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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 5572622" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>At one time I actually wanted to be a manager. I ran Saturday Ops in addition to being an RTD/Ramp Agent., and did various projects for the Ramp Senior in order to help prepare me for "leadership". So, one day I'm in his office going over reports and it's time for a conference call. I get up to leave, but he says to stay and listen but offer no input. None of the other call participants (all managers) knew I was in the room.</p><p>The call was all about injuries and was basically a session where they tried to make Non-preventable injuries "preventable". The first was a handler who had her hand smashed flat by a heavy crate that had been top loaded in an AMJ and fell directly onto her. She was scanning, and had her back to the can. PREVENTABLE. Because she should have assessed the can and "anticipated the hazard". The second case was another female who had torn her rotator cuff wrestling with a 100# box that actually weighed 158#. PREVENTABLE, They tossed this around and went into her outside activities, which included softball and golf, so the "go to" became that her injury occurred off the job and that she was lying about it. Never mind that there were several witnesses that heard a distinct crack/pop when she was trying to move the box and saw her writhing in pain. She had asked for assistance to move the box but none was available because they were short of bodies on the sort, so nobody could help.The box was directly in the way of being able to perform the sort.</p><p>That was enough for me, and I got up and left and several days later said I was dropping out of LEAP. I wouldn't be part of that level of deception and lies. BTW, when we were looking at reports the Senior was simultaneously telling me how to cook the books and get the numbers "right".</p><p>The strapless and damaged cans were common, as in they wouldn't roll because the floors were bent or the door were defective and bulged out into the sidewall of the CTV, making them very difficult to move. And, yes, having a can strap break while you were pulling on it with full force was pretty common. Rather than replace them, FedEx would tie them off in a knot on one side. We had rental trailers with NO rollers at all. Usually it was MTs, which wasn't a big deal, but sometimes they had a big forklift on the other end and would put in loaded cans if they were desperate enough for trailers. Rental trailers almost always had missing/bent rollers or weren't even secured to the floor. It was very easy to slip or trip and then have a can roll over you. PREVENTABLE.</p><p>I knew so many people over the years that had OTJ injuries that were either afraid to report them or delayed reporting them, which ensured it would be ruled "preventable" and off the job. Employees were scared to report injuries, which is the whole reason for implementing the "Non-preventable/preventable" protocol. Insurance companies know this is an absolutely effective means of driving injury numbers down falsely and was an incentive for management to lie because they were evaluated upon their injury rates.</p><p>Don't get me started on vehicle accidents because the running joke was that if your FedEx truck was hit by a meteor it would be your fault because you had failed to anticipate the hazard.</p><p>Utterly shameless. PSP in action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 5572622, member: 12508"] At one time I actually wanted to be a manager. I ran Saturday Ops in addition to being an RTD/Ramp Agent., and did various projects for the Ramp Senior in order to help prepare me for "leadership". So, one day I'm in his office going over reports and it's time for a conference call. I get up to leave, but he says to stay and listen but offer no input. None of the other call participants (all managers) knew I was in the room. The call was all about injuries and was basically a session where they tried to make Non-preventable injuries "preventable". The first was a handler who had her hand smashed flat by a heavy crate that had been top loaded in an AMJ and fell directly onto her. She was scanning, and had her back to the can. PREVENTABLE. Because she should have assessed the can and "anticipated the hazard". The second case was another female who had torn her rotator cuff wrestling with a 100# box that actually weighed 158#. PREVENTABLE, They tossed this around and went into her outside activities, which included softball and golf, so the "go to" became that her injury occurred off the job and that she was lying about it. Never mind that there were several witnesses that heard a distinct crack/pop when she was trying to move the box and saw her writhing in pain. She had asked for assistance to move the box but none was available because they were short of bodies on the sort, so nobody could help.The box was directly in the way of being able to perform the sort. That was enough for me, and I got up and left and several days later said I was dropping out of LEAP. I wouldn't be part of that level of deception and lies. BTW, when we were looking at reports the Senior was simultaneously telling me how to cook the books and get the numbers "right". The strapless and damaged cans were common, as in they wouldn't roll because the floors were bent or the door were defective and bulged out into the sidewall of the CTV, making them very difficult to move. And, yes, having a can strap break while you were pulling on it with full force was pretty common. Rather than replace them, FedEx would tie them off in a knot on one side. We had rental trailers with NO rollers at all. Usually it was MTs, which wasn't a big deal, but sometimes they had a big forklift on the other end and would put in loaded cans if they were desperate enough for trailers. Rental trailers almost always had missing/bent rollers or weren't even secured to the floor. It was very easy to slip or trip and then have a can roll over you. PREVENTABLE. I knew so many people over the years that had OTJ injuries that were either afraid to report them or delayed reporting them, which ensured it would be ruled "preventable" and off the job. Employees were scared to report injuries, which is the whole reason for implementing the "Non-preventable/preventable" protocol. Insurance companies know this is an absolutely effective means of driving injury numbers down falsely and was an incentive for management to lie because they were evaluated upon their injury rates. Don't get me started on vehicle accidents because the running joke was that if your FedEx truck was hit by a meteor it would be your fault because you had failed to anticipate the hazard. Utterly shameless. PSP in action. [/QUOTE]
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