youngSTAP Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Our foreman came up and down the line with a piece of paper checking off to make sure he told everyone that our plant has a new policy for dealing with medical unit requests. From now on, if you need to go to the medical unit you require a "medical pass" printed from your supervisor. So basically if I'm cut and bleeding and I put my call light on, and 30 minutes later the FPS leader comes to ask what I want & I tell him that I need a medical, he then has to go and the the supervisor to print me off a permission slip to take to the medical unit to gain admittance; otherwise they are required to turn me away. Nice huh? Is this how it is at other plants now? Just wondering, any thoughts? YS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmtper Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 If you were cut wouldn't that be a health and safety issue for other workers. Push the red button and stop the line. If tou stop the line i'll bet someone will be there is less thank a minute. :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbldbxorntnap Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I have to laugh on that one .we here at nap had that i think in the last year ,but i believe it got discontinued ,feel for you ,i know turning on the group leader light to go to the bathroom is long enough policy,let alone to be bleeding from a cut to be relieved and finding the forman for him to write the slip and god help you if medical doesn't stamp it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charged92 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 What line do you work on? I missed this news too. :shrug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivaguelyremember Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Our foreman came up and down the line with a piece of paper checking off to make sure he told everyone that our plant has a new policy for dealing with medical unit requests. From now on, if you need to go to the medical unit you require a "medical pass" printed from your supervisor. So basically if I'm cut and bleeding and I put my call light on, and 30 minutes later the FPS leader comes to ask what I want & I tell him that I need a medical, he then has to go and the the supervisor to print me off a permission slip to take to the medical unit to gain admittance; otherwise they are required to turn me away. Nice huh? Is this how it is at other plants now? Just wondering, any thoughts? YS Call light? FPS leader? Pass? :shrug: We have none of that. If you need to leave the line, you yell for the jobsetter to come give you a break. If you're bleeding, you walk off the line and tell the supervisor you're bleeding to death and are going to Medical. I can't even imagine having to ask. It'd be more like, 'Hey, I'm a bio-hazard over here; better get someone to cover me--I'M GOING TO MEDICAL.' In a nutshell, no. Gee, STAP, just think, the last thing you could ever see before you bleed to death is your supervisor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SU-FI Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 If youre really that dumb to stand there and bleed to death then i dont know what to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I think this policy is aimed at the DFers that get hangnails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ute Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 missed that as well but i agree with xmpter push the RED button yummer will be there real quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xstapr Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Does anybody have a fat lazy FBS utility that doesn't give bathroom breaks or medicals? Getting a bathroom break or medical is harder than prying the donut out of his hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngSTAP Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Does anybody have a fat lazy FBS utility that doesn't give bathroom breaks or medicals? Getting a bathroom break or medical is harder than prying the donut out of his hand. I thought that was the criteria for the job. Better read their OIS and find out for sure..... I thought that was the criteria for the job. Better read their OIS and find out for sure..... (To be fat and lazy that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xstapr Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The piece of shit sleeps at the picnic table all day. Won't do bathroom breaks. Has a tantrum when he's forced. Commiteeman says "that's seniority" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charged92 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The piece of shit sleeps at the picnic table all day. Won't do bathroom breaks.Has a tantrum when he's forced. Commiteeman says "that's seniority" That's seniority? No, thats fucking getting paid for nothing. I feel senior guys earned the "gravy" jobs, but laying your fat ass around and getting paid is part of the reason so many are losing their jobs. I's called waste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastime Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The piece of shit sleeps at the picnic table all day. Won't do bathroom breaks.Has a tantrum when he's forced. Commiteeman says "that's seniority" I'm sorry but if I have to wait that long to go to the bathroom I walk .. I've done it before and i'll do it again .. line 3 was the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocash Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I'm sorry but if I have to wait that long to go to the bathroom I walk .. I've done it before and i'll do it again .. line 3 was the worst. yep,me too,i walk if it takes too long for someone to relieve me.dont forget there is a thing called human rights and you have the right to relieve yourself properly,why wait? