All right. We're back. Time to look at what the papers are saying this morning. We have J.D. Johnson on standby. He is a senior lecturer at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. J.D. Johnson, good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time.  All over the world, it's a pleasure to be with you 24 hours to the election and then for eight hours from now, we'll be getting the result coming out from the election. It's a pleasure to be with you. Fantastic. Also, we can say congratulations to J.D. Johnson and some good news. You cast your vote and the result was announced yesterday night.  Congratulations on your bouncing new baby. Yeah, it's a pleasure. Thank you very much. I quite appreciate it yesterday. My wife gave back to the Prince and then hopefully I hope we'll participate in the political process in the future and it will be a statement and not a politician. Thank you very much. I quite appreciate this. Thank you. All right then. Let's look at the pages this morning. The front page is to be very precise. Let's start off with the punch and let's see what the punch talks about.  Pre-election valance, military orders begin raids on hoodlums and hideouts. Four killed, 63 arrested, weapons recovered, thugs attack, canoe supporters. I would probably not have to take this for the other rider for the sake of not bridging the broadcasting code, so I'll leave that. But you can always look at these papers at your convenient time. Be peaceful. Biden urges Nigerians as we take to the polls tomorrow and of course on 11th of March 2023. 87.2 million PVCs collected, legos, canoe and caduna top lists. There's also an editorial as to Nigerians be bold, go out and vote. So there's an editorial to casting your votes. I mean, just a day to that, a few hours to that if you'd like to say. How Finish Please Grilled released pro biafran agitator Simon Ekba yesterday. It was topping the chart. It was a top trending conversation on different social media space.  And just before we move away from the punch now, you have legos motories grown over multiple levers. That's the charges. I mean, sometimes if you you are around these people, you really feel sorry for them because they have to pay so much. But that's it this morning on the front page of the punch. All right, let's take a look at the other papers we have in front of us. And indeed, let's go to the nation newspaper. Of course, as a big story there, all eyes on the leading candidates. They're asking if the others, Kwankwa Soobik and Spinger Surprise, well, of course, all the candidates are out for the elections. I think we have 18 of them, but the paper chooses to highlight the two. And let's see if the results would mean that it's not just a two horse race, but you have the others. I think Kwankwa Soinubi are being seen as outsiders in this in this poll. It's not partisan. We're not highlighting any party above the other, which is what NBC is talking about. Ogun Agro Cargo Airport records maiden flight, that's good news, electoral process kicks off with hitches and considers a shift of Enogu East editorial poll. Now we're beginning to see some of these things. Why would we can't win by 36 LP stage? All right, these are some of the stories you're trying to avoid. You don't have to seem like we're highlighting some parties above the other. So we'll leave the analysis of that out for now. We have some more papers. The Daily Independent newspaper. It's another one we'll look at this morning. It talks about the 2023 elections. We're already here a few more hours and we will be talking about that election. That's tomorrow. Consents that will influence 87.2 million voters tomorrow. I like to stop Enogu East Senatorial poll over killing of a candidate of a party. Buhari arrives in Casino ahead of tomorrow's presidential election. Nars pause. That's it. And then you find killing of our candidates and supporters in Enogu, barbaric and senseless. That's according to the presidential flag bear. And then you find cash crunch may short half of businesses or business informal sector. The NEGSG is quoted to say. Nigel leaves ban on charcoal processed wood export. That's also one business that thrives. This one business that thrives a lot. Well, it's good to see that that has been lifted. Naira saw policy. Federal government may slam trees and charges on opposing government. Malami is saying and the bongs the breach of Supreme Court order on the Naira policy. Military apprehends mastermind of Kaduna Buja train attack. Just as you know services has been suspended for tomorrow up until the elections over that would be on Sunday. But that's it this morning on a daily dependent. Well, daily trust leads to the story. Of course, on the elections analysis as well. This is talking about change for us to go. How will the candidates fair? I think I've seen some very interesting analysis, very interesting indeed. And we'll see more of that today and tomorrow while the voting is going on analyzing, you know, how the vote may go. They saying the riders to that is too close to call according to experts from a VP. And of course, I should watch it for epic battle popularity test for former a number of governor. All right, so we'll do that because of time go over to a guest Julie Johnson is being put out by the papers to be a couple of them to be maybe two horse race. So I'm putting to be a three horse race and four horse race. What's your analysis of the voting tomorrow? We