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March/April 2019
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
SAFETY
KEEPING IT PERSONAL: DPE
For the 40 employees who participated in the 2019 class
of Davey Personal Excellence (DPE), the class' main point
might be summed up in four words: It's up to you.
DPE, participants were told, was all about internalizing
the safety elements and taking them back to their jobs.
What's next? We'll follow up with Charles, Scott, Marc, and Michael in the November/December
issue and share how their behavior and their crews' behavior has changed as a result of DPE.
How do you make DPE personal?
What's DPE? It is an organizational strategy that addresses safety
and business effectiveness. DPE is also the name of a class held
once a year at the corporate office that reinforces safety principles.
DPE is most successful when it's shared with the crews in
the field. So The Bulletin staff asked participants: How are
you planning on using this information when you get back
to your crews? Here are a few of their responses:
"As the project starts up, I want to do a better job of visualizing the
error precursors that we might run into. These are the kind of things
we'd catch on the front end of the project, before they'd even have
the opportunity to arise. I want to be a little more proactive about it."
"I'm going to stop making production my main focus. I need to put
my mindset a little more on safety and my employees' safety. I want
to make sure all crewmembers are working safely. We've had over
300 days without an incident at my office, and we want to work hard
to keep that going. It's not an easy task."
It's about
changing goals.
Charles Deonarine
foreman
Long Island Residential/
Commercial office
It's about
thinking differently
about the job
before it begins.
Scott Larson
site manager
Davey Resource Group
"Lack of communication is always an issue, so we need to
communicate more often, and do it on a one-on-one basis. And
we need to continue training and enhance it. I want to do more
one-on-one training."
"I'm going to stop rushing. I need to slow down and take my time.
And I'm going to ask the same of my crews. That will mean that
the job is done right, and we don't skip anything, and everyone
goes home SAFE."
It's about
communicating
more clearly.
Marc Pierre
account manager
Eastern Utility Southeast region
It's about
encouraging the
crews to simply
slow down.
Michael Wade
account manager
Columbus East territory
