#safety

What are your thoughts on the new ACB scorecard? Reduced safety and removing emissions..

Union Pacific Railroad recently laid off multiple carmen in Green River. The company also closed its Green River repair shop for heavy repairs. Union Pacific stated these changes enhance freight fluidity across its network. Light repairs and inspections will continue at the Green River location. A former union director expressed serious safety concerns regarding these staffing reductions.

Green River, Wyoming

https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/railroad-carmen-laid-off-in-green-river/article_b50cd650-d987-4162-bee8-e6703831f8ee.html

Union Pacific recently eliminated 17 carmen positions at its Green River station. This action is part of broader workforce reductions across the railroad industry. Former legislator Stan Blake warns that fewer human inspectors and more automation could increase train accidents. Railroad companies seek waivers to reduce human track inspections, citing technology benefits. However, labor groups argue automated systems cannot fully replace human detection of critical defects.

Green River, Wyoming

An Ohio Ford employee is dead after being trapped and crushed by a malfunctioning industrial machine at a company plant this week. The incident unfolded around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, when authorities were called to Ford’s Sharonville plant on E. Sharon Road regarding reports of an industrial accident, according to FOX 19. Upon arriving at the plant, authorities reportedly encountered a press machine that was undergoing routine maintenance when it malfunctioned, causing it to turn on and pin the worker.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/employee-crushed-death-horror-industrial-accident-after-press-machine-unexpectedly-turns

We need to be clear: controllers will not be relocating to Tulsa. This move would result in the loss of critical experience that safe pipeline operations legally depend on every day.

Seagull needs to fully understand this reality. Our position on relocation must be communicated clearly. We need to stop training backfills to move roles to Houston. If Seagull chooses to move, have her develop and implement the training.

I’d be curious to see what people feel like the safety culture of the company is today? Better or worse than it used to be?

Ceiling tile looks like it’s about to burst open, drip has the sound of a faucet left on. Return to the office and expose yourself to mold and wastewater.

Yes, time is coming and we are about to implode with all the multiple organizational changes that add no value apart from headcount reduction and the downstreamers managing upstream like a refinery and ki-ling it long term. Expect more safety incidents, more process safety events and more blame on the employees for not following procedures (even though nobody knows what they are anymore). The attrition is rising and we are in a downward vicious circle now.

How safe is Canada? I just recently joined last year..is the location safe as they are hiring..

We just got in 4 new forklift batteries … now there is a rule we can’t use the chains to pick them up off the pallet with a forklift to put them on the battery changer! So, home office .. please enlighten all of us on just how are we supposed to do this without a forklift? Let alone putting the old ones in a pallet to ship out ! Between u making our lifts go slower than the floor scrubber these so called safety changes are about the most id--tic changes in the 27 years I have been here ! Maybe home office needs to start working in clubs so they can try to do all this ! Be prepared for a lot more workman’s comp cases since these kinda changes are not safe for the associates !

I don’t want to post this but we’re not getting any answers at the store level. What is the protocol if ICE comes into a store? What do we do if customers get caught in the middle and get hurt? I have customers that ask me almost every day and I don’t know what to say to them.

So now that AP has had all of its powers stripped and the new boss has laid off all of oversight, restructured technology to lay off people, and cut all of the district taskforce teams to replace only some of them with 1 investigator, how do we all think this is going to pan out?

I doubt his desperate attempt to offset the future losses (from his policies) by cost cutting everywhere else will not work. I expect store AP teams to start being cut by end of FY26 to cover for increased theft.

Also, what a great idea to cut technology! Not like 80-90% of the stores are running equipment from the late 90s that barely works or doesn’t work at all. This company loves to talk big about investing in our stores when they haven’t provided a comprehensive investment to safety & security in the last 30 years.

Sympathy goes out to this worker and family who has passed working for CVE. I guess all the safety programs and COIMS ect could not save him.

According to the Employment Security Department (ESD), 2,198 Seattle-area employees were among the approximately 16,000 roles cut. Amazon first announced the layoffs on Jan. 28.

https://mynorthwest.com/local/amazon-layoffs-seattle-employees/4197200

Not a safe area to be after dark, unless you are carrying:
Police say a man fired shots after an altercation with a security guard outside a Corktown bar early Saturday morning. The incident happened at around 1:17 a.m. in the 2100 block of Trumbull Avenue near Michigan Avenue. The security guard, a licensed CPL holder, returned fire and struck the man.

Why are we not hearing about this from CVX health & medical, particularly since there is so much travel to and from India in our employee and contractor population?

What is the company doing about curtailing or cancelling altogether travel? This is how it started with the previous pandemic, and this virus has a very high mortality rate.

Please respond, Chevron.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15505857/cdc-monitoring-outbreak-nipah-virus-india.html

Lots of EMS, fire and law enforcement on site.

If the schools are closed for icy roads why isn’t the bank closing? They don’t care about our safety. Almost spun out completely. Have to come into office for my 3 days though 🤡

Just a quick rant….why in all that is holy do we have to wait for management, who does not live in a location where they are dealing with ongoing below freezing temperatures and lasting impacts of the winder storm that hit this past weekend, to “allow” us to WFH

Why won’t a team manager who is onsite just say I am the manager on site and the conditions are still bad so I’m going to let my team WFH.