don't want you to mention political candidates or political parties. But do you think it's a two horse race between the two parties that have been the leading parties before now? No, it's not a two horse race because the other candidates, there are 200 candidates whose performance will determine the venture winner. They might not win, but don't rule out to be as a dark horse. The two, sorry, please don't be, don't, don't take rule out the liberal party candidate as a dark horse. But the usual, the usual suspect PDP and APC will play a major role as the leading, as the leading parties. However, the performance of the liberal party, the performance of NNPP will eventually help in determining the outcome of that election. And then in media elections, you might not rule out the dark horse. That's how it was said in 2016 that it was not possible for Donald Trump to win the presidency, but eventually won. However, the case of Nigeria is different. We have a lot of fault lines. This election has taken so many dimension. There's ethnic dimension to it. There's religious dimension to it. And with the exception of one of two of the candidates, appeal has been made to the fault lines that separate us, the promoter sentiments that divide us, that we thought could be our diversity, that could be our unity in strength has been one of the things that the political class has appeal to. If voting pattern is done along the lines which the candidates have campaigned, then definitely it should be two us race. But if indeed Nigerians have gone above the beyond promoter sentiments, and we are waiting for a new Nigerian, I can assure you that it's not a two us race, it could be a three us race with respect to that, to respect to that election.  This is the first time since 1999 that we have been more than two major parties. And that was the experience we had in 1979. In 1979, we had five political parties or two major parties. Three major parties were the actors and the players. And these three major parties fell along these fault lines that divided us. You have the national, the NPN, the UPN, and the NNPP. And you could see the outcome of that result, how close contest it is. And then the case went to Supreme Court for the Supreme Court to decide on 12th to 12th. And there's every likelihood that we might have a situation whereby the Supreme Court might need to intervene. But you have a situation whereby you have the actors and the players in the present political piece, even at the state and local government level, and at the national level, not having respect for the court proceeding. I hope whatever is the outcome of this election, and if there's any need to go to the Supreme Court, the decision of the Supreme Court will be the Supreme order of the debate. But it's going to be a close contest. And I can also assure you that the opportunity and the ability of governors to deliver their state, the opportunity and the ability of people to manipulate the process, the ability of the political class to circumvent the will of the people is limited with the use of the Biva's technology. If that is fully deployed, if that is fully deployed, if that is fully deployed through the land and bread of Nigeria, if there's no contrary instruction from INEC that, okay, you know what we don't, we can use it. You recall in 2015, there was the card with that, the card with that was used, the card with that was used downstairs, it was not completely complied with in the north, simply in 2019. So if we have a complete, if we have a complete adherence to that, I can assure you that the winner of that election will not get more than 12, 10, 12 million votes, 10, 12 million votes. Let's look at the punch now. I'd like you to react to the fact that the military has been deployed to secure and ensure that, you know, the territorial integrity of the nation also being involved in civil activities or policing of civil society. You know I've said it. Merci. The military has no business being sent. Now what the military is doing should be done by the police. Our democratic institutions have been militarized and you see, you see elections being conducted in other countries. Do you see the military coming out with the commanding force? It's like, it's a siege mentality. I can assure you, it's an average person will be scared of going out to vote.  And if you go out to vote, don't ferment trouble. Do we have to wait until election is coming before we reap the society of wood lumps? I've told you and I've said it many times, we know where the wood lumps are. We know the flash points in Lagos, in every part of this country. Now that's in the forefront of all of this, in ensuring the critical infrastructure of our democracy. It is not the military, but the police, all of the resources the army is bringing to ensure election are what they should use to defend the terrible. I saw the deployment of the military, particularly in Lagos, the one I saw in Lagos and the kind of equipment they are bringing, the one that they had on the long bridge in Beka. I was wondering, probably it is type of equipment in Bono. We need this type of equipment to protect, to protect it because Abuja Cardinal realign, we need that type of equipment to protect all the forests where you have these pandits, but they are nowhere to be found. You don't have to militarize democracy. And I've said it, it is clear. Johnson, but there are times where, I mean, do you think that is wrong? Because