Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Safety Update

Due to our aggressive Extended Unit One training and our incentives, Coca-Cola Bottling of the Lehigh Valley and Chester County employees have called the SafeStart Hotline 461 times in 2013 alone; (in comparison to 27 calls from the remainder of the ABARTA units).  In addition, the Dorney Park incentive was a huge hit with the majority of the departments completing the toolbox talks. 

In mid-June, an OSHA representative arrived on Lehigh Valley’s doorstep due to 2009 DART rates.  Her opening statement was that she would be on-site for the remainder of the week; however, after the initial walk through, she departed the facility at noon of the same day.  Our local Steering Committee’s commitment to OSHA compliance/regulations paid off with minimal findings from the audit.