Did you report the accident?
You were probably not born yet but the last time we actually had Union involvement with Safety issues was the February l994 one day strike called by Ron Carey. It was about the company's expanding to a 150 pound weight limit without prior negotiations, when I hired in the weight limit was 50 pounds now we are becoming a second hand freight handler. This overweights and irregulars dominate most of our serious work related injuries and damages, most of our older buildings were not designed to adequately transport these kind of packages. One of your first tasks is to keep these over 50's and irregulars off the belt, any package with an AH symbol which now includes packages over 50 pounds and 48 inches should be handled by a irreg driver..Our shippers are being charged 25 dollars extra for that service...
I believe that you are serious about your task, but you are just "chasing the wind"...First of all these kids that you are preaching to have no intention of staying, they are young and therefore think they are invincible, so why not lift that 150 irreg by themselves as their part time supervisions who are in the 20's also look the other way.
I had two work related (no days off) injuries in 40 + years, both involved irregulars...One slipped out of my hands and caused a gash in my shin, 14 stitches, the other was one of those heavy metal truck springs that pinched one of my fingers, no serious injury but I reported it just the same and my manager's concerned response was less than pathetic, as expected..With the last negotiations one of the International's proposals was to have a classification that would just handle these increasing Irregulars and overweights, it would of been a two person team with the proper equipment to safely move and deliver...It was rejected by the Company as not profitable and the 22.4 language was it's replacement, now we are seeing that most of those LIB's irregulars left on the preload are being handled by the 22.4's and these non union PVD who are stuffing them in their private vehicles.