The Chronically unsafe * *

Safety committee member

Gladys
Steens
 EMPLOYEE SAFETY CONCERNS

Witnessed by: DJ Simon, Myself and

INCIDENT on 3-25-13 other Associates in the area.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp2_4vQflM4
• On the 25th of March 2013, Gladys lost control of her MHE and plowed through several of the “safety” cones
protecting the operations desk and just narrowly missing direct contact with all Romark personnel and equipment
in this area. With each passing day, Gladys’ incidents, growing both in number and in severity, are transitioning
from (Occasional workplace occurrences) into a new category appropriately described as (Hazardous workplace
practices.) The situation has escalated quickly from its’ original “Oh that’s just Gladys” dismissals, to a point now
where I believe many of my co-workers would agree that she has become a legitimate safety concern for all who
share a common work space.
• Of lesser importance, is the great irony in this situation. For not a day goes by, that I and other associates are not
approached and either tutored, coached, scolded, shamed, ridiculed or otherwise harassed by a safety team
member whose behaviors uncover the reality that her admittance to the company safety committee is much more
about a platform to approach “undesirable associates,” than any noble desire to assist in promoting workplace
safety.
 Nonfatal Workplace Injuries in Texas 2011
by Industry

TX. 2011.pdf / (pls. see pg. 6) Transportation and Warehousing

Source: Dept. of Labor; Bureau of Labor Statistics,2011

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm#TX

• We have the opportunity to create and sustain a safe and cooperative work
environment.
 CREATING CONFLICT
Gladys has been sharpening her skills in the art of “Conflict
Manufacturing,” through unimpeded and persistent attempts to
create verbal altercations with a select few of Romark’s apparently
“undesirable employees.”
Perry-I was the beneficiary of the initial “testing of the new
approach.” However, having spent time working with many
different people in different situations, I recognized her game
immediately and refused to fuel her hate.
Angel-Next in line was Angel. She approached him day after day
trying to provoke a reaction. But due to advice given him by a
friend (P II), he repelled her assaults and moved on with his life
Elpedio-Nearly every other day, Elpedio approaches me and asks
why Gladys is always telling him what to do, that his “numbers”
are poor, and just recently threatened that he “doesn’t want what
happened to Sergei to happen to him, does he.”
This is textbook harassment, if there ever has been. And we need

CREATING CONFLICT your help in making it stop.

Does anyone notice a pattern in the associates chosen for her daily
attacks?
thank youFor your time and attention.
P