Integrity
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Yes. I believe it probably would.
"On Topic" Change... Real Change with Integrity
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Integrity
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Do you want change?
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
I'm not discounting the knowledge of hourlies. You guys are the ones doing the job everyday. I'm talking about decisions. There are things you guys bring to us that make sense, but we can't touch it because corporate says it has to be that way.
Integrity
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Can you provide an example?
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Why aren't they enforcing them?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Yes but I know that you are not in a position to change anything.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Production first.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
How would approach ups completely disregarding Osha and DOT laws pertaining to meal.
Integrity
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Everyone is a position to change.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Here is a doozy we went through after a Keter audit last year.
We had adequate egress per the company on our belt. One way we wanted to enhance it was by putting platforms in the middle of everyone's set. So if you had a 3 car set, you had a platform in the middle. It had the added benefit of being a thought in the back of someone's head as their middle car.
Keter came and said "You can't do that. You needs platforms along the whole belt." So we said fine, we will ditch them. Because it was a small building, you couldn't park everything inside safely with platforms along the entire belt. 1000 cubes would be right at the walls. But nope, Keter told us we now needed to put platforms along the whole belt. So we did. And you know what happened? Our accidents by insiders soared. They were threading a needle putting these cars in the building.
Safety my ass. We evaluate safety by signed documents and regurgitating words rather than actions. When we had our Keter the auditor spent 45 minutes between preload, local sort, and drivers asking DOK. And 5 minutes watching each operation in action. Glad a good snapshot was gained with that.
Integrity
Binge Poster
What do think is the reason?
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Yeah and the safety guys worry more about whether or not the cool solutions page is signed and rostered than those sort sups allowing unsafe actions.
Integrity
Binge Poster
I believe this is an over simplified reason but the production myth does play a part.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Good thing we all have those management commitment statement signed and in the book. That clearly fixed all the issues.
Integrity
Binge Poster
How did the platforms enhance egress? Why did you want to enhance it when it was already adequate ?
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
I do not know. That's why I asked you.
Integrity
Binge Poster
Who is responsible to hold the sort sups accountable to doing their jobs to ensure safe work methods are followed?
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
They gave our guys extra room to put the freaking furniture sets we allow in our system. Prior to that we had to have a bulk car at the end of the belt to put the oversized pieces in and then re-run them at the end of the sort.
Here's a safety tip. Build a new building for centers who have outgrown their building before we even allowed over 70s/oversized boxes. Because egress probably wasn't an issue when we really were a small package company.
Integrity
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Ok. Let me think this through before I answer.
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