Safety
Bulletin Board
The following is the
Safety Brainstorming
Committee's
and
Official Policy of
Local 1439
Mission Statement
"To build a positive safety
standard
that our peers can
trust and believe in.
One where we collectively
demonstrate professionalism,
responsibility,
and accountability for our own
and each others' safety behavior
in an effort to eliminate
accidents."
We are working toward a more solid
safety program in
cooperation with the Blue Hats, the
Jt. Safety Board and the
Safety Representatives in the field.
It is important to provide
a safe work place. We will be
having more safety meeting
at the union hall - stay tuned!
Have a Question or need to discuss a
safety issue?
Here's some great people to call
Blue Hats:
Doug Mueller (Cell) 314-629-8554
Barb LeBegue (Cell)
314-852-3116
Joint Safety
Board: Lisa Parr (Cell) 314-602-9132
Mike White (Cell) 314-856-3878
Ken Wendel (Cell) 314-971-2294
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Attention All Crews working for Ameren, Alliant, Entergy, City of Potosi
Here are a series
of e-mails regarding an incident involivng a contractor crew yesterday, December
15, 2008.
Sometimes our rules are a pain. Sometimes they save a LOT OF PAIN.
Ron
(Zdellar)
From:
Lewis, James M
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:39 PM
To: Zdellar, Ronald C
Subject: Fw: LE Myer Contractor Incident 12/15/08
FYI
Jim Lewis
Managing Supervisor - Missouri Energy Delivery Safety
Office - (314) 206-0743
Cell - (314) 620-1480
From:
Myers, Jeffrey H
To: Lewis, James M
Sent: Mon Dec 15 18:35:21 2008
Subject: FW: LE Myer Contractor Incident 12/15/08
_____________________________________________
From:
Pate, Ronald D
Sent:
Monday, December 15, 2008 5:15 PM
To:
DL IL ALT
Cc:
Myers, Jeffrey H
Subject:
FW: LE Myer Contractor Incident 12/15/08
Folks, here is a high level description of an incident occurring on our property
this morning. Although this was a contractor it could have easily been one of
our trucks and our co-workers. The line in bold says it all “PPE saves a
serious injury in this incident!!”
Please share with your division personnel. Thanks,
______________________________________________
From:
Klein, Jason S
Sent:
Monday, December 15, 2008 10:45 AM
To:
Barud, John P; Lemaster, Gary G; Luckett, Shanel P; Spencer, Dennis Edgar; Bauza,
Kelly R; Davis, Robert G
Subject:
LE Myer Contractor Incident 12/15/08
Folks,
Today at approximately 10:00 am an LE Myers contractor crew was replacing a 3
phase pole on Old Collinsville Rd just a couple of blocks north of the Ameren IP
office here in Belleville. Two men were in the 2 man bucket truck (Hi Ranger
Bucket Truck) up in the air and heard a pop, they were in the process of heading
back down to the ground when the bucket leveling cable broke dumping both guys
out of the bucket. They both had their harnesses on and lanyards clipped in so
they were hanging in the air in their harnesses. The third man on the ground
operated the boom and got both guys back down to the ground. No one was injured,
LE Myers has been contacted by the crew and is handling issues on their end but
I wanted to inform all of you of the incident.
Good Job to the crew for wearing their appropriate PPE - PPE saves a serious
injury in this incident!!
Jason Klein
Belleville Construction Supervisor
Belleville Office: 618-236-6246
Cell: 217-254-9773
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From: Mark Baker
[mailto:702rep@charter.net]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:30 AM
To: Mark Baker
Subject: Scissor Lift Failure - Notice
Brothers and Sisters: For those that may work
on or around scissor lifts, please see the attached pdf file. Thanks.
Mark
Baker,