The Official Status Update Thread: Part 166 - That's my purse! I don't know you!

[SEIndSAM]

 

[actaeon277]

UPDATE: Steelworker dies at Gary Works | Steel | nwitimes.com

F'n
Damn it
Damn it
Damn it.

I'm F'n tired of this hellhole.

 

[mom45]

Was that the same mill where you work, Act? That guy was so young....I don't understand how these kinds of safety issues are still tolerated. I understand the mills are a dangerous place, but they could be less dangerous if the management wanted to do the right things and have adequate staffing and updated equipment, etc.

I can never keep straight which one you work at.

 

[actaeon277]

Was that the same mill where you work, Act? That guy was so young....I don't understand how these kinds of safety issues are still tolerated. I understand the mills are a dangerous place, but they could be less dangerous if the management wanted to do the right things and have adequate staffing and updated equipment, etc.

I can never keep straight which one you work at.

It is the mill I work at.
We just had a fatality June, Chuck Kremke, he was a Motor Inspector in the building where I work (#1 Caster). I worked with him for over a decade.
I dont know this guy. He was a Motor Inspector over by the Rolled Mill.

 

[mom45]

It is the mill I work at.
We just had a fatality June, Chuck Kremke, he was a Motor Inspector in the building where I work (#1 Caster). I worked with him for over a decade.
I dont know this guy. He was a Motor Inspector over by the Rolled Mill.

I thought it was. So sad.

 

[actaeon277]

Was that the same mill where you work, Act? That guy was so young....I don't understand how these kinds of safety issues are still tolerated. I understand the mills are a dangerous place, but they could be less dangerous if the management wanted to do the right things and have adequate staffing and updated equipment, etc.

I can never keep straight which one you work at.

We cant get around the fact that manufacturing steel is dangerous. We try to minimize it.
But now we the mill is using a consulting group, the McKenzie Group.
And they haven't learned our lessons. But they are making the rules.
So now the danger is going up.

 

[SEIndSAM]

We cant get around the fact that manufacturing steel is dangerous. We try to minimize it.
But now we the mill is using a consulting group, the McKenzie Group.
And they haven't learned our lessons. But they are making the rules.
So now the danger is going up.

That sounds like a recipe for disaster....

 

[actaeon277]

That sounds like a recipe for disaster....

It is.

Their newest brainstorm... Resource Sharing.
When the 2 Caster has a big job (or any building), let's bring in workers from other places, even though they don't know the area.
DANGEROUS.

 

[actaeon277]

It is.

Their newest brainstorm... Resource Sharing.
When the 2 Caster has a big job (or any building), let's bring in workers from other places, even though they don't know the area.
DANGEROUS.

The most dangerous times for an employee, is the first couple years in a new building.
And now they're moving people around so that EVERY day is a new place.


Course, i don't know if this is what happened in this instance.

 

[mom45]

Wow...that is scary!

 

[actaeon277]

Wow...that is scary!

I've jumped out of airplanes, scuba dived, deployed on a submarine in dangerous waters, been on fire, worked next to liquid metal, fought fires,... and Resource Sharing SCARES ME.
It's like taking the dangerous time of being new, and the Groundhog Day'ing it over and over till someone gets hurt.

 

[actaeon277]

Sorry for bring everyone down.
I just had to vent.


Vent is over.



How is everyone?
Is it rainy in Indy?

 

[actaeon277]

Been thinking of starting a Halloween display.

Just the faces at first.
[video=youtube;Vatuajxiung]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vatuajxiung[/video]

 

[SEIndSAM]

Howdy ACT, off work today???

 

[actaeon277]

Howdy ACT, off work today???

I am presently in hell.

 

[actaeon277]

I am presently in hell.

But so far, one of my good days.
Some problems earlier, but seems to be smooth sailing now.

 

[actaeon277]

Problems with the system that controls the level of liquid steel in the mold can be trying.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Try to stay safe....

 

[mom45]

Vent as needed, Act. We are good listeners.

I certainly vent about many things far less trivial than people dying at work.

 

[actaeon277]

Try to stay safe....

Vent as needed, Act. We are good listeners.

I certainly vent about many things far less trivial than people dying at work.