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Another season is in full swing. The
Supervisor’s Safety Meeting went very well back
in February and now it’s time for all the talk
of Safety, Quality and Production to be put to
the test.
Overall employee use of PPE has been excellent
so far this season. Joe Yuhas from Liberty
Mutual and I visited job sites and plants on
April 27th and 28th. We observed employees with
hard hats, vests and safety glasses on when
required at all the locations we visited. We
even stopped at the Primrose location in
Grinnell and “Caught” B.J., Jason, Alan and
their entire crew with vests on while they were
planting trees. The crew really looked
professional and set a good example for all.
Congratulations to that crew for going above and
beyond. We also noted by our observations that
seat belt usage was up to around 95% compared to
about 45% last year. This was by far the best
visit Joe has had here at Manatt’s since he took
over for David Shirley about a year ago. Keep up
the good work everyone.
If you see someone not wearing his or her safety
equipment or working in an unsafe manner please
remind him or her to put on his or her PPE or to
work safely. We have had some crews show up this
year without the proper PPE due to poor
planning. I feel mandatory PPE would help these
crews with memory loss have their PPE with them
at all times and they wouldn’t have to plan to
have the proper PPE with them. Not to mention
the bad example they set for the crews that are
in compliance.
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