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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 677712" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p><span style="color: blue">There is a lot of good feeback here much of it relevant to perceptions of how a safety committe works. I'll get shot for this one but let me respond to your concern.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I've seen very few posts here by some pretty outspoken safety critics actually address the true safety process. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Your request for matting may defy how the safety process should work. As a member of the safety committee or a chair you take all the relevant accident and injury information, you analyze it and you then come up with solutions to fix the most frequent problems.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">matting for the work area may not be the realm of fixing the most frequent types of accidents and injuries. As such it may not go very far or get much support. It becomes a comfort item that would be nice but won't do much otherwise.As someone who has spent a lot of time on those same floors I can tell you that a good pair of shoes does more good then a mat. We have fought to get away from the "buy me a new toy" safety committees to ones that anaylze and fix common problems.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I think there is a lot of good information here on where we as a company have gone wrong. At the same time I think many of the critics here have to learn how the safety process should work before they rip it apart. Eliminating or reducing the most common accidents and injuries has the greatest benifit to the entire workforce. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 677712, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]There is a lot of good feeback here much of it relevant to perceptions of how a safety committe works. I'll get shot for this one but let me respond to your concern.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I've seen very few posts here by some pretty outspoken safety critics actually address the true safety process. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Your request for matting may defy how the safety process should work. As a member of the safety committee or a chair you take all the relevant accident and injury information, you analyze it and you then come up with solutions to fix the most frequent problems.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]matting for the work area may not be the realm of fixing the most frequent types of accidents and injuries. As such it may not go very far or get much support. It becomes a comfort item that would be nice but won't do much otherwise.As someone who has spent a lot of time on those same floors I can tell you that a good pair of shoes does more good then a mat. We have fought to get away from the "buy me a new toy" safety committees to ones that anaylze and fix common problems.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I think there is a lot of good information here on where we as a company have gone wrong. At the same time I think many of the critics here have to learn how the safety process should work before they rip it apart. Eliminating or reducing the most common accidents and injuries has the greatest benifit to the entire workforce. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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