TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
i'm a part-time supe on a preload belt
today, we moved some trucks around mid-day and one of my employees ended up with two trucks that had openings 4in shorter than himself.
i'm not a very tall guy myself and these openings were brushing the top of my head.
after hitting his head 4 times, then complaining of dizziness, he came to me and told me the issue
i immediately ordered a much shorter employee to switch trucks with him
however, my full-time manager was standing right there and overruled me, on the grounds that "it would increase misloads"
i pointed out it was a blatant safety issue, but he ignored this, so i went to the center manager standing 40 feet away and repeated the situation to him.
he told me to do what i thought was best, "but there might be consequences"
undeterred, i repeated my instructions, only to have them shouted down by my co-supe and my full-time again.
we convened off the belt and the in-between-the-lines message i got was that my employee would "have to deal with it" and not to push it "or else there will be consequences"
i went and found the shop steward and told him of the situation so he might be grieving, and i told my employee to call OSHA.
is there anything i can do, without losing my job, or am i basically just a cog in the wheel here?
it just makes me furious because my center manager preaches safety, safety, safety EVERY SINGLE DAY, yet when confronted with a BLATANT unsafe work condition, completely ignores it and even threatens my job
today, we moved some trucks around mid-day and one of my employees ended up with two trucks that had openings 4in shorter than himself.
i'm not a very tall guy myself and these openings were brushing the top of my head.
after hitting his head 4 times, then complaining of dizziness, he came to me and told me the issue
i immediately ordered a much shorter employee to switch trucks with him
however, my full-time manager was standing right there and overruled me, on the grounds that "it would increase misloads"
i pointed out it was a blatant safety issue, but he ignored this, so i went to the center manager standing 40 feet away and repeated the situation to him.
he told me to do what i thought was best, "but there might be consequences"
undeterred, i repeated my instructions, only to have them shouted down by my co-supe and my full-time again.
we convened off the belt and the in-between-the-lines message i got was that my employee would "have to deal with it" and not to push it "or else there will be consequences"
i went and found the shop steward and told him of the situation so he might be grieving, and i told my employee to call OSHA.
is there anything i can do, without losing my job, or am i basically just a cog in the wheel here?
it just makes me furious because my center manager preaches safety, safety, safety EVERY SINGLE DAY, yet when confronted with a BLATANT unsafe work condition, completely ignores it and even threatens my job