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b'Hello again! Your back with Marty and Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I thank you for listening in with us today! I hope the audio\\u2019s alright for you, it\\u2019s been raining here for like a week and it\\u2019s really coming down right now but hey, the show must go on, right? We\\u2019ve received a couple of emails about how can I get noticed at our start-up meetings, what can I say? Along those same lines, all things being safety related, I was recently asked what is a Near Miss Program, I\\u2019ve heard it brought up on several episodes? So, I thought we could talk a little about Start-Up meetings or our pre-shift safety meetings & just such a program today!
\\nSo, I\\u2019ve always felt like our daily shift start-up meetings or our safety meetings are a great place to show our enthusiasm to management and shine with a little knowledge. To answer the question \\u201cHow can I get noticed at our start-up meeting\\u201d I\\u2019ll give you a couple of my tried and true never fails! About a month ago, a gentleman asked me how he could introduce his boss to a pre-trip sheet for their equipment. They use electric rider jacks and reach lifts and I guess his maintenance department does a really good job keeping the equipment running and safe, but he\\u2019d been reading about the 29cfr1910.178 reg and asked if that\\u2019d be a good thing to bring up! I felt it\\u2019s a great topic and encouraged him to put something together, so he could present it to the boss. If you look on-line you\\u2019ll find 100\\u2019s of templates, I\\u2019d look them over and take the points that pertain to your facility and the equipment you\\u2019re using.
\\nA few of the standard points, or maybe there just my go to points are:
\\nFrayed or loose battery cables
\\nLoose charging connectors
\\nDrive wheels
\\nLoad wheels
\\nHydraulic oil leaks
\\nRadiator leaks
\\nBrakes and plugging!
\\nIf your facility is not utilizing pre and post trip reporting already you\\u2019ll want to be a little careful how you bring it up. I think you\\u2019ll want to mention it to your direct supervisor and not your maintenance department supervisor. It may be that no one knows they should have a program and if that\\u2019s the case you don\\u2019t want to dip them in the grease.
\\nSo how do you bring it up? When I noticed something about my jack that I\\u2019d normally just take back to maintenance and tell them about I\\u2019d bring it up during my start up. Maybe something like \\u201cI noticed my left load wheel has a flat spot on it this morning, I was about to take it to the back and tell so and so. I\\u2019ve been reading some about 29cfr1910.178, what do you think about maybe having some pre and post shift sheets for us to fill out, that way the 2nd shift could leave notes on their equipment too? You\\u2019re not throwing anyone under the bus and your showing management you\\u2019re interested in your job, the company and looking for efficiencies! Anytime you can slide a safety sentence in at a startup meeting is a great thing. A great thing for you, the company and I\\u2019ve always felt the boss too!
\\nOk, so let\\u2019s look at a Near Miss program!
\\nAnother way to get noticed by our management team is to ask questions during our start up or pre-shift meeting. As we\\u2019ve learned in previous episodes our bosses love to talk about things they know or are responsible for. They have a tough job, and usually don\\u2019t get the opportunity to boast about their knowledge. Hopefully they are encouraging us, patting the crew on the back when it\\u2019s deserved and congratulating us when we\\u2019ve done a good job but don\\u2019t get to brag on themselves very much. I think it\\u2019s great to give them that every chance we can. I was working with an order selector a while back and encouraged him to bring up productivity one night. I suggested towards the end of the meeting to ask something like hey chief, how are we doing on our productivity and errors, I\\u2019m trying to get my numbers up, are we the best crew in the corporation?'