JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT SAFETY & HEALTH MEETING                March 1, 2007                                                                                                                                                         06:00 am

Attendees:

Management                                                               APWU

Florence Brittingham, Plant Manager                               Vince Tarducci, President

Gerald Capie, Manager Maintenance                                Joe McGugan, Vice President

Wallace Beckett, Manager Dist. Ops. T1                         Robert Kovalik, Maint. Craft Dir.

John Rohrer, Safety Specialist                                       

Curtis Perry, Supervisor Transportation                             MHU   

Kevin Reilly, ERRP Coordinator                                        John Gibson, Branch President

           Lou Morrone, T-2 Steward

Safety Captains             VPP

Richard Halp                   Ron Steinmetz

Greg Easley

Aviation Security Training

It was brought up that a few work areas received the written portion of the training in their work areas and may not have viewed the video that was a part of the training. The training lasted approximately 10 minutes. All work areas should be brought off the floor to a quiet area, possibly Ops Office to view any type of video training. It should be formal and documented. Operations will review to see what employees may have missed this training or the video portion.

Dok-Loks, traffic lights, chocks

After a lengthy discussion on the seriousness of utilizing the dok-loks and wheel chocks while unloading trailers, it was agreed that Safety will meet with representatives from each party and evaluate the JSA, SOP and any other procedure in place to ensure that no trailer is moved while an employee is inside loading or unloading.

1767, 1769 Review

A  review of Hazard Reports indicated some improvement in completion.  A proposal to utilize the 1767 as a Near Miss/Incident report was again discussed. Safety will look into the feasibility of utilizing the 1769 Accident Report to document near miss incidents. Contacts will be made to see what other facilities are doing with this.

 

Safety presented a draft document to track corrective action for each accident. Training will be provided all Supervisors and Managers.

Cross Over Project

There was concern that the Contractor had left sections of the conveyor hanging from chain-falls over the main aisle. Safety assured the committee that he visually checks every day and the conveyors and steel beams are bolted and secured prior to the contractors leaving for the day. In the area of the 300 series belts there are some materials layed across the PR Belts, but it is secured with clamps and tie downs. Main tenance informed the committee of the new extendible on dok 83 and the intent to place 3 more and 4 new dumpers in the facility 

ERRP

The Ergo Coordinator presented the committee with a list of projects the teams are working on. He then described how he will be sharing duties with other programs. There was concern this would cut back on the ERRP program and the Union s requested to meet with the Plant Manager to discuss this and VPP.

Next meeting tentatively scheduled for April 4th at 08:15