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A construction worker was fatally injured after being run over by a piece of heavy equipment while riding on its scoop portion. The accident occurred at a home construction site and officials are investigating. The article encourages reflection on bad safety habits at work that could be changed, as small risks taken daily can have serious consequences like this accident. Making an effort to break a bad habit for 21 days could truly eliminate it for improved safety.

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Bad Habits

A construction worker was fatally injured after being run over by a piece of heavy equipment while riding on its scoop portion. The accident occurred at a home construction site and officials are investigating. The article encourages reflection on bad safety habits at work that could be changed, as small risks taken daily can have serious consequences like this accident. Making an effort to break a bad habit for 21 days could truly eliminate it for improved safety.

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Bad Habits
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWPORT NEWS Newport News police say a


construction worker was fatally injured after he was
run over by piece of heavy equipment.

The victim was identified by police as 34yearold Kirk Patrick Giezey of Hampton.
They said he was riding on the scoop portion of a frontend loader before he was
found dead today.

The accident occurred at a home construction site. The state police and officials
from the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry were at the scene.

When you read stories like this in the newspaper, you just have to scratch your
head and wonder . . . "what was he thinking?" However, there are probably some
habits each of us has that are not that dissimilar in terms of safety. How about you?
What risks do you take each and every day here at work?

Today, reflect on one of those bad habits you may have and make an effort to
change your behavior. They say that if you can focus on breaking a habit for 21
days, it will truly be gone. Do it for you . . . do it for your loved ones.

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