't do it, because there's no convenience in it. So making some of that stuff convenient or available is the biggest thing.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, and you gotta look at how often people are drinking. You probably gotta drink a cup of water every 20 minutes.

Dave White:

Yeah, you need to make sure that...it's over time. You don't just in the morning on your way to the job stop by Casey's and get the biggest thing of water that they have and just chug it and go I'm good good. I'm full. And it's paying attention, like we mentioned, one of the easiest ways to tell that your body is losing hydration is just watching yourself urinate. If you pay attention to what that is, you got a good finger on the pulse per say.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, there's a couple of cool charts out there, I know that we've seen that have the if its this color you're getting dangerous.

Dave White:

Yeah, and I mean people-

Fred Radunzel:

That's something we can help provide.

Dave White:

Most people on a daily basis don't get the amount of water that they should anyway and then you put in that they're in a... let's say its mid-July or whatever and they're out there working and they are really behind the eight ball then.

Fred Radunzel:

Plus maybe they had a few beers the night before and they got dehydrated.

Dave White:

Probably, because alcohol is a diuretic.

Fred Radunzel:

And you have your bottle out, your 20 ounce of Mountain Dew, trying to drink out there on the site, all that sugar and it's just dehydrating you even more.

Dave White:

Mountain Dew is not equal to hydration.

Fred Radunzel:

Right, it's not staying hydrated by drinking pop.

Dave White:

And one of the things to also remember is that some of that stuff has a ton of sugar in it. Gotta watch out for the old folks running around with diabetes, the ole sugar diabetes.

Fred Radunzel:

I would think another tip would be the hardest parts, like the heavy work that you're doing for that day, if you can try to schedule that for the cooler parts of the day.

Dave White:

Absolutely.

Fred Radunzel:

First thing in the morning or the sun starts going down a little bit you can-

Dave White:

Modifying work times is definitely something that can help.

Fred Radunzel:

And then the light colored loose fitting clothing you had mentioned and a little bit of go that, another thing to really do to take a look at some-

Dave White:

But they also have, you know there's some really cool stuff out there...they have these...we had a job site that wanted us to really go after and provide like a cooling area, so it was again, it was a pop-up tent basically but they all have fans that are fed water, so there's a water reservoir on it and it just creates mist when it blows. So you can actually lower the temperature. It's kinda like an air conditioner outside.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah... or one of those things at the zoo the kiddies can run through. The misters.

Dave White:

Yeah, that's same concept there. You're just creating evaporation like we mentioned earlier which is gonna allow people to cool.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay. That's cool. Anything else you can think of on that topic? Think that about covers everything I had.

Dave White:

Yeah, that's most, that's a majority of it. The case point that you brought up is planning the work day is probably the best thing to do if you can do that. Sometimes you can't do that, so then we have to engineer out, we have to get in there and figure out what PPE we need and what PPE that you have to provide is just methods for somebody to cool themselves.

Fred Radunzel:

Yup. Alright, well let's go on here. We'll move on to the dumbass of the week this week.

Speaker 4:

It's the Dumbass of the Week.

Fred Radunzel:

Well Heatstress Harry can be our Dumbass of the Week, I would think. Got lots of people that just try to tough it out or don't plan for what the job is going to be that day. I'm trying to think of a good, should have planned this one a little bit better, a good example of somebody that that happened to. Got any examples of anybody besides dumb Fred?

Dave White:

Well, I mean, I think you bring up a classic example. One is people that go out the night before and kinda-

Fred Radunzel:

Let loose.

Dave White:

Let loose... it's Thursday getting ready to Friday so go to the tavern and pound back a couple and then it's the hottest day of the year on Friday and we're working in the house or laying down asphalt. I don't have a real good one.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah...  well there's all kinds of ones that people work, but that is a good example, that somebody goes out, pounds a few back, heads out the next day, drinks their Mountain Dew and their donut in the morning and they're just not taking care of themselves and nobody around them is paying attention when they start looking a little green. They're acting a little disoriented.

Dave White:

Walking up and Bill is no longer sweating.

Fred Radunzel:

Right.

Dave White:

And he's like speaking in tongues and nobody can figure out what the hell he's talking about.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, his temperature is raised to about 105 degrees and he's still sitting there trying to lay shingles on the roof with the black tar. So, look out for that dumbass, trying to be aware if that guy is on your site with you. Take care of each other. Make sure everyone is drinking. So that way we can avoid the dumbass of the week passing out.

So, let's move on, we'll go on to Q & A for this week. Question number one was: As long as a gas monitor still calibrates, is there even an expiration date where it should be taken out of service?

Dave White:

There's nothing documented that says you should take it out. The main thing is, you mentioned that it passes calibration, if it passes calibration and you're bumping it daily prior to each shift's work, then theoretically it is fine. The thing is, to remember is, sensors over time become weak, and so obviously a device that's older ...I think a lot of confusions that people have with monitors is that they're kind of like a smoke detector. They're not really meant to read exactly what things are. They're just kind of a beacon to say, hey I think the stuff is here, get the hell out.

