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Davey Bulletin January-February 2020

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14 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | January/February 2020 SAFETY TRAINING FOR ALL DTE ENERGY CREWS IN MICHIGAN More than 200 Davey employees working on the DTE Energy account attended a three-day safety training session covering a range of topics from chipper operation to addressing dog bites. Historically, the client has asked all of its line clearance contractors to attend a joint, one-day session for all crews working on DTE Energy properties. This year, Davey conducted its own training facilitated by staff from the Davey Institute, the corporate safety department and local operations team members. "Our idea was to focus on major safety topics that affect us locally here that are our main industry and local concerns," said John Tokarczyk, operations manager, Eastern Utility services. The training spanned three days with Davey More than 200 Davey employees took part in a safety training session this summer for client DTE Energy. employees split into groups to receive their own full-day session. Spanish- speaking employees attended one day and were assisted by interpreters and Davey instructors who speak Spanish. The remaining employees on the DTE Energy account were split into groups and taught over the following two days. Fred Riedel, regional safety specialist, was among the 12 Davey employees who organized and led the training. Riedel said this year's training session provided more opportunities for interaction with the employees receiving instruction. "Instead of just having everybody in a classroom and talking at people for 8 hours straight we tried to come up with a better system to promote retention and get everyone more involved," Riedel said. "We broke employees down into smaller groups. I feel like they retained a lot more and were a lot more engaged." Tokarczyk said both the client and employee response was overwhelmingly positive. "They also suggested topics for future training sessions," Tokarczyk said. IMPROVEMENT The training, held at the DTE Energy training facility in Canton, Michigan, focused on five topics: 1. Factors & Forces, taught by Eduardo Medina 2. Struck-bys, taught by Jon Schmidt 3. Slips, Trips, and Falls, taught by Roy Montan 4. Chipper Safety, taught by Glen Olsen 5. Dog Bites, taught by Fred Riedel and Mike Horneber Training Topics

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