WE WILL MANUFACTURE BENCHMARK CASTINGS WITH PRIDE, LETTING SAFETY, WE WILL MANUFACTURE BENCHMARK CASTINGS WITH PRIDE, LETTING SAFETY, QUALITY, COST AND ON TIME DELIVERY TO OUR CUSTOMERS BE OUR GUIDE.QUALITY, COST AND ON TIME DELIVERY TO OUR CUSTOMERS BE OUR GUIDE.October 8, 2020

POWERPOWERNEWSNEWSMeet Our PERT MembersMeet Our PERT Members

Congratulations to the October 1st retirees. We wish them all the best!Thomas Garza, 31.1 years of service, production.Roxanne Huner, 31.2 years of service, skilled trades.Orville Jennings Jr, 30 years of service, production.Kevin Rickenberg, 30.1 years of service, production.Todd Smith, 30 years of service, production.Michael Speiser, 30 years of service, productionJay Starbody, 43.4 years of service, skilled trades.

Pictured Above: Todd Smith, Jay Starbody, Orville Jennings Jr (O.J.), Roxanne Huner, Kevin Rickenberg and Michael Speiser

Pictured L to R: Devan Denney, Kevin Sigler, Veronica Point-dexter, Roberto Gill, Steve Rieger, Ben Sabins, Rob Searfoss, Cindy Schroeder, Tony Fairchild, Graeme Bockrath, Jacob Meyer and Dan Bailey Not Pictured: Rick Busch

The Powertrain Emergency Response Team participated in a training session on Friday, September 25 simulating poten-tial rescue situations.

Thank you to all of our PERT members!!!

Pictured Above: Renza Hughley with O. J.Pictured Below: Renza Hughley, Rob Searfoss, Lisa Callies,

Brad Wilkerson, Bud Callies and Chris Burnett with O. J.

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REMINDER: REMINDER: SAFETY STAR MEETINGS ON SAFETY STAR MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14,

WILL BE HELD IN THE WILL BE HELD IN THE TRAINING CENTER ROOMS 106-114TRAINING CENTER ROOMS 106-114

Meeting times are: 4:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

The Importance of Flu Shots This YearInfluenza affects millions of people annually. While every flu season is different, an annual flu vaccine is the best way to help protect against influenza.

To maintain your health, GM encourages you and your family to get vaccinated for influenza. While it’s not a 100 percent preventative measure, the flu shot will provide you with an important level of protection. GM is offering no-cost on-site and off-site flu shot options. Check your plant Facebook page for details.

GM employees (and their dependents) can also get flu shots at local providers, like CVS pharmacy, or your health care provider. The cost of flu shots is covered by our GM insurance, so be sure to take advantage of this important benefit. Please also encourage your family to get a flu shot – it can be an important step to keep all of us healthy.

Personal well-being activities such as exercising regularly, eating a well-balanced diet and getting enough sleep may strengthen your immune sys-tem and lessen the impact of diseases. You can find additional tips on how to stay safe this fall on Socrates.

Fire Prevention Week TipsOctober 4 -10 is Fire Prevention Week across the country according to the National Fire Safety As-sociation. Here are some ways to reduce your fire risk at home:Kitchen & Heating Safety• Cooking and heating are the leading causes

5 Things to Know About the Upcoming Workplace of Choice Survey at Defiance

- The 2020 survey will be from October 14 through October 28- All global employees invited to participate -- par-ticipation is completely voluntary- Salaried survey will be confidential; hourly survey will be anonymous. In both cases, no one at (plant name) will know who provided the feedback. -Salaried employees will receive an email with the survey. Represented employees will be able to take the survey on designated plant devices (add specific locations)-Honest responses help leaders know what they should continue doing and where to make im-provements – sharing your unique perspective is important toward shaping the company’s culture and performance

of home fires and fire injuries.• Always check food regularly and remain in the

kitchen while cooking.• Never leave portable heaters and fireplaces

unattended.Working Smoke Alarms Are a Must• About 60% of deaths happen in homes with no

smoke alarms or working smoke alarms.• Install smoke alarms on every level of your

home• Replace batteries annually• First Alert recommends replacing smoke alarms

every 10 years.Make an Escape Plan• Once the smoke alarm sounds, a fire can

spread quickly, leaving only minutes to es-cape.

