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Hit from behind" charged with avoidable accident."
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 805775" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Because the company is not attempting to discipline the driver for that 5-year-old accident.</p><p> </p><p>In order to be valid, a warning letter must be issued within 10 days of the company becoming aware of the incident in question.</p><p> </p><p>In this case, the company is simply denying the OP a safe driving award or recognition because of that 5 year old accident. They are perfectly entitled to do this because we have no contractual right to such recognition. The awards are theirs to issue or deny at their discretion.</p><p> </p><p>That is why, as employees, we really need to step back and detach ourselves emotionally from the entire program. Being "charged" with an "avoidable" accident no longer has any meaning or validity in the real world where the work is getting done. It has nothing to do with whether or not we are driving safely or following the correct methods.</p><p> </p><p>Bear in mind that every Division or District has a full-time "Safety Manager" and in this era of management cut backs this person's first priority will naturally be to justify their own job. To do this they must look busy by generating as many reports and having as many meetings as is humanly possible. "Avoidable" accidents equal paperwork, and paperwork equals job security for the management person in question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 805775, member: 14668"] Because the company is not attempting to discipline the driver for that 5-year-old accident. In order to be valid, a warning letter must be issued within 10 days of the company becoming aware of the incident in question. In this case, the company is simply denying the OP a safe driving award or recognition because of that 5 year old accident. They are perfectly entitled to do this because we have no contractual right to such recognition. The awards are theirs to issue or deny at their discretion. That is why, as employees, we really need to step back and detach ourselves emotionally from the entire program. Being "charged" with an "avoidable" accident no longer has any meaning or validity in the real world where the work is getting done. It has nothing to do with whether or not we are driving safely or following the correct methods. Bear in mind that every Division or District has a full-time "Safety Manager" and in this era of management cut backs this person's first priority will naturally be to justify their own job. To do this they must look busy by generating as many reports and having as many meetings as is humanly possible. "Avoidable" accidents equal paperwork, and paperwork equals job security for the management person in question. [/QUOTE]
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