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagosvoice Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 We have the same policy at CAP. The only difference is we actually have to stamp our pass on a time clock so they know how long it takes to get there and back. They also tried to make us go on our breaks so the group leaders would be tied up. That one failed but I'm sure they will try something like that again in the future. If you are bleeding or it is an emergency and they make you wait, stop the line. I feel it is the only way to get any response from management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastime Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 We have the same policy at CAP. The only difference is we actually have to stamp our pass on a time clock so they know how long it takes to get there and back. They also tried to make us go on our breaks so the group leaders would be tied up. That one failed but I'm sure they will try something like that again in the future. If you are bleeding or it is an emergency and they make you wait, stop the line. I feel it is the only way to get any response from management. Yep this company is full of money hungry bloodsuckers .. I have heard of people having heartattacks on the line and the supervisors wanted to move the body and start the line.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyTrucks Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Our foreman came up and down the line with a piece of paper checking off to make sure he told everyone that our plant has a new policy for dealing with medical unit requests. From now on, if you need to go to the medical unit you require a "medical pass" printed from your supervisor. So basically if I'm cut and bleeding and I put my call light on, and 30 minutes later the FPS leader comes to ask what I want & I tell him that I need a medical, he then has to go and the the supervisor to print me off a permission slip to take to the medical unit to gain admittance; otherwise they are required to turn me away. Nice huh? Is this how it is at other plants now? Just wondering, any thoughts? YS At KTP you have to have a pass to be seen in medical unless it is an emergency such as bleeding/chest pain etc. When you get to medical you are required to sign in no matter what in order for the medical staff to document how many people that they treat. We have a good staff of nurses at our plant and like every other job at FMC job security is questionable. So when they require information from you they are just doing what they need to do to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister.Roboto Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I think this policy is aimed at the DFers that get hangnails I agree. If you are "really" hurt, you just go. The problem is the people with a bruise or tummy ache that just don't want to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I agree. If you are "really" hurt, you just go. The problem is the people with a bruise or tummy ache that just don't want to work. agreed. anything that is a job related injury now falls under Ontario workplace laws. I don't think any supervisor wants a personal fine from the ministry of labour or WSIB for not treating an injury in a timely basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderinglost Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 At KTP you have to have a pass to be seen in medical unless it is an emergency such as bleeding/chest pain etc. When you get to medical you are required to sign in no matter what in order for the medical staff to document how many people that they treat. We have a good staff of nurses at our plant and like every other job at FMC job security is questionable. So when they require information from you they are just doing what they need to do to survive. Pretty much the way things happen at AAI also, if your really hurt, the line gets stopped and you head to medical. If you don't "feel" good, you wait for a team leader, get a pass, sign in and wait to be seen. Some people spend most of their day doing this, I always wondered what it would be like to spend a day/week/month on the medical rotation, but being a guy that comes to work everyday, someones gotta cover those people. :bowdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngSTAP Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 An update: First thing this morning a guy on our line wanted to go to medical becuase he was sick. The forman said because it was "non industrial" he wouldn't give him a medical pass and refused to let him off the line.... SO I guess it's like thisL You're puking = no medical. but You're puking & you cut your hand off or cut yourself = you get a permission slip. So I guess from now on when I want an asperin for a headache I'll have to lie and say that I banged my head just so I can get a freaking asperin from medical. Gotta love the way forward. yS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 So I guess from now on when I want an asperin for a headache I'll have to lie and say that I banged my headjust so I can get a freaking asperin from medical. Gotta love the way forward. yS why do you need to go to medical for an aspirin? why cant you keep one of those tubes that hold a dozen in your lunch pail and take it during your break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganTruck_Mafia Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 An update: First thing this morning a guy on our line wanted to go to medical becuase he was sick. The forman said because it was "non industrial" he wouldn't give him a medical pass and refused to let him off the line.... SO I guess it's like thisL You're puking = no medical. Puke all over one of the units as it goes by, or better yet on the foreman. You'll get a pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linemonkey Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Does anybody have a fat lazy FBS utility that doesn't give bathroom breaks or medicals? Getting a bathroom break or medical is harder than prying the donut out of his hand. you must work in my zone...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coconut Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 At OHAP it's even worse. You have to get the pass, BUT... and here's the kicker: if it's a work injury the supervisor has to ESCORT you to medical!!! Meaning they won't 'treat' you unless your supervisor is there giving the secret 'code' to your job, you tell medical what happened to you and your sorry supervisor 'agrees' yes, that's possibly what happened! Or why weren't you wearing x, y and z to protect yourself or this never happened before....I just said hey. are you guys gonna treat me or am i signing out to see a REAL doctor and filing workmans' comp?!!! Then the treatment begins. But if your supervisor is busy... you're screwed unless they're REAL nice and feel like talking on the phone or radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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