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<blockquote data-quote="TearsInRain" data-source="post: 784516" data-attributes="member: 24487"><p>i'm a part-time supe on a preload belt</p><p></p><p>today, we moved some trucks around mid-day <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/biting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":biting:" title="Biting :biting:" data-shortname=":biting:" /> and one of my employees ended up with two trucks that had openings 4in shorter than himself.</p><p>i'm not a very tall guy myself and these openings were brushing the top of my head.</p><p></p><p>after hitting his head 4 times, then complaining of dizziness, he came to me and told me the issue</p><p></p><p>i immediately ordered a much shorter employee to switch trucks with him</p><p></p><p>however, my full-time manager was standing right there and overruled me, on the grounds that "it would increase misloads" <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/surprised.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":surprised:" title="Surprised :surprised:" data-shortname=":surprised:" /></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p>he told me to do what i thought was best, "but there might be consequences"</p><p>undeterred, i repeated my instructions, only to have them shouted down by my co-supe and my full-time again.</p><p></p><p>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"</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>is there anything i can do, without losing my job, or am i basically just a cog in the wheel here?</p><p></p><p>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</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TearsInRain, post: 784516, member: 24487"] i'm a part-time supe on a preload belt today, we moved some trucks around mid-day :biting: 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" :surprised: 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 [/QUOTE]
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