January 2022 — Gas Department Message

There was a foot injury in a northern gas shop. A mechanic was using a tunneling bar to make room in the hole to work when the bar ricocheted of a rock and punctured his boot and his foot just behind the steel toe. This incident prompted a root cause and one of the recommendations coming out of the root cause was to get a Metatarsal guard that laces right into the boot. They should be in the storerooms shortly. This incident also prompted the company into looking at our Gas tailboard sheets and are looking to overhaul the process in the upcoming weeks. More to come on the updated tailboard process. We are hearing out of a few of the Gas shops that new hires are reaching out to Superior driving school to get a jump on the CDL license and being told that they can't train people who are unvaccinated. We have reached out to the head of UOS and he is going to get us an answer on what we are doing moving forward. If you are hearing about this in your shops, make sure to let the local stewards know.