there are times where it's expected that, you know, the military is invited or soldiers are invited to aid and act civil authority to play the role of the police. And so, don't you think that, I'd like to ask you, Johnson, please, just before you're coming now, don't you think that where at that time where the military or the soldiers are invited to play the role of the police or aid the police in policing and ensuring that law and order is maintained, especially, you know, with the rampage that's going on following the narrow scarcity? Are the military trained to maintain civil order? Are they trained to maintain civil order? An exception is made. I'm saying that, is there no exception? I'm giving you a rhetorical question. Now, where you have such a situation whereby you bring in the military into maintaining order, you know what they are called in the United States? They are called the National Guard. They are called the National Guard. They don't bring out the kind of equipment to see that then they bring out. You don't see them with guns, like you see them. Now, if you see them with guns, then the governor of the state must have approved. The governor of the state must have approved the deployment of military guards before the National Guard, before they are deployed. The present state or the commander in chief cannot just, for example, Joe Biden cannot deploy, cannot deploy, cannot deploy the DME to Ohio where they have this derailment. He has to get an approval from the governor of Ohio but be divine for him to deploy that. You see, as far as I am concerned, we must have developed our policing, the civil authority for maintaining law and order. You certainly understand. If after 24 years of democracy, we have not been able to develop the Nigerian police to the point that the Nigerian police can protect the critical infrastructure of election, then something is wrong with our security arrangement. And there's something, is a major concern for those that will be elected, is a major issue that they need to address. I have not seen it against the military, but I can tell you that when you see too much military, it creates fear. And in democracy, election is not meant to create fire. Election is meant to be a carnival for people to understand, for people to understand that there's an opportunity for them to excite their franchise. There's an opportunity for them to give their mandate to whoever they want to rule them to govern their affairs for the next four years. But as far as you see the military, increase of mobilization, I cannot show you, increase of mobilization. You see, in the past, when we see military like this. Johnson, can you hear us? Gide Johnson, can you hear us? Do you think that there's a coup? That is my side. Do you think that there's a coup? All right. But one will begin to wonder what becomes of a situation where you have a lot of unrest. And at the time where you have talked about the police not being developed, because if you look at it, some people say that the police have lost their professionalism. And that's the reason why falling back on the soldiers or the military seem to be an alternative. So in a case where there's a lot, I mean, for instance, there's one that happened just around our vicinity following the narrow redesign policy and discursive. Some elements took to the streets and they were going to vandalize, but not for the sweet intervention of the military of these soldiers. And that was quelled and the properties were protected apparently in their lives as well. So I'm saying in situations where it's out of hand, would it still be wrong to say you have the presence of the military? What is the security brief for the narrow design? The CBN involved the national security advice and the narrow design. If they look at the policy implication, the political implication, the social implication, the environmental implication, and then the security implications of the narrow design, you are saying that if that has been taken into consideration, you'll have factored that in, it won't come as a surprise to us, to the policy makers, to those that have given responsibility to manage their affairs of the state, if that has been taken into consideration that if we take this decision, what are the implications of this decision? To every action there is a reaction. What would be the reaction of the people? Was there enough sensitization with respect to letting people understand that this is the direction of the policy? We will not give you more than 5,000 error. You can only do electronic transaction from that. But you know, we have different kind of instructions, directive, okay, we will give you 20,000. We'll collect 20,000 from the counter. There's nobody that has collected 20,000 from the counter. I'll give you an example. A junior colleague of mine went to the bank yesterday and he was paying them for 4,000 error. And then he got to his turn, he was number 57. When he was getting to his turn, he was paying them across the counter. The money has finished. So are you telling me that the whole branch of the bank will not have 1 million, will not have 1 million Naira? Because 100 times 400 is 100,000. So the money they've shared is not even up to 500,000. And the whole bank will power their gen, will bring in their staff, and then they will be given 4,000. Let's see. A lot of thoughtful considerations were not given into this policy. I cannot show you on this, with respect to the