Fred Radunzel:

Right.

Dave White:

So, there's nothing that really states that you would have to take it out of service as long as it is within the allowable levels when you compared it on a calibration and above, it would still be what it says it is.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay, so it's almost like automobiles that you could have a 1975 that's out there rolling if it was well taken care of and maybe the miles were kept down and it had the engine replaced and some of those things, but over time, it might start getting...like I think a lot of ours are taken out of service when all of a sudden costs outweigh what that monitor is worth or...

Dave White:

Yeah, typically, that's usually like the oxygen sensors are the first thing to go and typically there's a manufacturer's warranty that you could squeeze that first sensor in but its almost like serial ops list, so once it gets outside the warranty period all of a sudden its like,  you're going to need two or three sensors that's 80% of the cost of a new device.

Fred Radunzel:

And it seems like manufacturers do from time to time, as they come up with new units, the parts for the old's units...

Dave White:

Yeah, they'll usually start phasing them out.

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah....they'll start going up.

Dave White:

Over time...

Fred Radunzel:

Okay. Cool. Number two: Is a ladder considered a piece of fall protection and need to be documented along with other equipment under a competent person inspection once a year.

Dave White:

It's need to have inspections and documentations.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay.

Dave White:

But also making sure that it's the right kind of ladder for the application and it's rated for the size of guide it's going up. Because a lot of them will have-

Fred Radunzel:

225 pound limit or something like that...

Dave White:

Yeah, and then you'll have my fat ass trying to climb it with stuff and it's like..that's not what it's designed to be used or the electrician has a metal ladder that he is leaning against stuff that he is climbing instead of having it fiberglass. So making ...not only is it making sure that you've gone through and made sure you've looked at all the rungs and looked at everything to make sure there's no material defects in it, but making sure that you're using the right ladder for the right job. Making sure that, maybe you need some after market devices.

When I say after market devices, they have things that can attach to ladders that will level them out so that if you have an uneven surface you can still use the ladder and be fairly safe about it. Things like ladder extensions...or how to say it...most people don't realize when you have a ladder it needs to extend so many inches past the top, so that you're able to exit that ladder instead of it just barely enough, how to say I've set it to where it's just on that edge. So knowing how to properly use it, making sure that we maintain three points of contact. That's another big thing that you'll see. You'll see people on a ladder carrying sh** up and they're not maintaining three points of contact.

Fred Radunzel:

So, is that something, though, that a competent person has to inspect? Does someone have to have a piece of fall protection vis-a-vis inspected by a competent person.

Dave White:

Yeah, it's yearly.

Fred Radunzel:

Is that something that someone has to have a level of training on how to inspect ladders?

Dave White:

Yes.

Fred Radunzel:

Before they do it... they just can't look it over and...

Dave White:

Well, I mean how to say it's not probably not as technical as a competent person fall protection because it's a single device but yes, they should train them up on what the forms and features on the ladder are because every ladder doesn't operate the same.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay. Number three: Why would we use group lock out vs. personal lockout devices?

Dave White:

Just depends how many people you have.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay.

Dave White:

So, when you have a personal lockout that's...you're taking the...for instance let's say you unplug the machine and you put the plug into a plug lockout, put your lock on it so somebody that doesn't come and plug that thing in and mash you with whatever. Well, group lockout is the concept of we have multiple people working in an area so that I would say you don't know what Bill and Bob is doing, so as you have more people around, you are making sure you have that plan to let's say...you may have to when you go to a lockout machine, sometimes it's not just as easy as just undoing a plug.

You may have to unplug this, you may have to...so you de-energized it. Is there any stored energy in it that you have to blow off or whatever. But work through those steps to get it locked out because usually you are servicing or maintaining or doing a PM or something on basic equipment or line. But having all that stuff locked out and then everybody puts their lock on there so when you go to fire it back up, everybody's gonna have to come back together and go we're not all in...I'm here, you're here so that means you and me can't be in the machine. That's how many locks that we have. Let's put it back in service.

Fred Radunzel:

Okay. Fair enough. Alright. We'll close up the e-mail box for this week. So an episodes, since we're talking stress this summer, I mean heat stress that means summer is upon us. That gets me excited for funnel cakes and my fried Oreos.

Dave White:

Are you really into all that stuff?

Fred Radunzel:

Oh yeah, I'll party...

Dave White:

You like fair food or whatever?

Fred Radunzel:

I like the sweet stuff. Not a big corn dog the size of my forearm.

Dave White:

Yeah, see, that's the only thing I ever want is one of those stupidly large corn dogs.

Fred Radunzel:

Do you? I'm not big into that but give me a couple of those fried Oreos and a funnel cake with some powdered sugar where I'll put my face too close to it and breathe in the powdered sugar and start gagging.

Dave White:

Yeah. I just the whole process, just amazes me. That you watch every town has one where you look at the field and it's empty one day and all of a sudden you notice some really strange people at Casey's and then four hours later, there's the tilt a whirl. Everything's up and ready.

