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RK The only thing that comes to mind is the fact that there are guys that ya work w/ that you know <br />will get hurt. <br />There are guys out there that are snakebit that could get hurt anywhere ive known a few of theem, one is on the hurt board and another just got off if it. <br />R.K you know as well that if managers cared about safety they would walk the walk ive been switching out on the road and a manager approached me and talking to me about the guy in pine bluff that was killed on the trim job. (the yard master killed him told the guy the track was locked up and guess what there was another crew working the other end)This guy told me that "if the guy would have had a new hire vest and hat on he would have never been killed cause the old heads on the crew would have known he had under 5 years".Pine Bluff the k043 xs35 was all loan outs hence under 5 years every one knew that. The crap gets that deep <br /> <br />The truth the man had 21 starts in 15 days and cms should have seen that 21 starts in 15 days <br />is a little much.on the other hand so should he <br />While this manager was giveing me the biznessss <br />he had no earplugs and boat shoes on and no safty glasses on w/in 30 feet of my jacks. <br />RK you know that the thing they get after ya the most about is glasses and pluggs. also they dont care if ya get on moveing equipment they just care how fast ya get the work done if your fast they look the other way. <br />Getting back to what you were talking about the bowl its the best job in the yard you are in charge of everything tracks are close,and everything is moveing. things that suck is haveing a missing knuckle 20 deep and the lazy hump guys saw it fall out and let it go over.If you rely on hearing the cars comming at or on the yard master keeping the track locked up boom your dead.I couldnt count how many times they let more go on top of me w/out telling me.. Also you will never see any manager in the bowl, that would be like finding bishop in a sex shop oh wait a min. <br />I myself have worked in 2 hump yards neff yard in kc and fort worth texas the same each location. <br /> <br />I keep hearing that railroaders have it easy some might butt, come switching w/ me in july in phoenix ill call 911 and have ya all hauled away. <br /> <br />NOTE TO TRUCKERS working outside its hot and THERE IS NO A.C. you can even out your trucker tan but bring your slip on work boots cause finding a trucker able to tie his shoes is like finding a bishop in home for wayward boys...... i guess that dont work either <br /> <br />P.S I LOVE TRUCKERS THEY BRING THE BEER rock on bandit runn <br /> <br />R.I.P MICK HUBER PINE BLUFF 2002 <br /> <br /> <br />SAFETY RULE OF THE DAY: USE THE WRAP DONT GET THE CLAPPPPP KID <br /> <br />I TAKE ADVICE FROM MY ELDERS <br /> <br />SATURDAYS RULE 1.6 WHO CAN TELL ME THAT RULE? <br /> <br /> <br />UNION MEMBER LOCAL 807 TUCSON AZ.
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