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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 662418" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>UPS policy has always been that the "Safety Committee" will not discuss or implement any changes to policies, procedures or equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The only purpose of the "Safety Committee"...is to comply with OSHA requirements and to make sure that the company passes its Keter audits.</p><p> </p><p>My opinion is that bona fide safety issues need to be resolved directly through the grievance procedure rather than wasting time and effort with sham "safety committees" that will do nothing but discuss the problems endlessly without ever taking direct action to actually solve them.</p><p> </p><p>Perfect example; our building has 15 tp60 pup trailers. They were made without grab rails, making it impossible to maintain 3 pts of contact while entering or exiting. It was an oversight, that could have been corrected for pennies by stripping the grab rails off of ADA cars that were about to be crushed, and installing them on the trailers with 4 screws and a cordless drill.</p><p> </p><p>It took<strong> 6 years</strong> for this solution to finally be resolved, agreed upon, and actually implemented on all of our trailers by our "safety committee". </p><p> </p><p>I didnt wait 6 years. I was able to talk one of the mechanics into doing it for me after I fell on my ass one time stepping out of my trailer. It took him <strong>less than 5 minutes</strong> to install.</p><p> </p><p>At some point, it becomes necessary to quit trying to talk a problem to death. At some point, you have to just<strong> do</strong> something about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 662418, member: 14668"] UPS policy has always been that the "Safety Committee" will not discuss or implement any changes to policies, procedures or equipment. The only purpose of the "Safety Committee"...is to comply with OSHA requirements and to make sure that the company passes its Keter audits. My opinion is that bona fide safety issues need to be resolved directly through the grievance procedure rather than wasting time and effort with sham "safety committees" that will do nothing but discuss the problems endlessly without ever taking direct action to actually solve them. Perfect example; our building has 15 tp60 pup trailers. They were made without grab rails, making it impossible to maintain 3 pts of contact while entering or exiting. It was an oversight, that could have been corrected for pennies by stripping the grab rails off of ADA cars that were about to be crushed, and installing them on the trailers with 4 screws and a cordless drill. It took[B] 6 years[/B] for this solution to finally be resolved, agreed upon, and actually implemented on all of our trailers by our "safety committee". I didnt wait 6 years. I was able to talk one of the mechanics into doing it for me after I fell on my ass one time stepping out of my trailer. It took him [B]less than 5 minutes[/B] to install. At some point, it becomes necessary to quit trying to talk a problem to death. At some point, you have to just[B] do[/B] something about it. [/QUOTE]
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