security implication. Because look, on Monday, you knew what happened in Shagam. Shagam is usually a flashpoint. You knew what happened in Shagam? Banks were set ablaze in Shagam. And at the end of the day, because the people are not properly educated, they are the ones that are somehow depressed. So I mean, we're talking about the involvement, because Johnson, you know, we're talking about the involvement of the military in civil affairs. I mean, and maintaining law and order in a civil dispensation or a civil state. That's what we're talking about. We're saying that it's wrong to involve the military, because the military was not created for that. But I'm saying that in cases like this, where you have rightly stated that we have a police system that's underdeveloped, and some people are saying that the police have become too friendly, and they have lost their professionalism. And so what else do we now do? Do we follow the arms and just wait for, you know, cures to happen? I'm just saying, what would you profess a solution if we constantly say we can't use the military in times where we have, you know, cases that are out of hand, where the police is overwhelmed? What I'm saying in effect is that I'm not saying you can't use the military. What I'm saying is that if you are going to use the military, have a special unit of the military properly trained and properly equipped to do that purpose. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. If you are going to have the military to do that, in America, they're bringing the National Guard to do that. When there was unrest in 2020, he saw the National Guard. The National Guard was deployed. When there was, across America, if you want to do that, have a special unit of the military properly trained and equipped for that purpose. That's what I'm saying. You must train the military on how to put a civil disobedience. That's my argument. Okay. I'm still looking at that. I'd like you to also share your thoughts on another one. We have, yesterday, INEG had put out, you know, data and reports us to the number of PVCs that have been collected, 87, 209,700, and seven, like 100. What are your thoughts? Are you quite impressed looking at the figures from last year? Well, I'm interested in that figure. What I'm interested in actually is the voter's turnout. When you have large voter's turnout, you have a situation whereby it's very difficult to read the election because it's very difficult to manipulate the will of the people, and they will say the voice of the people is the voice of God. So for me, what are we looking at is the actual people that turn out to vote in that election. You recall in 2019, the president got less than 15 million votes, gets less than 16 million votes, same in 2015. In actual sense, the vote that the elected president in 2019 got was less than the vote he got in 2015. The margin was low compared to, even the voter's turnout was also, if you look at the percentage of the actual people that turn out to vote in 2015, and in 2019, you'll be sure to know that the percentage of those that turn out to vote in 2015 were more than those that turn out to vote in 2019. That's the fact that there's an increase, there's an exponential increase in the number of people that register to vote. There's one thing for people to register to vote.  As long as you comport within the law, you have no fear of your nose being bloody, as said by the chief of army staff. You, as long as you live within the frame of what the law allows you to do, I can assure you that you are safe. Go out, cast your vote, let us express our mandate, and let us ensure that the popular will, not the minority will. How can it, last time we had 88 plus million people registering to vote? And the person that won the election had 50 million plus. That's not government of the majority, that's government of the minority. It's government of the minority. In fact, if you took out the number of those that, that means that the people that did not vote, that did not support the president, are more than the people that actually voted for him. Because staying at home means that people are undecided. It means that a lot of people are uninterested in democratic process. That's the implication. If you analyze it from attitude, from attitudinal point of view, it means that they are undecided, they are not interested in the political process. And if you have a democratic process, where majority of the people are not interested in participating, there's something wrong with your, with your polity. And there's need for you to look at what do we need to do. Do we need the role of others' education? Do we need to increase the people's trust in the democratic process? Do we need to provide enabling environment that will allow people to go and cast their vote? Do we ensure that there's no ricking and people believe that my vote really matters? Because if people think that their vote doesn't really matter, why should they go and vote? If people think that they will not receive, why should they go and vote? Now, some of these military exercises that we are seeing from this to the election, probably we should have done this three months to the election. We begin to comb the society and we begin to send the signal and then people have confidence and trust in the process. And the citizenry and the voters will get used to having the ability to be part and parcel of the civil society and then they can go and vote on