Looking for your point of view!!

Hello,

So, I have been flatbedding now for close to 4 yrs. I am working for a local company here in Washington State that is mainly a VAN company but there is 11 of us flatbedders. My dispatcher(no flatbedding exp) recently did a Safety meeting where they are making us work the way they want us to for safety reasons.

Example.... When I throw my straps, I baseball throw, always have, its just natural for me to do so BUT... I am required to hook throw my straps or I get fired.

Out of all the changes, this one bugs me the most and I am about to jump ship because of it and just wanted to know your guys opinions.


Other changes:
No half straping (even if it goes all the way through the winch)
breaker bar must go all the way through the winch (cant use the lip)
must bend with your legs when straping and unstrapping with bar.

 

ya Richter... I dont really have a problem with the other changes.

No, they are not telling us to throw hook end first... they are literally telling us HOW to throw our straps. I through my straps like you would throw a football or baseball... they are saying we HAVE to throw our straps like a hook shot like basketball hook shot.

 

They say its "safer" and you dont risk injury with the hook throw?

Im 35, I have been throwing baseballs/footballs #### near my whole life with no injury. Not to mention, in my opinion, its slower and less accurate.

i guess my problem is that they are TELLING me how to do my job... like if they were telling me to walk different or something.

I wonder if they could acutally fire me for not throwing the starps the way they say? I would imagine they could but.... just stupid

 

ya, I didnt even think of the insurance persuasion possibility. Either way, id really like to find out if they could actually fire me for that