Just sad…..

Central station made a poor call on being open today. It’s apparent its solely for the sales launch. Fossil is risking lives over a day of wining and dining international partners.

Not sure how I’ll be getting to work at PNC
tomorrow being that public transit has been suspended. I’m probably going to be told to drive in and risk my life on the parkway. SMH

https://alaskalandmine.com/landmines/doyon-26-largest-land-drilling-rig-in-north-america-tipped-over-and-caught-fire-on-north-slope/

Heard there is another wave of layoff coming in Early Feb hitting US and India - GCC, anyone know anything about this ? Ironically GCC folks are scrambling for safety after taking away American jobs

So far haven’t heard anything from the East Coast. Is everyone ok?

I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but with the job market the way it is right now, it isn’t unrealistic to expect that people laid off today won’t find new positions anytime soon. If we’re being kicked to the curb, the least they could do is provide a better safety net.

Facing a dangerous cold snap that will impact most of the HCSC offices, not a single message was sent from anyone that said “you know what, because we value your health and safety, don’t worry about badging in on Friday. Your wellbeing is our more important to us than checking a box or monitoring your whereabouts.”

The polish is off Freddie's safety record. Another death. Quick to blame it as a "medical incident".

Matt Igoe- number 2 BNSF to RJ Corman
Colby Tanner -BNSF Executive Officer to OmniTrax
Tammy Middleton - chief BNSF Chief Legal Executive and executive officer -appointed to OmniTrax Chief Legal Officer

Top 3 under Katie Farmer all to shortlines in less than a year, all of which have either taken over BNSF mechanical facilities or TY&E terminals, or in OmniTrax took over facilities only to have BNSF come in later and take them back over due to substandard maintenance and Inspections

Starting to see a pattern, of which history repeats itself, when OmniTrax came in significant cuts were made to BNSF system wide with a 10 year hiring freeze in mechanical, of which led to understaffing, increase in injuries, and foreman hiding in bushes to watch mechanical until a safety rule was violated so everyone was on a level S until they decided to terminate an employee for minor infractions, so everyone was walking on eggshells

The lack of any mention of relaxing RTO minimums while also sending out daily safety alerts (sometimes more than 1 a day) to those of us working in downtown Minneapolis is appalling.

I will remind everyone that according to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, your employer has an obligation to ensure your safety in your job.

Can anyone argue that these buildings in the major cities where PNC has office space (Pittsburgh, Philly, Detroit, Columbus, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, etc) have gotten SAFER post Covid, post summer 2020? Look at the data - it's gotten way worse.

Another employee right we must all seek is for our own safety. That would be a strong pillar of a unionization effort. Can you imagine if the current Minneapolis situation was occurring nearby a PNC office building. It could certainly happen.

Will PNC care about us then? Likely, no - "get your butts back here 5 days / week!"

The crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX planes which claimed the lives of 346 people on board and how Boeing may have been more concerned with financial gain over the safety of their passengers. Guess what they didn't listen to their Engineers and the same thing is happening at Verizon. Obviously losing cell service for a day isn't as catastrophic as a plane falling out of the sky, but the same principals are applied. Watch the documentary on Netflix Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Don’t let your guard down around there, especially after dark.
As of mid-December 2025, the Detroit Police Department reported:
241 burglaries,
662 vehicle thefts,
39 s-X as--ult cases,
116 robberies,
6 homic--es

The Detroit Police Department's 3rd Precinct proactively patrols the area, to combat property crime, which is the most prevalent crime reported in Corktown.'

Hello, my team is being forced to RTO and I just found out I will be sharing my office space with a registered s*x offender. I’m not sure what to do, I already asked HR not to send me to the office because I don’t feel comfortable with this.

The veep of corporate environment and his analyst are certified donkeys. Operations and maintenance now have one standard for safety while lab personnel have another. The double standard is bad enough but the actual standard is stupid as well. This will not improve safety and will only deter anyone from wanting to do more for safety. Mark my words, off shift, places that are rarely visited,they will follow this as much as people follow the no looking at your phone rule or the use hand rails rule. They should be fired immediately but they won't. Bilbo will probably give them all promotions saying they saved everyone. Stupid people making stupid rules.

Let us all raise a glass to the first recall of 2026! Let the season begin!

https://autos.yahoo.com/safety-and-recalls/articles/ford-recalls-almost-273-000-230000826.html

https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/dad-of-slain-cvs-worker-edeedson-cine-said-son-spent-final-morning-with-family-before-fatal-shift/

Absolutely horrible response by this company towards law enforcement and the victims property considering this happened at one of their stores on Christmas.

Congratulations everyone on a job well done ! Lets try for 200 in 2026.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ford-shatters-decade-old-recall-record-152-safety-alerts-issued-year-alone-across-multiple-models

my point has gone so far down hill.we have half the carmen we're slotted for.senior guys have decided to resign rather than put up with the neverending piles of b.s.younger folks have quit because they see no future hear.most days yard repairs are down because we have a conscious and don't want guff for trains going out late.it seems like an injury is bound happen.but for now the trains aren't going out late so whats the issue?