But I mean that might just be one factor because I know that a lot of peasants speaking to a couple of them on the streets, some people who probably want to vote would have moved from one state to another, one constituency to another. And the process of trying to get the PVC, a lot of people don't have the information as to transferring from a particular state or constituency or polling unit to another one, that's on the one side. The fact that information, a lot of people are not in the know that they can do that. In other cases, some people have lost their PVC. So I think that the factors for non-involvement in the election or the number of turnout will be dependent on different issues. So you would have those who are afraid to come out. You also have those who don't believe in the system. You have those who have not been able to get the right information to have their cards transferred from one polling unit to a constituency or one state to another. And so the issues cannot just be limited to one, but I think that it's encompassing. And I'd like to be hopeful that we will eventually get there. Same here. I'll put out to get there, but it's a process and the process is not just one week to the election. It's just not two weeks to the election. It's not three weeks to the election. We knew after tomorrow, the next election, we happened. We happened in the next four years. We happened in the next four years. So we should start planning towards that election, right away. Water sensitization, creating the environment, reading the environment of wood lumps. We know where the wood lumps are. There was a particular story in which you talk about motorists groaning over the type of levees that are imposed on them in leaguers and those are the things that we need to look into. Those are the issues that need to be addressed.  You see the last man turning blind eye and everybody turning blind eye to them and they become an institution within the institutions of the state. Right. Gene Johnson, interesting analysis from you. The day is almost upon us and we will see what happens at the end of the day. Lots of predictions, even prophecies regarding the election. I mean, one of the funny aspects was people trying to prove to the rest of us that they are preferred candidates who had their name in the Bible. You know, I never knew, as a particular name, I never knew, essentially B, I never knew that name was in the Bible until, to what a leading candidate. It's what I showed me that it was in the Bible. Kofi, when the prophet made that prophecy, I told them that when the prophet made the prophecy concerning the label candidate, I said, wow, this people probably did not read the Bible, they will know that there is the name of the APC candidate in the Bible. I saw it, I was surprised. I saw LXX. I knew that I have been reading the Bible from the beginning to the end, at least one or two times. So I've seen that. So I was just laughing when the renowned pastor was saying that I said, this guy is just a master of double speak. You know, this prophet, no matter of double speak, and I tell you this in this prophecy concerning political things, I'll tell you my heroin experience as a kid in 1979. In 1979, my father took us to a church and went to his friend's church, they were having the harvest, and it was proud to this 1979 election.  So we were in church from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.  And then as a kid, I couldn't go out, I was just 10 years old, I couldn't go out to eat. And this woman went into the prophecy. He said, if they like, they don't like. Whether they like it or not, Aulawa will be depressed. And she said that even if people refuse to vote for Aulawa, the grass and the elves and the sons of Nigeria will vote.  So as a young kid, I went to buy the newspaper to see the reason. In fact, that is what ignited my interest in practicing journalism. I went and bought the newspaper to see the outcome of this prophecy. And I can tell you, you can ask people around you.   It's your figment of your imagination. You could see how disappointed I would be as a kid. Then 10 years ago, when the woman made the prophecy that Aulawa will win the election, and I went and I did. And to tell you the truth, when people argue that Aulawa actually won the election in 1999, I made you a prophecy. Because that ignited my interest. I was interested. There were five elections in five weeks. Five elections in five weeks. And in all of the elections in those five weeks, MPN won. MPN had more local government than UPN. MPN had more assembly than UPN. MPN had more state governors than UPN. MPN had less rep mother than UPN. MPN had more senator than UPN. In the school of logic and extrapolation statistics, there's no way UPN could have won that election. We have to go. We have to go. Jeannie, but I'm sure you also remember the talk of the Bible. Aulawa's name being the Bible. That prophecy then also. And Jeremiah. Jeremiah. And someone says Shagari's name is also in the Bible. Shagari. What's wrong? Jeannie, we have to go now. Thank you so much. We really have to go. Thank you very much. You know, they say Shagari's name. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you sir. They say Shagari's name was also in the Bible as well. And the name they took to make that fact was quite funny. But we have to take a break. We'll come back and look at the role of youth. The youth vote in the 2023 elections. Stay with us.


