| |  | | SAFETY SPOTLIGHT: | | | Safety was always important to Lester Woodfork; career finally caught up
Safety Advisor Lester Woodfork’s college studies and early career focused on criminal justice. Safety was always intertwined, though, and his career eventually led him to work full time in the safety field.
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Early
in Jaime Flores’ career with the Municipal Courts Department, he was
drawn into some colleagues’ safety issues. The importance of a safe
working environment obviously made a lasting impression because Flores
has been working in safety for almost a quarter century now.
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| |  | | Safety Training Days: June 14 Virtual Session | | |
Your
Safety team has a new virtual Safety Training Days session scheduled
for 9-11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14. This event’s topic is “Stairway and
Ladder Safety.”
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Safety One-Stop-Shop | | |
Zero
is Possible is a standards-based safety program with the primary goal
of driving the City’s occupational safety awareness and mindset toward
zero accidents, zero injuries and zero safety compromises. Our new ZIP website includes safety material ranging from ZIP tips to Safety Bulletin links to newsletters, a photo gallery, ZIP resources and FAQs.
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| | Fleet Department employees' diligence earns ZIP Safety Awards
|  Years
ago, before he started working with the City of Houston, Michael Barnes
suffered a workplace injury. That injury and subsequent workplace
safety lessons he learned from a supervisor after he joined the city in
2008 changed everything for him. He is now a COH safety champion. |  Greg
Miller has worked with the COH Fleet Management Department for a
decade, but he still learns something new every day. Then he applies
those lessons to the workplace to help make the shop a better, more
efficient and safer place to work. That’s why he is a COH safety
champion.. | |
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P&D envisions a Houston
without traffic deaths and injuries
Eliminating
the 200-plus fatalities and 1,000-plus serious injuries that occur in
Houston every year by 2030 is the core mission of the Planning and
Development Department’s Transportation Planning Division.
After
releasing the Houston Vision Zero Action Plan in 2020, focus in 2021
shifted to implementation. Implementation was initiated for all 13
priority actions and 22 out of the 37 supportive actions. Highlights
include continuing engagement to identify locations of concern, updating
the city’s street designs, redesigning 10 High Injury Network
locations, and receiving $4 million in Highway Safety Improvement
Program funding from TxDOT for implementation.
For more information, visit
www.visionzerohouston.com.
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| | Report a safety hazard
| Want to report an employee safety hazard, serious injury or have
workers' compensation questions?
Call 832-393-SAFE
(832-393-7233) |
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Safety in the workplace goes far beyond taking precautions to avoid
slips, trips and falls. A workplace can unexpectedly turn violent. Part
of a safe workplace is preventing situations that can lead to outbursts
or violence