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UPS employee falls ill due to extreme heat
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<blockquote data-quote="705red" data-source="post: 861369" data-attributes="member: 5229"><p>For all you company kiss asses, please get off your knees and use a handi wipe on your lips. Its hot every summer, I agree but when you bust out routes and send drivers/employees home forcing the ones that are working harder and longer because of some dip <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> in an air conditioned office I have a problem and so should you. OSHA has guidelines to use during heat warnings, and one of them is too reduce the workload, not add to it.</p><p></p><p>Busting routes means less preloaders to load, means drivers work longer in the heat bringing pick up pieces back later and now the twilight has to work later to unload the pieces. Its a chain reaction and I mean dozens have dropped here in the Chicago area. Cach has had about 20 ambulances and another one today. The death of this poor employee is being looked into by the union as we speak. Thats all that can be said right now during the investigation. You have egress issues on the trailer loaders which is a safety violation on a normal day, now you have even less air flow into an already hot trailer. </p><p></p><p>Please go to OSHA websites and get educated instead of acting like know it alls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="705red, post: 861369, member: 5229"] For all you company kiss asses, please get off your knees and use a handi wipe on your lips. Its hot every summer, I agree but when you bust out routes and send drivers/employees home forcing the ones that are working harder and longer because of some dip [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] in an air conditioned office I have a problem and so should you. OSHA has guidelines to use during heat warnings, and one of them is too reduce the workload, not add to it. Busting routes means less preloaders to load, means drivers work longer in the heat bringing pick up pieces back later and now the twilight has to work later to unload the pieces. Its a chain reaction and I mean dozens have dropped here in the Chicago area. Cach has had about 20 ambulances and another one today. The death of this poor employee is being looked into by the union as we speak. Thats all that can be said right now during the investigation. You have egress issues on the trailer loaders which is a safety violation on a normal day, now you have even less air flow into an already hot trailer. Please go to OSHA websites and get educated instead of acting like know it alls. [/QUOTE]
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