| Description: |
In
January 2004, Division 14 experienced a workplace fatality.
An employee committed a
violation of Safe Operating Procedure and disregarded a supervisor’s
direct instruction. The employee placed himself in danger
and was run over by a Blaw-Knox shoulder building machine.
The incident investigation team received conflicting information
regarding the conduct of the required tailgate safety meeting.
The “Safety Programs Subcommittee” reviewed
existing literature regarding the workplace safety program
and designed a survey for Division 14 to report on current
practices with tailgate safety meetings. The survey resulted
in an identified need for a formalization of the process
of planning and reporting on tailgate safety meetings. The
committee refined the “Tailgate Safety Meeting Plan
and Report” form for crew leaders and supervisors to
use.
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Result: |
Work
units are required to keep the safety meeting reports,
filled out by each crew leader daily for
each work operation, on file for 30 days. With a greater
focus on conducting daily work safety, there are expectations
of fewer safety incidents and less severe injuries and accidents.
This in turn would reduce the costs of lost work time, worker’s
compensation, equipment repair, and personal suffering.
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