IDI's - Safety Advocates of the Year for 2020!

Good morning to all IDI employees, 

As you know, every year going back to 2008, IDI acknowledges our outstanding Safety Advocates of the Year and we typically do this by unveiling a banner at our 1st volunteer quarterly safety meeting of the new year in February.  Due to Covid-19, we have not been able to hold in-person volunteer quarterly safety meetings.  So, with that being said, below is our new banner that is hanging in our warehouse containing the names of our 2020 Safety Advocates of the Year:  

The following are the criteria to be named a Safety Advocate of the Year for 2020: 

1. Had to be a Safety Advocate for the whole year (started the year as a Safety Advocate and ended the year as a Safety Advocate)
2. Must have worked a minimum of 1,600 hours
3. Attended all 4 volunteer quarterly safety meetings
4. Turned in all toolbox talks & safety inspections by 12:00pm on 1^st business day worked
5. No injuries to themselves
6. No injuries to employees at the Safety Advocate’s job site, that were a violation of a company policy
7. No issued written safety warnings to themselves or employees at their job sites
8. Consistently performs quality Task-Based Safety Awareness Huddles
9. No positive drug & alcohol tests
10. Has an overall positive attitude towards safety

Congratulations to our 17 Safety Advocates of the Year.  Your efforts are what make us the industry leader in safety,  We are successful because of you!

When you see our Safety Advocates of the Year, please give them a good ole' attaboy!

If you have any questions about the above, please contact our Safety Director, Peter Graham.

Have a Safe Day!

Green Tape on All Extension Cords & 3-Pronged Electrical Tools as of 4/1/21!

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

We begin a new quarter on, 4/1/21 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 4/1/21 through 6/30/21. 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 Safety Director, Peter Graham, at (847) 417-1689.

Have a Safe Day!