District Safety Meetings

So here we are just starting a New Year 2009 and it is time once again for the District Safety Meeting. This will be the 6th annual Metro-Detroit (or now Michigan District?) Safety Meeting I believe! I'm really looking forward to this years meeting since I haven't been asked to speak at it...yet! I learn so much talking with the other drivers and managers.
Take last years meeting held on Jan. 22, 2008 as an example...

• We were the #1 Health and Safety operation in the country!
• There were 66 fatalities involving UPSers in 2007
• 16 of those were UPS employee's!!!
• 4 of those fatalities occured in the YARD!
• 1 of the fatalities was in our district and involved a person hit
• For every 300 AT RISK BEHAVIORS there will be 29 minor and 1 serious injury if nothing is done!!
• For SAFETY to be effective it MUST become a personal value!
• 96% OF INJURED HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED TO ABOUT AN AT RISK BEHAVIOR!!!!!
• And BEST PRACTICES that is a list too long to copy but invaluable!!!!!!!

GREAT STUFF!!! And I know this years meeting will be more of the same!! I will post on highlights of this years meeting and even try to get some pictures. Until then remember SAFETY BY CHOICE...NOT BY CHANCE!