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b'WAOC is in the southern states this week, Georgia actually! Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I had the opportunity to visit with a couple of facilities over here, one to speak to Safety, nothing going on, just a short follow-up visit! It\\u2019s always nice to talk Safety to such a group of young men and women, maybe get some questions answered and at the very least bring that Culture of Safety to the forefront of the Operations! My other stop was to talk about Training Programs. 2 Weeks ago we were over at the Distribution Training Center and I shared a little bit on what all they had going on and since we\\u2019ve been talking about a lot of the positions or career positions lately I thought I\\u2019d share a little from this week\\u2019s trip to the group!
\\nSome of the high points about this kind of trip is getting to spend so much time in the warehouse with all the employees. I even had a chance to run some pallets around the building for the lift drivers! It was so encouraging to hear from almost everyone I spoke with that safety was honestly a part of their work day. Everyone I spoke with, at both facilities, talked about their daily start up meetings and how much they enjoyed how their supervisors would speak about something that had nearly happened recently or earlier in the week. To me that shows an engaged and strong supervisor. He or she is not only taking care of their company but their employees as well. It makes us as employees feel good too doesn\\u2019t it? Being a part of the program just makes us all that much safer!
\\nSince I\\u2019m typically walking the buildings, shaking hands with employees and meeting with front line Leads and Supervisors I\\u2019m almost always asked something like \\u201cis something wrong\\u201d, or, \\u201cwhat are you looking for\\u201d, maybe something along the lines of \\u201cwhy are you watching us\\u201d. Some 3rd party auditors or company safety team members, trainers have commented to me before that their employees are suspicious or conspiracy seekers. You know, myself as an employee, I just see these types of questions for what they are! Human nature wants to know what is going on, anything or anyone out of the ordinary in our workspace should invoke a question, and as you know here at WAOC we view questions and communication as our, the employees, ticket for promotions and advancement! So today I thought I\\u2019d share a few of the things anyone may be looking for, your lead, supervisor, and safety director, or position trainer, maybe an auditor of some type, even a tenured or new associate may notice. And I hope any of the above are looking for these things and many more on a day to day basis.
\\n So, when I visit a facility to do any kind of a Safety follow up or just an initial visit, I always like to include a walk-thru with the person responsible for Safety. Depending on the size of a location that could be a Director or VP of Safety or a young man or woman performing a task on the warehouse floor. The important thing is that whoever is responsible for driving that culture of safety is getting the word out and not only observing the rules but enforcing them and holding us as employees accountable!
\\nOne of the first things I look at is the building perimeter. I find that if the fence doesn\\u2019t have a bunch of papers, shrink wrap, wrappers and leaves, really any kind of debris laying up against it from the wind blowing everything around, it usually tells me that this facility takes sanitation seriously. A clean facility can be a safe facility. Another thing I look for is signage. Is it visible from the road? Are all the lights on it working, can it be noticed immediately? I\\u2019ve heard of so many fender benders happening out front of different facilities because at the last second a car or tractor trailer just saw the sign and had to make an immediate maneuver to avoid missing the turn in. Out in the truck yard I\\u2019m always going to look at those yellow or red bollard post too.'