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Safety - Hotline Number 1-877-202-1083 At Shelly, we do everything we can to protect the people we care about. As such, we do our utmost to ensure a safe work environment for our employees. We consider our employees a part of the Shelly family. Shelly provides all the tools and equipment necessary to meet or exceed OSHA requirements on every job, every time. TRACK Program A new program is helping to keep safety on track at The Shelly Company. The TRACK program is designed to help employees think through a task before they start it, focusing on possible hazards and how to avoid them, explained Denny Paul, corporate safety director. “TRACK” stands for the steps employees learn to follow when analyzing a task or process they'll undertake:
The program, which is used throughout all Oldcastle companies, was implemented at The Shelly Company in October 2005 and is aimed at field personnel. “Some workers use TRACK daily, sometimes many times a day,” Paul said, noting that at the Thornville shop, 400 TRACK forms were completed in one month. The TRACK form is a tool to help an employee analyze a task. “The forms are there to help people think,” Paul said. “They aren't used for penalties; no one is disciplined for not filling it out properly. We just need to review and see if the employee missed anything when they were looking at their task, and to explain what they missed in a positive way.” Employees received TRACK training last fall, and seasonal employees got a review at return-to-work meetings this spring. While the program is quite new, Paul believes it is having a positive impact. TRACK was used all winter at all Shelly aggregate plants, and injuries were about half of what they were during the same period in the previous year. Truck Rodeo Smith Concrete drivers corralled trucks rather than livestock during the company's Truck/Backing Rodeo in January, 2006. At this fun event, with a keen emphasis on safety awareness, about 60 drivers attended several classroom safety sessions and took part in competitive events on a course set up at Smith Concrete in Marietta. Drake Prouty, safety representative, conducted the classroom sessions:
Harold Yontz, a Shelly Company lowboy driver, gave a personal account of a serious vehicle incident from the driver's perspective. Competitive events emphasized a driver's skill at backing up and included: serpentine; simulated loading dock/parking at a loading dock; diminishing clearance; and right turn on the money. Mike Leach and Scott Pfeiffer were recognized with awards for highest scores. During the event, Smith Concrete drivers who were accident free for 2005 received pins. Consultants from Liberty Mutual were also present to help set up the course and judge the rodeo. |
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