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| Jose Valles | |
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| Jose Valles | |
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| jose.valles1050@att.net |
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Plant Wide Injury Summary Report through Feb. 2010
Plant-Wide Employee Injury status numbers are; Twelve (12) All Injuries, Four (4) Total Recordables: Three in Small Aerospace & One in Large Aerospace. Eight (8) First Aids: Three in Small Aero, Three in Large Aero, Two in FSW. Zero (0) Lost Work Days.
January-2010 through: February-2010
If you would like to compare years past plant wide injuries, please open Historical Counts link on this page.
Year to date March-8th
-2010
Keep It Real In Safety! As I stated in last month’s update: “Although we are striving toward zero injuries, we still continue to get injured at work”. We, the Company, & the Union have to make positive changes in safety, if we want to reach the goal of Zero Injuries. CHANGE is not always accepted or well received on many levels & for many reasons. But if we don’t make positive changes, how can you expect better results? Things the Company should look at doing: Improve response/reaction time when hazards are identified, act on employees suggestions, provide supervisor with the support and a help chain when things aren’t getting done in a timely manner to make their departments safer, Improve on Addressing & resolving all fixit items in all departments, supervisors should review all safe work instructions with their employees in their departments(make changes as needed), and provide Supervisor with extensive & ongoing Safety Training (Train the Trainer isn’t working). Things that we the Union Members should do: Make Safety your number one priority each & every day you clock in for work. If you feel like the job you are getting ready to do is not safe, STOP and address/resolve the issue with your supervisor prior to continuing. Be proactive & suggest solutions to all recognized & known hazards to your supervisors. Recognize & follow all safe work instructions on each job. If you don’t have the right tools or PPE to get the job done, don’t improvise STOP and request the right tools/PPE, then wait till your supervisor provides the right tools/PPE or provides another safe job assignment. These are just a few things we could look at doing & improving. I want you to understand that if you are doing these things already, keep up the good work! It will make a difference.
“TAKE
TWO
and
Think Safety!!!!” For Your Information the Safety Committee is in the process of developing Safety Weingarten Rights cards. This card should be presented after an Injury/Illness/Injury-free event occurs to insure you have Union Representation prior to answering questions. COMING SOON!! A plant Safety STAR Point I’m pleased to inform you that Brother Carl Legrand has accepted the A plant Safety STAR Point role. It will take some time for Carl to absorb all his responsibilities so please have patience with him. He definitely has the right frame of mind which is putting the membership’s best interest first. His office will be located outside west of A plant, and has Brother Jesse Deel’s old cell phone & number (216-903-5310). Coming Soon!
Due to
all the material handling injuries in 116 final, a new position
is going to be created. Gena L., Jeff J., Becky C., and I have
jointly recruited Sister Debra Bohanon to this new position.
Details on the role & responsibilities will be reported in next
month’s report.
UAW EHS High Priority Issues Employee Recalls, Transfers, and New Hires Note; if you are in one of these categories be aware of a few things pertaining to your Safety. For New Hires & Recalls phase I safety orientation: The phase I covers all Environmental Health & Safety Rules & Regulations at Cleveland Works and is required to be given by the Company EHS Department.
New Hires, Recalls,
Temporary Assigned, and Transferred Employees:
A phase II is required to be given to you by your new
department/area Supervisor. The phase II covers emergency exit
routs, safe havens, fire extinguisher locations, and more.
For those employees that
are new to the job a phase III is required: A
phase III is intended to provide a training mentor, yourself &
your Supervisor to review your progress in the new jobs you are
performing. Please question your Supervisor on a phase III form
& if they don’t know what you are talking about call your Safety
STAR Point. Air Quality Issues
I haven’t received an update
from the Company on all of the Air Quality issues. I have
received from the Company the OSHA finding of the test that they
took when they were here pertaining to the
114 Auto Etch Line. The results
came back acceptable (Per OSHA). I will be inquiring on all of
the others & will try to report an update. FR Uniforms for Skilled Trades The Company has finally realized that it just makes sense to put all of Skilled Trades in FR Uniforms. This is a huge win for our membership, and I would like to give credit where credit is due. I would like to thank all involved on both sides, UAW Safety Committee & Salary EHS Department.
This concludes the Health & Safety update till next month... UAW Local 1050 Health & Safety Chairman Jose Valles
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