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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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September/October 2018
MY DAVEY
EMPHASIS ON SAFETY FOR PENNSYLVANIA UTILITY CREWS
Many employees at Davey wear different hats during
the work day.
But for eight Utility accounts in Pennsylvania, the
employees there literally wear a different color on their
hardhat to represent their strong commitment to safety.
Bill Bunker, area manager, Utility services, got together
with Jason Henry, area supervisor, Utility services, and
Roy Montan, senior regional safety specialist, corporate
safety department, and brainstormed a way to emphasize
safety for Bunker and Henry's crews.
As a result, they developed a pilot safety program on the
FirstEnergy account in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to
test their new idea and see if it could be expanded to
other crews.
Henry said they decided that each week one member of
the crew would wear a mesh wrap on their hardhat. The
wrap changes the color of their Davey hardhat to a bright,
fluorescent green and orange color.
Like a captain's armband or jersey patch in sports, that
multi-color hardhat signals to the rest of the crew members
who's designated that week with keeping an extra eye out
for safe operating procedures and concerns.
"The idea behind this was to have an extra set of eyes, in
addition to the crew foreman, who's watching out for the
entire crew's safety," Henry said. "They work on the ground
and just act as another line of defense for the whole team."
Top: The Davey crew on this FirstEnergy account who piloted a program
in which a different crew member each week is designated with
keeping an extra eye out for safe operating procedures. Pictured,
from left, are: Steve Carey, Will Miner, Phil Uplinger, Shawn Solada,
Tom James, Nick Rowles, Jared Smith, Tim Smeal, Stephen Boyles,
David Dixon, Jeff Bell, Alexander Kern, Matt Wisor and Bill Wright.
Above: This multi-colored mesh wrap signals to other members of
a Davey crew who is the crew member designated that week with
keeping an extra eye out for safe operating procedures.
So far, the program has performed well. The pilot program's
success means it is now being expanded to several other
accounts under Bunker. The program has expanded to the
United Electric and Central Electric accounts, along with
several other FirstEnergy accounts, and now includes
about 140 total Davey employees.
