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<blockquote data-quote="UnconTROLLed" data-source="post: 677962" data-attributes="member: 18708"><p>Tie, you obviously have more experience and in different areas than I. So I do value your opinion, and understand what you are saying. </p><p></p><p>However, I do want to add that because most frequent injuries which the company tracks and holds accountable "for review and action" by the safety commitee are not typically injuries that are built upon a period of 5 or 20 or 30 years of working. They are slips and falls, falling packages, muscle strains. The injuries that I read upon our saftey board within pie charts are 70% on our preload, and mostly random haphazard injuries which occur spur of the moment.</p><p></p><p>That is my opinion from looking at the data, anyway.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, the injuries which are from "wear and tear" are much more difficult to define and resolve. This is where the matting comes into the equation. Does the company, the safety committee, and anyone else for that matter have raw data regarding long-term injuries , from the long-term effects of not having proper clerical matting over a period of several years, or something else such as no power steering and arm troubles, or any other type of instances?</p><p></p><p>My trouble, and is sort of an extention of what trplnkl was touching on, also Sober, is that the company is attempting to fix problems that ONLY the employee is responsible for and in control of. However, injuries and more importantly general wear and tear that the company could certainly DO MORE to prevent (having a mat is pretty damn minimal to ask for) is really not addressed because it was NEVER ACCURATELY gauged or represented within the injury "numbers", therefore the safety committee or whomever brings it up, will have the idea shot down because (basically) the numbers don't support it.</p><p></p><p>Well it's late and I'm starting to ramble, but these are my thoughts anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnconTROLLed, post: 677962, member: 18708"] Tie, you obviously have more experience and in different areas than I. So I do value your opinion, and understand what you are saying. However, I do want to add that because most frequent injuries which the company tracks and holds accountable "for review and action" by the safety commitee are not typically injuries that are built upon a period of 5 or 20 or 30 years of working. They are slips and falls, falling packages, muscle strains. The injuries that I read upon our saftey board within pie charts are 70% on our preload, and mostly random haphazard injuries which occur spur of the moment. That is my opinion from looking at the data, anyway. Having said that, the injuries which are from "wear and tear" are much more difficult to define and resolve. This is where the matting comes into the equation. Does the company, the safety committee, and anyone else for that matter have raw data regarding long-term injuries , from the long-term effects of not having proper clerical matting over a period of several years, or something else such as no power steering and arm troubles, or any other type of instances? My trouble, and is sort of an extention of what trplnkl was touching on, also Sober, is that the company is attempting to fix problems that ONLY the employee is responsible for and in control of. However, injuries and more importantly general wear and tear that the company could certainly DO MORE to prevent (having a mat is pretty damn minimal to ask for) is really not addressed because it was NEVER ACCURATELY gauged or represented within the injury "numbers", therefore the safety committee or whomever brings it up, will have the idea shot down because (basically) the numbers don't support it. Well it's late and I'm starting to ramble, but these are my thoughts anyway. [/QUOTE]
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