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<blockquote data-quote="abbear" data-source="post: 105167" data-attributes="member: 61"><p>I am a 52 year old 15 year veteran who last November had rotator cuff surgery to repair damage done by driving an old 5 cube on little streets in the hills with lots of tough turn arounds. I had joined the safety committee last year because I felt I had to make an effort to change things. What I discovered whas what I had suspected - the safety committees are really there for one reason - to comply with OSHA and save UPS from worse fines than they already get stuck with. But more importantly we as drivers need to realize that 1) people are cheaper than equipment and 2) safety is a line item in the budget of every center, division, region, and corporate. Until a safety issue affects the bottom line UPS will not address it and when they do address it they will start by trying to solve it by fixing people as opposed to equipment (see 1 above).</p><p></p><p>I no longer am on the safety committee and refuse to have anything to do with it due to the lack of real effort UPS puts into the program. I do, however, emphasize to new drivers that neither UPS or the union is going to keep them safe. The only person who keeps you safe is YOU. </p><p></p><p>As long as safety is constrained by being a budget item that management gets called on the carpet for exceeding our corporate safety plan will only protect management's ass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="abbear, post: 105167, member: 61"] I am a 52 year old 15 year veteran who last November had rotator cuff surgery to repair damage done by driving an old 5 cube on little streets in the hills with lots of tough turn arounds. I had joined the safety committee last year because I felt I had to make an effort to change things. What I discovered whas what I had suspected - the safety committees are really there for one reason - to comply with OSHA and save UPS from worse fines than they already get stuck with. But more importantly we as drivers need to realize that 1) people are cheaper than equipment and 2) safety is a line item in the budget of every center, division, region, and corporate. Until a safety issue affects the bottom line UPS will not address it and when they do address it they will start by trying to solve it by fixing people as opposed to equipment (see 1 above). I no longer am on the safety committee and refuse to have anything to do with it due to the lack of real effort UPS puts into the program. I do, however, emphasize to new drivers that neither UPS or the union is going to keep them safe. The only person who keeps you safe is YOU. As long as safety is constrained by being a budget item that management gets called on the carpet for exceeding our corporate safety plan will only protect management's ass. [/QUOTE]
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