Thank you. We're currently in Cambodia getting some lunch and if you're anything like me and you haven't got a clue where or what that country is, watch this. The kingdom of Cambodia is located in the southeast region of Asia. Here the largest ancient temples of the world are settled, which are slowly taken over by the inevitable forces of nature. Traditional cultural habits are still lively in practice and the country provides a living for over 15 million people. Only 40 years ago, 25% of its entire nation died during the genocide of the Pol Pot regime. Despite its tragedy and an intense yearly rain season, people nowadays remain amazingly friendly. Now let's get back to our cuisine. Okay, okay. Let's see what we got in here. Some sushi. This one is with egg. Here's the seaweed and cucumber plus some wasabi. Then we got here some dumplings with I guess some sort of chili sauce and ketchup. Our tools for today are wooden chopsticks and a freshly squeezed sugarcane juice. These things are the best. Bon appetit. So that was a pleasant lunch. We finished everything, well except for this. Two plastic drinking cups and stuff that comes with it. Sushi containers with all the extras plus some useless green decoration. Dumpling box with two sauce cups and annoying foil. Two sets of disposable chopsticks with wrappers. And some plastic bags. The amount of packaging used for lunch is ridiculous. The stuff has a lifespan of 10 minutes. What a waste. Now I'd like to show you guys where all this waste ends up. So we're going to the landfill. Usually outside the city and it's because the governments don't really know what to do with the huge amount of trash. But they prefer to keep it all in one place so they create giant mountains of trash like here. This mountain doesn't only affect the landscape but also its environment. And this thing right here is the river. Let's get up there. Like a dirty sound line here. Walking around here feels like being on a different planet. Junk is everywhere around and underneath. I'm basically walking on stacked up trash about three houses high. Sandals is not the right choice to walk around here. They started dumping at this place only a few years ago. The guy living here must feel pretty shitty about his backyard view right now. And you can find almost everything here. From old electronics like these keyboards. To dried up coconuts that are composting. To very very very worn out toothbrushes. And super creepy children toys. But here in particular a lot of textile related waste. Little pieces and cutouts of fabric. Mostly leftover material from the massive clothing industry that is based here in Cambodia. But the dominator of this mountain is plastic. Disposable spoons, packaging, bags, comps. You name it it's here. But most of the material here can actually be recycled. For instance you can heat up and remold plastic that is laying around and turn it into something new. But also things like this glass bottle can be molten into something new from glass. Or paper can be shredded and turn into pulp for new paper like books and packaging. Like I said it all can be recycled. But it gets very difficult when everything is mixed together, polluted and soaked into soy sauce mixed with motor oil. It becomes a stinky mess. And that's the problem with landfills. By throwing everything together on one big pile.  Which eventually will just get burned. And that's why it's important to separate your waste. In this way you create a mountain of new material instead of a mountain of trash. Now get off the sweaty stank hole.


Performing well. OSHA law requires construction employers to provide a workplace that is free from recognized hazards. Yet every day construction workers face dangers that threaten their health and their lives. If your employer allows OSHA violations to occur, you should bring them to the immediate attention of your craft steward, employer or OSHA. Most importantly, you must be alert. It's your life that's at risk. It was a pretty bad accident. They're taking the worker to county general, but I can tell you right now, this is one construction worker who won't make it to the emergency room. On average, this same kind of thing happens five times a day on construction sites somewhere in America. The sad thing is, it didn't have to happen. What's even sadder is, is that every day there are a whole lot of near misses that could have ended up like this one. And they didn't have to happen either. Today is a perfect example. Clarence Givens is looking forward to watching his only daughter graduate from high school. Be careful. I see you. Don't miss your bus. Gimble is a single parent whose pride and joy are her two kids. Jorge Martinez is excited about his new job. For several weeks he's been getting his feet wet as a construction worker. And Frank Mitchison is looking forward to the week after next when he takes his family to the beach. Be good. See you tonight. Today, at different job sites, all four of these folks came face to face with death. Three of them were lucky this time. One wasn't. Jorge Martinez and his foreman are connecting a segment of sewer line on a road construction project. They're working inside a trench box that will protect them if the walls cave in. But Jorge's foreman is violating OSHA regulations by having the ladder outside the box. That means they're both taking a risk every time they have to get in and out of the trench. The foreman is getting frustrated. It's taking too long to make the connection. So he tells Jorge to go to the other side just for a few minutes. Just long enough to clear away some dirt and line up the pipe. He's risking Jorge's life. OSHA has some basic safety rules about excavations. Any trench deeper than five feet has to be short or sloped. Also, the spoil pile has to be at least two feet back from the edge. There has to be an egress ladder inside the short up area. And it has to extend to three feet above the top. The trench box has to be level with the top of the trench and there can't be more than two feet of space from the bottom of the box to the bottom of the hole. There may be other specific rules that apply in other situations. But in all situations, workers must never go into an unprotected trench. Even for a few