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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 683627" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>tie</p><p> </p><p>while not six months, i did do some travel to other centers to try to help with driver groups that resisted the program.</p><p> </p><p>what i found were drivers that were intimidated by management, or management that saw safety as another flavor of the month, and were not interested in real change.</p><p> </p><p>the real change comes from real commitment from the top down. not just for being able to pass keter, but to actually exceed what osha demands when possible. not just to drop reportable injuries, but to eliminate all injuries. period. as in the example i have quoted many times, the electrical supply to the fans on the end of the mobile arms for the unloaders that were frayed and cut. that damage did not occur over just a few days since the last audit, it had been overlooked by several auditors, including two keter audits.</p><p> </p><p>one of the biggest reasons they asked me to go was also the fact that we had a very active union participation on the committee. that kept the on road observations done as a learn tool, instead of disciplinary. only when a driver continued with unsafe behavior was progressive discipline considered (ie lack of using seat belt after you have been told is the big one.) only in cases, like the one i posted about a few weeks back, where the driver left the keys in the car, with the door open, while he was gone for 15+ minutes, after being told, and after the second time, it being in writing, would discipline be used. but it is never ever done by something the safety committee observed, only management.</p><p> </p><p>but all that being said, some managers mis use the safety committee as a personal tool to get even with those they dont like. so i understand why in some centers, and even districts, why it wont work like it did here.</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 683627, member: 484"] tie while not six months, i did do some travel to other centers to try to help with driver groups that resisted the program. what i found were drivers that were intimidated by management, or management that saw safety as another flavor of the month, and were not interested in real change. the real change comes from real commitment from the top down. not just for being able to pass keter, but to actually exceed what osha demands when possible. not just to drop reportable injuries, but to eliminate all injuries. period. as in the example i have quoted many times, the electrical supply to the fans on the end of the mobile arms for the unloaders that were frayed and cut. that damage did not occur over just a few days since the last audit, it had been overlooked by several auditors, including two keter audits. one of the biggest reasons they asked me to go was also the fact that we had a very active union participation on the committee. that kept the on road observations done as a learn tool, instead of disciplinary. only when a driver continued with unsafe behavior was progressive discipline considered (ie lack of using seat belt after you have been told is the big one.) only in cases, like the one i posted about a few weeks back, where the driver left the keys in the car, with the door open, while he was gone for 15+ minutes, after being told, and after the second time, it being in writing, would discipline be used. but it is never ever done by something the safety committee observed, only management. but all that being said, some managers mis use the safety committee as a personal tool to get even with those they dont like. so i understand why in some centers, and even districts, why it wont work like it did here. d [/QUOTE]
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