Next Volunteer Quarterly Safety Meeting on 5/21/22

Good morning to all IDI employees,

As you know, IDI holds volunteer quarterly safety meetings at which we provide safety training to help keep our employees safe, aware of safety hazards, looking out for eachother, and helping to ensure we are all living up to our safety mission statement:  "Everyone Goes Home Alive and in the Same Condition as They Arrived; Your Loved Ones Count On It!"

Well, all of us together are doing just that!  Our fiscal/business year started on 11/1/21 and since then, we have had zero lost-time injuries during this 5 month period.  To help maintain this momentum and to help keep safety at the forefront of everything we do, we are inviting everyone to attend our 2nd volunteer quarterly safety meeting which is being held on Saturday, 5/21/22 from 7:00am to 9:00am.  This meeting will be held at its usual location at our Barrington office at 28059 W. Commercial Ave.

All employees (non-Safety Advocates) that attend this safety training session earn 400 incentive points towards our 2022 Volunteer Safety Training Incentive Program.  Safety Advocates have their own separate incentive program.  So, earn yourself some incentive points so you can order up some IDI logo'd wearables and several other items at the end of the incentive program year.  

We look forward to seeing everyone on May 21, 2022.  In the meantime, make today count!

Have a Safe Day!

 

Green Tape on All Extension Cords & 3-Pronged Electrical Tools as of 4/1/22!

 Good morning to all I.D.I. employees:

We begin a new quarter on, 4/1/22 for our Assured Grounding Conductor Program and we are to switch over to green tape.  To all Safety Advocates/Lead Field Supervisors - We need your help to keep our employees safe and to help keep us OSHA compliant by following our assured grounding conductor program. Please inspect, test and color-code with green tape all 3 pronged electrical tools and extension cords. All electrical tools and cords need to be visually inspected. If you see any defects in the cords such as bare wires, severe kinks, missing or damaged ground prong, the cord pulling away from the plug end-housing, etc., then that tool or cord would need to be immediately removed from service and reported to the lead field supervisor.  If your tool/cord passes the visual inspection, your next step is to test the cord with a receptacle tester.  First, you should test the outlet that you will be plugging your cord into to ensure that it is properly wired. You should see 2 yellow lights lit up on your tester and the red light should be off. This means the outlet is working appropriately. Next, plug your cord into the outlet and then test the cord with the receptacle tester. Again, you should see the same light pattern as mentioned above and this would mean the cord passed the test and it is good and safe to use. Any other light pattern means that there is a problem with the cord and the cord needs to be removed from service and reported to your lead field supervisor. If the cord passes the visual inspection and the cord tester test, you should then remove the previous quarter's white electrical tape and install the green electrical tape about 1" down from both plug ends. Your cord is now in compliance with our 2nd quarter's Assured Grounding Conductor Program. The green tape shall remain in place from 4/1/22 through 6/30/22. You are not quite done yet! All employees now need to visually inspect all electrical cords and tools on a daily basis before use and if any defects are found, the cord needs to be immediately removed from service.

If you do not have green tape, please ask your Superintendent and they will coordinate getting it to you.

Thank you for taking the time to ensure your electrical tools and cords are in safe working order. Your actions may prevent one of our family members from sustaining an electrical shock type injury or worse yet, an electrocution. If you have any questions regarding our Assured Grounding Conductor Program, please contact our Director of Risk, Peter Graham, at (847) 417-1689.

Have a Safe Day!

1st VQSM of 2022 Now On Saturday, February 26th!

Hello IDI employees, 

As you are probably aware, due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to post-pone our 1st Volunteer Quarterly Safety Meeting (V.Q.S.M.) of 2022 that was going to be held tomorrow.  

We have rescheduled this V.Q.S.M and it is being held on Saturday, 2/26/22 from 7:00am until about 9:00am.  This meeting will be held in it's usual location at our Barrington office in the warehouse at 28059 W. Commercial Ave., Barrington, IL. 

Help us to keep up our safety momentum, positive safety culture and to live up to our Safety Mission Statement - "Everyone Goes Home Alive and in the Same Condition as They Arrived; Your Loved Ones Count On It!"

We hope you can make it and we look forward to seeing everyone on 2/26/22.  

Have a Safe Day!

Next Volunteer Quarterly Safety Meeting on 2/12/22

Good morning to all IDI employees,

We are off to a terrific start with safety for our new fiscal year which began on 11/1/21.  We have had zero injuries that required medical care meaning that all employees have gone home safe to their loved ones.  To help keep this momentum, IDI holds volunteer quarterly safety meetings and our 1st safety training meeting of our new year is on Saturday, 2/12/22 from 7:00am to 9:00am, which will be held at its usual location at our Barrington office at 28059 W. Commercial Ave.

All employees in attendance will be required to wear a face covering regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status. 

All employees (non-Safety Advocates) that attend this safety training session earn 400 incentive points towards our 2022 Volunteer Safety Training Incentive Program.  Safety Advocates have their own separate incentive program.  So, earn yourself some incentive points so you can order up some IDI logo'd wearables and several other items at the end of the incentive program year.  

