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<blockquote data-quote="Average at Best" data-source="post: 327222" data-attributes="member: 14548"><p>I agree and disagree. You are right in the regard that, a lot of times, the people that know it all are the ones that don't know their methods and get hurt. I've seen it happen in my own operation. The girl that is always the biggest complainer about the monthly safety survey is the one with five injuries in a seven-year career.</p><p> </p><p>The part where I disagree is that, in my opinion, the company does not always seem to put safety first (as the slogan a few years ago suggested). If UPS wanted to make a statement about safety, they'd do so with meaningful actions, not threatening people for not knowing safety slogans verbatim. I can't speak for every district, but in my own, safety is second to production, always. In fact, our midnight shift has a policy of never turning off the unload belts, even if the sorters are backed up. And honestly, the management in our hub is a joke, safety-wise. The example they set by walking on moving belts, throwing packages, etc is horrible. You can't force an hourly to parrot the eight keys to lifting and lowering word for word while you've got a supervisor exiting the primary by sliding down the irreg chutes.</p><p> </p><p>That's just my own opinion. If you are an hourly, you slow down and work steady and get yelled at for production. Or you could work fast and reckless and get yelled at for spraining your back. You can't win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Average at Best, post: 327222, member: 14548"] I agree and disagree. You are right in the regard that, a lot of times, the people that know it all are the ones that don't know their methods and get hurt. I've seen it happen in my own operation. The girl that is always the biggest complainer about the monthly safety survey is the one with five injuries in a seven-year career. The part where I disagree is that, in my opinion, the company does not always seem to put safety first (as the slogan a few years ago suggested). If UPS wanted to make a statement about safety, they'd do so with meaningful actions, not threatening people for not knowing safety slogans verbatim. I can't speak for every district, but in my own, safety is second to production, always. In fact, our midnight shift has a policy of never turning off the unload belts, even if the sorters are backed up. And honestly, the management in our hub is a joke, safety-wise. The example they set by walking on moving belts, throwing packages, etc is horrible. You can't force an hourly to parrot the eight keys to lifting and lowering word for word while you've got a supervisor exiting the primary by sliding down the irreg chutes. That's just my own opinion. If you are an hourly, you slow down and work steady and get yelled at for production. Or you could work fast and reckless and get yelled at for spraining your back. You can't win. [/QUOTE]
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