TERMINATED: Walking across a stopped belt!!

[705red]

Are you back to work yet?

 

[JonFrum]

When I was PT they told us that only the person who stopped the belt could turn it back on. So whenever a belt shut off all the sups would start yelling to get that belt back on I would refuse to start it when they yelled at me to start it. I'd just say "I didn't turn it off I can't start it" and it would piss them off. They would go start it themselves despite not being the one to turn it off. Hypocrites.

And at the start of the shift, if a belt has been Locked-Out (with a Master Lock), presumably by a person who is now probably home and asleep in bed, they just use the bolt cutters!!!

 

[iamhuge]

People walk over the belt constantly without it being secured, in our building. MGMT and Hourlies equally. Sounds like another flava of the month to me, better yet, wrong place wrong time. I have never heard of a bulkhead firing or even a warning letter for that matter.

We had a guy lose a foot after getting it stuck in the belt few years back. And have had several warning letters sent for open bulk head doors. Its the ever popular "failure to follow instructions". No firings though.

 

[UPSGUY72]

We had a guy lose a foot after getting it stuck in the belt few years back. And have had several warning letters sent for open bulk head doors. Its the ever popular "failure to follow instructions". No firings though.

Just remember YOU CAN"T FIX STUPID

 

[iamhuge]

Just remember YOU CAN"T FIX STUPID

Lol, I have heard that. But the "I didnt know" defense has worked more than you would think. Especially for the younger guys.

 

[1989]

Hmmmm.... I pretty much have the safety quizzes memorized by now and I can't recall any statements about walking across a stopped belt. Let's see here... There is training on the steps to stop and secure a belt, but that doesn't at all address your issue. There is the question on who can unsecure a belt after it has been secured, but that also doesn't apply to this situation. What training have we received to inform us to not walk across a stopped belt?

The training must not be same everywhere. This has never been mentioned in training, PCMs, Online assessments, or otherwise at my center. They have mentioned many times to not walk on a moving belt, but never any mention of walking on an unsecured belt.

You have the quizes memorized? Then you would know the three reasons to secure a belt.

Break a jam
Move a diverter
Walk the belt

 

[silenze]

The guy thought the belt had already been secured. I don't know why some of you keep trying to give him a hard time.
I hope you get your job back.

 

[JonFrum]

You have the quizes memorized? Then you would know the three reasons to secure a belt.

Break a jam
Move a diverter
Walk the belt

What happened to:
"Retrieve a package"

 

[Mike23]

Stupid = gets fired

Wouldn't that mean we wouldn't have any management left?

If it helps out at all, I regularly see our management team stop the belt and roll over it without it being locked out. Maybe that's only a Canadian thing though since we're all backwards up here

 

[smallsorter]

Well, I got my job back yesterday (Tuesday), with the four days off as "time served"! I want to give a big thanks to all of my Teamster brothers and sisters for the kind words of encouragement during such a stressful and scary time. Thanks again.

 

[dilligaf]

Congrat's and I'm guessing that you won't be doing this again.

 

[over9five]

Come back with an attitude, grieve something!

 

[Jones]

Come back with an attitude, grieve something!

+1.
Make them rue the day they rattled your cage. The first time I got fired I was out for 3 or 4 weeks. My first day back I called in sick .

 

[brownman15]

Come back with an attitude, grieve something!

grieve everything

 

[helenofcalifornia]

Atta boy Jones!!!

 

[Fnix]

I see pt sups walking and jumping across moving belts

 

[Babagounj]

I recall that back in the 80's , before there was all this safety stuff , we used to do handstands on a moving belt. Now that was fun.

 

[mungrin]

Good thing we have a union

 

[moreluck]

I remember in the later 70"s in Utah and a guy came out looking like sausage meat through a grinder in a moving belt........it's nothing to play around with and the rules are in place for a reason.

 

[JonFrum]

The problem I have with this incident, and others like it, is when the management person is wrong, nothing happens to him. He may not even be formally found wrong. He's not fired or demoted or suspended. Only the employee was put in jeopardy.

With a policeman, for example, if he arrests the wrong person, he can be sued for false arrest. We need a similar provision in the Contract so management is treated just like everyone else in society. That way both parties would be responsible for their actions and decisions.

[Note: I'm pro police. I don't want policemen walking on eggshells. I want them to do their job. But once in a great while, a bad apple turns up, and he needs to be sued.]

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Moreluck, Some belts have been removed and replaced with rollers. Other belts that have joints or seams, like where a flat belt meets an inclined belt, have had a metal strip covering the seam so hands and feet and Next Day/Second Day Air Letters can't slip in.