We provide safety training through our volunteer quarterly safety meetings because we care about you, your loved ones and the health of the company.  We provide this training because of our safety mission statement:  "Everyone Goes Home Alive and in the Same Condition as They Arrived; Your Loved Ones Count On It!"

We look forward to seeing everyone on February 12, 2022.  In the meantime, keep looking out for each other.  Take care of your brothers and sisters as we are all one family!

Have a Safe Day!

 

White Tape on All 3-Pronged Electrical Tools & Extension Cords as of 1/1/22!

 Good morning to all IDI employees:

We begin a new quarter on 1/1/22 for our Assured Grounding Conductor Program. We are to switch over our cords from the previous quarter's orange tape to white tape.  To all Safety Advocates & Lead Field Supervisors, please help keep our employees safe and help keep us OSHA compliant by following our assured grounding conductor program. Please inspect, test and color-code with white tape all extension cords and 3 pronged electrical tools.  All extension cords and tools need to be visually inspected. If you see any defects in the cords such as bare wires, severe kinks, missing or damaged ground prong, the cord pulling away from the plug end-housing, etc., then that tool or cord would need to be immediately removed from service and reported to the lead person. If your tool/cord passes the visual inspection, your next step is to test the cord with a receptacle tester. First, you should test the outlet that you will be plugging your cord into to ensure that it is properly wired. You should see 2 yellow lights lit up on your tester and the red light should be off. This means the outlet is working appropriately. Next, plug your cord into the outlet and then test the cord with the receptacle tester. Again, you should see the same light pattern as mentioned above and this would mean the cord passed the test and it is good and safe to use. Any other light pattern means that there is a problem with the cord and the cord needs to be removed from service and reported to your lead person. If the cord passes the visual inspection and the cord tester test, you should then remove the previous quarter's orange electrical tape and install the white electrical tape about 1" down from both plug ends. Your cord is now in compliance with our 1st quarter's Assured Grounding Conductor Program. The white tape shall remain in place from 1/1/22 through 3/31/22. You are not quite done yet! All employees now need to visually inspect all electrical cords and tools on a daily basis and if any defects are found, the cord or tool needs to be immediately removed from service.

Thank you for taking the time to ensure your electrical tools and cords are in safe working order. Your actions may prevent one of our family members from sustaining an electrical shock type injury or worse yet and electrocution. If you need a roll of white tape, please contact your Superintendent. If you have any questions regarding our Assured Grounding Conductor Program please call our Director of Risk, Peter Graham, at (847) 417-1689.

Have a Safe Day!

2021 Volunteer Safety Training Incentive Program is Underway!

Hello to all IDI employees,

As you know, we held our 4th and final volunteer quarterly safety meeting of 2021 in mid-November.  We truly appreciate everyone who attended and to those who participated in our 2021 volunteer quarterly safety meetings.  You are what makes our safety culture the industry leader in safety!

As you know, IDI provides safety training incentive points for attending our volunteer quarterly safety meetings of which are redeemable for IDI logo'd wearables and several other items.  This year, instead of mailing out a catalog, our partner supplier, American Outfitters, has created a website store for online ordering.  If you attended at least one of our 2021 volunteer quarterly safety meetings or if you are a non-apprentice who attended safety training outside of our company last year and you provided our Director of Risk, Peter Graham, with a copy of your safety training cards or certificates, you should have received an email this morning which would contain your volunteer safety training incentive points letter, a link the website store to place your orders and instructions on how to place our orders. 

All orders need to be placed by 5:00pm on Monday, 12/27/21 - No Exceptions!

Please check your email to ensure you received an email from Peter Graham.  If you didn't, please send a text to Peter Graham.  

We want to thank everyone who participated in our 2021 volunteer quarterly safety meetings.  This shows your committment towards our safety culture, your personal safety and towards your loved ones.  Thank you for helping us to live up to our safety missions statement - "Everyone Goes Home Alive And In The Same Condition As They Arrived; Your Loved Ones Count On It!"

Have a Safe Day!

Our 4th & Final Volunteer Quarterly Safety Meeting on 11/13/21 (In-Person!)

Hello all IDI employees, 

Just a reminder that our next volunteer quarterly safety meeting (V.Q.S.M.) is soon approaching and is being held on Saturday, 11/13/21 from 7:00am to 9:00am.  This will be an in-person volunteer quarterly safety meeting held at our Barrington office location at 28059 W. Commercial Ave.

All employees in attendance will be required to wear a face covering regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status. 

We can't wait to get together to see everyone in person as we haven't met in person as one team since February 2020 due to Covid-19 and the state of Illinois previous mandates.  We provide safety training through our V.Q.S.M.'s because we care about you and your loved ones.  We provide this training because of our safety mission statement:  "Everyone Goes Home Alive and in the Same Condition as They Arrived; Your Loved Ones Count On It!"

Also, as far as the make-up safety meetings go - moving foward, the make-up safety meetings will only be offered to employees that could not attend the regularly scheduled V.Q.S.M. that was held on a Saturday due to working for IDI during the V.Q.S.M.  

We look forward to see you on 11/13/21. In the meantime, keep looking out for each other and take care of your brothers and sisters as we are all one family!

Have a Safe Day!