Fred Radunzel:

And I don't drink frozen cocktails throughout the year but I'll be the daiquiri will hit the spot every once in a while.

Dave White:

Do you get the stupid cup or whatever?

Fred Radunzel:

Oh yeah. With the long tube it's like a blue drink. The real a**hole walking around carrying it. Oh yeah.  We're going to the Dominican Republic later this year.

Dave White:

Fifteen dollar refills.

Fred Radunzel:

You're not going to see me with a beer for a full week there. It's going to be all frozen sugary drinks.

Dave White:

Blender drinks. Well, I can't fault you for that.

Fred Radunzel:

We'll be getting after it. But it made me think a little bit about fair bands and outdoor concerts and doing that. It's my favorite part of the summer. The best bands that you've seen perform at an outdoor venue most likely while drinking a bag of beers.

Dave White:

Well, we have the Mississippi Valley Fair. Until I moved to Iowa, I didn't realize that a cooler could just be a regular grocery-

Fred Radunzel:

Wal-Mart sack with some ice in it.

Dave White:

Yeah, but you have to buy the six pack and what's funny is that it's gotta be the tall boys, because you have to have them 16 ounce cans. You're always worried about you have to drink these really fast because they only gave me one scoop of ice. It's usually hotter than hell.

Fred Radunzel:

The bag's already has a hole in it, so you have to ease the load.

Dave White:

Yeah, yeah, one of the best outdoor bands that to just drink some Busch Light on, a scoop of ice, maybe would be the Marshall Tucker Band with some power flute blowing. Probably the best outdoor concert that I went to recently was Metallica. They played at the Iowa Motor Speedway and that was a pretty incredible show. But I've been to a ton of 'em so I think you mentioned Lynyrd Skynyrd. I'm trying to think,  I think I've seen Lynyrd Skynyrd seven times. You can't go wrong seeing old Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Fred Radunzel:

That's what I've seen. I like the old the hair bands, seeing Motley Crue or seeing Poison. They're always good for busting out the hits over the course of about a two hours concert when you're lit off of Miller Lights.

Dave White:

Yeah, you've got 10,000 people shit-faced that all know the words to one crappy song-

Fred Radunzel:

to Every Rose Has It's Thorn-

Dave White:

Yeah and the lead singer doesn't even sing and he kinda holds the mic out over everybody.

Fred Radunzel:

Everyone's holding up their cell phones or their lighters....depending on who you are-

Dave White:

Well, it's kinda blended. Now it's all cell phones.

Fred Radunzel:

Cell phones, if you're in an arena show, it's going to be 100% cell phones. If you're at a fair -

Dave White:

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Fred Radunzel:

Some necks out there holding up their lighter. Holding up their Bic they got at 7-Eleven.

Dave White:

Yeah, kind of like a blow torch.

Fred Radunzel:

I have Bad Company. I had them listed to. I've seen them twice.

Dave White:

Bad Company's good. I don't think I've seen them outdoors.

Fred Radunzel:

They still hold up.

Dave White:

They still hold up.

Fred Radunzel:

They can do it. What are some those....my wife and I were watching Elton John did...they had like a tribute to Elton John on network TV sometime in the last couple of weeks. The guy has to be about 70 years old, pushing 70 years old.

Dave White:

Every bit.

Fred Radunzel:

And he still sings awesome but then you'll see Bob Dylan towards the end of his run. Is he still alive by the way?

Dave White:

Yeah.

Fred Radunzel:

I suppose I shouldn't be killing off Bob Dylan.

Dave White:

I saw him just recently.

Fred Radunzel:

Well if you do it will be a (singing). And you're like,  what was that Bob? It's just so amazing. I suppose it's probably how they treated their bodies over the years. But Jagger, he can still hold up. But Elton John still hits every note that he hit like 30 years ago or 40 years ago. Anyways, pretty impressive.

Alright, so that's about time for this episode. I can hear the hotel room service out running the vacuum so we're going to start getting played off by them if we don't call this thing good.

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Dave White:

Pig bacon. Are there other kinds of bacon?

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah, turkey bacon.

Dave White:

Oh God.

Fred Radunzel:

I went through a turkey bacon phase.

Dave White:

Really?

Fred Radunzel:

Yeah...when I was like this...there are so many different diets out there and trying to eat healthy for a few weeks and you're like I'm going to switch to turkey bacon from regular bacon.

Dave White:

I've had turkey bacon a couple times and it was not a good experience.

Fred Radunzel:

It's not great. It's not great. So point is we need you guys to keep coming back. Safety needs to be an everyday event. Not something that we just think about now and then. We wouldn't have show if it wasn't for the listeners so it's our mission to keep hammering home the importance of safety at work. We want to make sure you guys make it home safe, so we'll be back next week with more unfiltered safety advice, but if you can't wait that long, go out to quadcitysafety.com. Check out our blog, leave us some comments and we'll see you next week.

Once again, safety's got no quitting time. See you guys soon.

Announcer:

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