seconds. Jorge's employer has given him an order to do something that is unsafe. Jorge has a legal right to refuse. This is one of the most difficult situations a new worker may face. But your union training has taught you the risk of entering an unprotected trench. Is it worth risking your life? But Jorge has a responsibility here too. A responsibility to himself and to the other workers on this job site. Jorge's responsibility is to take a good hard look at the situation to recognize that it's not safe and to say that he's not going to any part of that trench that isn't safe. Today, because Jorge didn't do that, his life is on the line. Clarence Givens is a signalman. Because drivers of heavy equipment can't see where they're backing, it's Clarence's job to make sure that the vehicle doesn't hit anyone or anything. But there are two problems here. The contractor sent a truck with a broken backup alarm and Clarence's foreman is about to distract him. Clarence, when you get done here, I got another truck coming in on the other side of the job. I want you to vacuum in and golf him. Contractors have a responsibility to make certain that everything on a job site meets common sense OSHA safety standards. Signalmen and drivers have a standardized set of signals for communication. The signalman must be positioned to the side and far enough back to see the truck and anything that could cross its path. And the driver must keep visual contact with the signalman. But let's not forget about Clarence because he has a responsibility in this situation too. Construction is dangerous work. His responsibility is to keep his eyes and ears open at all times, especially when he's helping a truck back up. And because Clarence didn't do that, today just might be his last. It's morning break time for Joanne Kimball. On a construction site when it's a hot summer day, that usually means finding the closest source of cold water. But you don't take a break from safety during breaks from work. Joanne found a water jug sitting right on the crane. As she takes that cool refreshing drink, Joanne leans against the crane to relax. But she fails to see that it's getting dangerously close to an overhead power line. If the crane gets too close to the power line, Joanne becomes a statistic. Electrocution is one of the primary causes of death on construction jobs. And most electrocutions are caused by some kind of contact with high voltage power lines. Now there are regulations to protect people like Joanne and me, but regulations only work if people pay attention to them. Cranes aren't the only things that can contact high voltage power lines. You also have to be careful using ladders, scaffolds, and other metal objects around energized power sources. Joanne's employer has not implemented an effective safety program to identify potential hazards like this one. This is a blueprint for disaster. Frank Mitchison is an iron worker. Today he's working six stories up. His job is to bolt down crossbars.  He should be wearing a body harness. But at least he's wearing a safety belt with a lanyard.  And for the most part, Frank is making use of it. Frank has been an iron worker for a lot of years. Even though working at these heights has become second nature, he's generally pretty careful. But Frank's in a hurry, and this connection looks easy. So Frank is not going to hook up. In the United States, falls are the leading killer of workers. You should always use a fall protection system that suits the job you're doing. And if equipment is involved, you have to know how to use it and maintain it. Your employer must ensure that you are trained. Ask and take advantage of the training. Your union may also offer it. The real shame here is that Frank ties off probably 95% of the times when he should. So he knows better. You just can't cut corners when it comes to safety. And Frank's about to find that out the hard way. The four people in this story are just like you and me. They want a comfortable life for themselves and their families. So they go to work to earn the money to help them reach for the American dream. Three of them have come away from today's experience kind of shaken up. But they're wiser for it. The fourth will never get another chance. Jorge Martinez was lucky. When he saw what was happening, he was able to pull himself out before the dirt could trap him. He came out of it alive and well, but he's well aware of how close he came to dying today. Clarence Givens was just a whisper away from being hit by the dump truck and knocked under its wheels. A few more inches the other way, and Clarence would have been another construction fatality. It turned out to be Joanne's lucky day too. They say that timing is everything. In Joanne's case, timing was the only difference between life and death. Frank Mitchison never had a chance. When he lost his balance, his lanyard wasn't attached, and he fell six storey. When Frank gets to the hospital, he'll be DOA, dead on arrival. The sad thing is, it didn't have to happen. Construction accidents can be prevented. We have to remember that we're the ones on the job. We're the ones who see the dangers. We're the ones who can report them. We're the ones who can avoid them. Even though accidents cost the construction industry billions of dollars, accidents cost us our lives. Who has the most at stake? Each year, more than 1,000 workers are killed in construction accidents. More than a quarter of a million suffer injuries that result in lost workdays. 90% of the deaths occur in four categories, caught between struck by electrocution and falls. We've highlighted examples of these four. And as you have seen, there is a thin line between a near miss and a fatality. Construction work is dangerous. The government will enforce safety and health laws, but it cannot be on every construction site. Employers have the responsibility to provide a safe and healthful workplace. But realistically, that does not always happen. Only you can decide. Take a chance or make the choice to get proper training, to use the right personal protective equipment, to stay alert, to take the time to do a job correctly, to not cut corners, and to refuse to work in any unsafe situation. It's up to you. Take a chance or make the choice.