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<blockquote data-quote="sortaisle" data-source="post: 1015057" data-attributes="member: 17605"><p>There are two things at work here. First is What Integrity is bringing up and that is philosophy. I agree with his philosophy on how things should be. the second thing at work is reality. The reality is if you get hurt while at UPS it is with very few exceptions always your fault in the companies eyes. If you tweak your ankle then you should have looked where you were stepping. If you were lifting a package 100% correctly and tweaked your back, then you should have stretched more. There has only been two occasions that I can think of in 16 years that it wasn't an employees fault for getting hurt. One was when we had drop frame trucks, one of the floor boards rotted through. The other was someone got rear ended. I guess what I am thinking is I deal in realities and not philosophies when it comes to safety in the workplace. I have a union that will protect me (since I'm a steward...I cover my own arse) and my working interests. The reality is...if I get hurt on the job it's 99% of the time avoidable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sortaisle, post: 1015057, member: 17605"] There are two things at work here. First is What Integrity is bringing up and that is philosophy. I agree with his philosophy on how things should be. the second thing at work is reality. The reality is if you get hurt while at UPS it is with very few exceptions always your fault in the companies eyes. If you tweak your ankle then you should have looked where you were stepping. If you were lifting a package 100% correctly and tweaked your back, then you should have stretched more. There has only been two occasions that I can think of in 16 years that it wasn't an employees fault for getting hurt. One was when we had drop frame trucks, one of the floor boards rotted through. The other was someone got rear ended. I guess what I am thinking is I deal in realities and not philosophies when it comes to safety in the workplace. I have a union that will protect me (since I'm a steward...I cover my own arse) and my working interests. The reality is...if I get hurt on the job it's 99% of the time avoidable. [/QUOTE]
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