Thursday, March 31, 2022

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!

 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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!