Health & Safety Department
In Solidarity
Danny MacEachern
Local 5286 Health & Safety
Representative
Phone: 704-868-5665
Or Email
Health & Safety Department |
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In Solidarity
Danny MacEachern
Local 5286 Health & Safety
Representative
Phone: 704-868-5665
Or Email |
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12/21/09 |
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Resolved safety Issues which are
contractual!
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1. Ventilation In manual weld area
2. Ventilation in the robot weld area
3. Machine specific lockout tag out procedures
on all machinery
4. Installation of new lighting throughout the facility.
5. Safety committee representing all three shifts.
6. Fences were installed on the back of all racks to prevent material from
potentially falling off and causing injury to employee’s
7. Pedestrian walkway throughout the plant.
8. Improved coil storage area.
9. Holes in the floor are being addressed on a regular basis.
10. The scrap hoppers have been lowered
to reduce the risk of injury.
11. A team of certified medical
responders/ EMT members on all three shifts.
12. An in plant emergency vehicle
equipped with necessary medical supplies.
13. Installation of a new ladder for the
e- coat pit area, to allow for an additional way out in case of an emergency.
14. Four new Handicap parking spaces.
15. The Die separator will be installed
the second week of January.
16. The air conditioning ducts were
extended to include the Battery Box area and the mid roof area.
17. We are in the process of implementing
the BEST safety program which is a program negotiated by the UAW and Daimler
Chrysler.
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| I would like to say thanks for the entire membership’s support in resolving these issue’s. As always if there is any safety related issue that needs addressed please feel free to contact myself or any member of the safety committee or your committeeperson | ||
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Without organizations like the UAW fighting for worker rights, Health & Safety in this country would return to what we see happening in other country's today: |
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