My post would mean nothing to your TM. But a formal filing with OSHA for illegal practices concerning safety by management, well, lets just say you now have his undivided attention. And don't forget to copy the safety department & your CEO. Now you have painted a target on your back. But now your boss has his boss asking questions. Not to mention dealing with your EEOC or OSHA complaint. Trust me, they are focused on safety now. Weather they want to or not. Oh yea, when you copy safety & the CEO, also copy their insurance underwriter with your complaints. Now they really are focused on safe operations. Nothing like an insurance compliance inspector making a surprise visit on their clients property. von.
Hahahaha. Exactly how he answers. That means you might as well talk to the wall. Wait now, there is accountability. For those of us that do our job, safely, without complaining, and play by the rules. The newbies and slackers, no accountability. You can throw our Safety man in there also. I think the only thing he knows is locks, splashguards and the safety chain on the gear. You go to him with a legit safety concern, he says go to your supervisor, it’s not my job. Hell at the TDC he was rooting for FedEx. Glad I wasn’t there. I would of called him out and shamed him in front of everyone. That’s so sad. That’s another reason I refuse to train anymore.
Excellent post. You know what I have done. I just run under the radar, but my radar is always up and running. I have a collection, I mean a major collection of pictures and documentation. My own little trump card. No pun intended. I had a certain driver that was going to turn me in for some stupid thing. I told him go ahead. Then we can sit and watch the video and look at the pictures of your unsafe and illegal actions. Oops, he bit his tongue on that.
I thought you could remove the fairings and use them to blow the grass from the sidewalks???
We’ve had somewhat the same problem here and at other terminals and/or meet drivers. Not only if something happened due to a wreck or something, but what about a DOT inspection or a audit of the terminal? I have been given citations for hazmat issues inside of the sealed trailer that I hooked to. I received a letter on one of them???? Sealed trailer, I believe. In fact 3 of us all had hazmat issues behind the sealed door. Accountability!!! That dock foreperson that has their name on the manifest should be held accountable for anything loaded behind the seal.
And them being lazy can get us hurt or fined or killed.
Completely agree.
