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Lenexa Feeder Manager Has Rollaway?
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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 523487" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p><span style="color: blue">Whats interesting with this story would be the idea that the guy did it while being graded on a pretrip.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Let me explain how this works. You run around and demonstrate a complete pretrip while giving a verbal explanation of the pretrip. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Meanwhile another DTS trained trainer is grading you and marking off everything you're supposed to explain and demonstrate. If they had an auditor there then this is what he would be doing. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The grading is very detailed so when the trainer enters the tractor he would be required to tell the auditor that the parking brake is applied and the transimission is in neutral while physically demonstrating that he has checked both. If he fails to do so this is a DQ item where he then fails the certification. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">If he moves the tractor then he would be required to tell the auditor that he has applied the tractor parking brake when he stops moving. Again DQ item. Since it is a DQ item this is one part of the certification that gets a lot of scrutiny. I guess it could happen but generally the chance of both missing the point that the parking brake was not applied is pretty slim.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Here is where it gets even more interesting. In this relationship the person doing the grading is also considered the trainer of the one demonstrating. That means he is supposed to watch the person demonstrating grade him and stop him from doing anything unsafe. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">So in this role if this happened as rumored then both the manager and the auditor would be at fault for the roll a way. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The wording of the description of this event also cast some doubt. If it was worded as an incident then that would probably mean there was some type of mechanical failure of the equipment which would have to be verified by the shop. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">So as presented if we are to believe the story as presented then:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">a) Niether person saw the parking brake was not applied. Possible but highly unlikely.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">b) The auditor was not from lenexa. This means he would have been a former dts instructor working as an auditor at some region level capacity. The chance of that person missing the parking brake not being applied is very unlikely.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">c) Roll a way described as an incident rather then accident. This means Lenexas onroad manager , safety manager, automotive shop and region transportation office were all engaged in a cover up of a roll away accident. </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I think there is much more to this story then has been presented here so far.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 523487, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]Whats interesting with this story would be the idea that the guy did it while being graded on a pretrip.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Let me explain how this works. You run around and demonstrate a complete pretrip while giving a verbal explanation of the pretrip. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Meanwhile another DTS trained trainer is grading you and marking off everything you're supposed to explain and demonstrate. If they had an auditor there then this is what he would be doing. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The grading is very detailed so when the trainer enters the tractor he would be required to tell the auditor that the parking brake is applied and the transimission is in neutral while physically demonstrating that he has checked both. If he fails to do so this is a DQ item where he then fails the certification. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]If he moves the tractor then he would be required to tell the auditor that he has applied the tractor parking brake when he stops moving. Again DQ item. Since it is a DQ item this is one part of the certification that gets a lot of scrutiny. I guess it could happen but generally the chance of both missing the point that the parking brake was not applied is pretty slim.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Here is where it gets even more interesting. In this relationship the person doing the grading is also considered the trainer of the one demonstrating. That means he is supposed to watch the person demonstrating grade him and stop him from doing anything unsafe. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]So in this role if this happened as rumored then both the manager and the auditor would be at fault for the roll a way. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The wording of the description of this event also cast some doubt. If it was worded as an incident then that would probably mean there was some type of mechanical failure of the equipment which would have to be verified by the shop. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]So as presented if we are to believe the story as presented then:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]a) Niether person saw the parking brake was not applied. Possible but highly unlikely.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]b) The auditor was not from lenexa. This means he would have been a former dts instructor working as an auditor at some region level capacity. The chance of that person missing the parking brake not being applied is very unlikely.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]c) Roll a way described as an incident rather then accident. This means Lenexas onroad manager , safety manager, automotive shop and region transportation office were all engaged in a cover up of a roll away accident. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I think there is much more to this story then has been presented here so far.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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