WAXIHACHIE
FOCUS
SAFETY NEWS LETTER
Volume 1, Issue 1
June 2011
Safety What’s Up
This is the first edition of the FOCUS. This news
letter is designed to help communicate safety
information current events and other safety related
topics that relate to the Waxahachie team. Please
feel free to send your feed back to Joshua Davis or
Dee Scott
Safety Quote of the Month
Safety comes in a can. I can, You can, We
all can, Be Safe!
Safe Tool C6
What is the C6? The Critical 6 are the six safety
category topics in which OC employees have been
killed or severely injured in the past. They are
Driving Safety, Working from Heights, Confined
Space, Lift Trucks, Machine Guarding and Control
of Hazardous Energy (LTT).
These programs are tailored to help to reduce the
risk that we all have to face each day at work. Each
program has an element owner and is driven by the
owner to meet improvement goals.
C6 how are we doing?
The Nurse Says
Congratulations to all that participated in the Texas
Take Off as a group we lost almost 450 lbs. & 85
Fat % points. The Waxi team beat the other 4 plants
as well as decreased many health risks for those
that participated. Stay tuned for more health
initiatives.
Waxahachie Critical 6
C6 Element
Lock Tag Try
Confined Space
Lift Trucks
SAFE BBS
Total Observations for last Month = 358
Total that count towards VIP = 328 Goal-360
Total for the year = 1922 Goal-4,320
Base
Line
Q1
93.21
30.7
100
55.6
78.95
48.4
Working from Heights
7.6
7.6
Machine Guarding
100
60.5
Driving Safety
50
20.4
Q2
Note: We have rescored the critical six and are making
improvements to all the programs
Art’s Corner
Focus Area for June: Powered Industrial Trucks
What to look for:
 Improper speed for the conditions
 Lack of horn use
 Not paying attention to surroundings
 Improper use
 Completed inspections
(This area is for Arts thought for the month)
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Q3
Q4
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Maintenance
Safety Message
Production
Safety Message
(This area is for a message from Tony and his
group)
(This area is for a message from Chris and his
group)
Warehouse
Safety Message
Quality
Safety Message
(This area is for a message from Dale and his
group)
(This area is for a message from Ricky and his
group)
Corporate Safety News and Stats
Days Safe
As of 6/21/11
OC
0
ISB
67
Wax
125
Green indicates All Time Record
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS - SAFETY MESSAGE FROM DOUG PONTSLER
This year has been extremely active from the standpoint of severe weather and
natural occurring events. We have seen earthquakes and a tsunami in Japan, tornadoes impacting
thousand in the southern United States, and now the central US. We also had a facility evacuated
over concerns of an approaching wildfire.
It is important that each of our facilities are prepared to handle emergency situations should they
develop The best way to make sure you are prepared is to ensure that roles and responsibilities are
clearly defined for emergency response and your procedures are tested and practices no less than annually.
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