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I N T H I S I S S U E Focus on Safety Field Ambassador II ... Angry Property Owners . . 4 Avoiding Electrical Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Herbicide Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Nelson’s Unsung Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Alert Today ... Alive Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Safety Performance Evaluation Process . . . . . . 13 News from the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17 Commendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 From Our Customers Readership Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20 Your chance to win a $100 gift card and help us make the LifeLine more useful to you Spans of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-26 Nelson Employees Celebrate Anniversaries Our General Foremen 6 4 7 LIFELINE March 08 • Volume 8 • Issue 1 Editor Contributing Writers Bev Emmons Bill Carney Jim Craner Terry Jobson Scott Palmer Jeff Sachs Ellie Schneider LIFELINE staff encourages anyone with suggestions for articles or features to send them to us. We look forward to hearing from you. Please mail your contributions to: LIFELINE C/O Bev Emmons Nelson Tree Service 1463B Simanton Road Ashland, Ohio 44805 GF Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 GF Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 GF Helpful Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Or call 419 281-0111 Or email bev@nelsontree.com Safety Programs & Incentives Basics Bonanza Program Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . 31 2008 Safety Recognition Program . . . . . . . . . 32 Safety Smart Questions Winners . . . . . . . . . 32 Nelson’s Voluntary Safety Promise Program . . 33 18 LIFELINE is produced and distributed for employees and business partners as a communication tool of Nelson Tree Service, Inc. Nelson Tree Service, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NelsonWear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-35 Great Prices on the Items You Need the Most! 2 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy It is the policy of Nelson Tree Service, Inc. and it’s management to work continually toward improving recruitment, employment, development and promotional opportunities for minority group members and women. It is the Company’s intent to provide equal opportunity in all areas of its employment practices and to ensure that there be no discrimination against any applicant or employee on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, marital status or sexual orientation. This policy extends to recruiting and hiring, to working conditions, training programs, use of company facilities, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. As a field employee, complaints may be made to your immediate supervisor, (foreperson, general foreperson, supervisor) or Regional manager. As an employee, complaints may be made to your immediate supervisor, department manager or the Vice President of Administration & MIS. If you cannot report to your supervisor or manager, or if a complaint you have made has not been promptly addressed, you should call the Vice President of Administration & MIS at 1-800-522-4311. Management will continue to be guided and motivated by this policy, and with the cooperation of all employees, will actively pursue the related goals of equal and affirmative action throughout the Company.
F RO M T H E P R E S I D E N T LOU NEKOLA, PRESIDENT 14843 Sprague Road, Suite E Strongsville, Ohio 44136 TO MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES, When was the last time you took out your “Back to Basics 2” and “Back to Basics Equipment” cards from your Crew Leader’s Manual and went over them line by line with your crew members? These programs were not designed to be read once and filed away. We consider them to be how we live our Safety Program. I strongly encourage all of you to make these programs part of your everyday work environment. In the past months, our safety professionals and upper management have noticed that our Company has begun to drift away from the policies that we have all worked so hard to put into place. It is up to each of you on every crew in this Company to actively enforce these programs! You must insist that we all act safely! Stop a job if it cannot be done safely; stop a fellow employee from performing an unsafe act. All crew members and management are responsible for each other’s safety. In fact, it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that everyone goes home at the end of the workday. Enforcement of these programs has proven to reduce accidents and injuries. We strongly believe that effective safety awareness can eliminate accidents and injuries. “Safety and Professionalism…..it’s the Basics” is what drives our Company and Safety is the FIRST word in that vision. Our goal and your goal must be that everyone everyday goes home to their families. Stay Safe; live the B2B2 and B2BE! Sincerely, Lou Nekola, President Nelson Tree Service, Inc. 3
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