Daniel G. Fousek, ASP, CHST, is the safety and education director for the Mechanical Contractors’ Association of Cleveland and the Cleveland Plumbing Contractors’ Association. The associations represent union pipefitting and plumbing contractors, respectively, in the Greater Cleveland area. Dan can be reached at (216) 459-0770, and www.mapic.org.
You buy a new car. You probably wash and wax it quite religiously for the first month or so. Then something happens — the new car smell wears off, you get your first scratch, you start making car payments — and no longer does washing and waxing seem as much of a priority.