A task worth doing Published March 22, 2007 By Gary Johnson 319th Air Refueling Wing Safety Office GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Believe it or not the snow will soon be gone and all the dropped or misplaced items you've been looking for will surface along with all sorts of new ones. For me it's generally confined to residue from my dog and things dropped by the grandchildren. For many of the common areas on base, the thaw will reveal landscaping rocks, limbs and other more hazardous items. Not that these items are hazardous themselves, but when propelled by the blades of a lawn mower, they can become lethal. Not long ago, one of our military members suffered a fractured hand by a rock that was propelled 40 yards by a lawn mower. The capability of an object to travel with enough velocity to fracture bone at 40 yards definitely falls into the extremely hazardous classification. So, let's all make sure our lawns and the common areas around our work centers have been cleaned up before the grass begins to grow. Let's eliminate unnecessary hazards and have a safe spring and summer.