• Create a map of your home that includes: ex-its, emergency routes, and muster location.

• Walk-in only, no appointment needed• Blood will be tested for Covid-19 antibodies

FLU VACCINATIONS - The flu vaccinations will be administered by CVS personnel on 10/13/2020 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The vaccinations will be administered in Plant 2 conference rooms B & C. Please follow GM and CDC guidelines related to social distancing and mask wearing.

- The sign-up sheets for both dates will be located at the entrance gates. Sign-up for the day and time you would like to receive the vaccination. Please take a consent form and have form com-pleted prior to arriving for your vaccination. Walk-ins may be accepted, but there is no guarantee.

- On the day of your vaccination, please provide a photo ID and a copy of your GM insurance card.

- If your insurance is through your significant other and not GM, or you have lost or forgotten your in-surance card, please see the RN for a voucher.

- Medical will have a limited number of vaccina-tions for those unable to sign-up for the on-site clin-ic. These will be administered on a “First come, first serve basis” until the supply is depleted.

- If you are unable to receive the vaccination dur-ing your work time, you will be able to go to your local CVS, other pharmacy or provider to receive the vaccination.If you have questions, please contact the Medical Department.

October 14 is Emergency Nurses Day. It is held during Emergency Nurses Week. This day recog-nizes an important care giver. According to the Emergency Nurse's Association "Emergency Nurs-es Day salutes the dedication and commitment of emergency nursing professionals, who bring care, comfort, and compassion to patients......."

Emergency room nurses see it all. And, often it "ain't good". Yet, they return to work, knowing they make a difference to sick, injured and sometimes dying people that enter the ER each and every day.

Emergency Nurses everywhere, we hope you en-joy this day! By Holiday Insights

Emergency Nurses Day

Communication Coordinator Tonya Huss (419) 784-7727 tonya.huss@gm.com

Communication Manager Katy Teer (586) 332-6955 kathryn.teer@gm.com

PLANT SAFETY REVIEW BOARD/September 9, 2020SAFETY UPDATE Reviewed the safety chart through 9/8/20. It has been 4 years, 7 months and 8 days since we lost our team member. -Reviewed Sentinel Event Tracking. At 4 for 2020. Had 3 in February and 1 in March. -Reviewed total injuries. Had 31 injuries, 17 near misses, 0 LWD and 0 PDI’s. -Reviewed the 2020 Occupational Incidents by Type. The highest incidents were Abrasions at 6, Contusions at 4, Ex-posure-Instantaneous (External Cause) at 3, Lacerations at 3, Strains (Instantaneous) at 3, Hearing Loss at 3, Foreign Body – Splinter at 2, Sprain (Instantaneous) at 2, Non-Specif-ic Pain at 2, Strain (Non-Instantaneous) at 2, Sprain (Non-Instantaneous) at 1 and Dermatitis at 1. -Reviewed the 2020 OSHA Recordables. At 1.74 YTD. The target is 1.65.-Reviewed the 2020 LWD Cases. Have 0 LWD. -Reviewed Injury by Body Part. Have 9 Recordables and 22 Non-Recordables/First Aids. OPEN SIR/SOT CORRECTIVE ACTION OVER 30 DAYS -Reviewed the open SOT’s. There are 46 SOT’s and 1 SIR over 30 days. Have more follow-up to do on the SIR. Re-viewed the SOT’s. Working through these as we get them and track on Level 2. -Reviewed the open SIR. This is done but not closed in the system. Continue to work on the SOT’s. -Reviewed the open SIR. Casey and Steve are working through the open SOT’s to close out. - Rick said in the past we did a good job working with the team leader and skilled trades getting these closed out as we did the safety tour. EMPLOYEE SAFETY CONCERNS Reviewed the 2019 ESC. -Docks, potholes: Steve said he met with the employee. She was happy with the progress but identified 3 additional areas. Waiting on the patch material. October 15 is target date. Joely suggested getting pictures of the concerns. The VPC has been doing a good job getting these identified. Reviewed the 2020 ESC. -Hoist. The concern is a hoist. There is 1 hoist but would like a second hoist installed. We have it but need to put together a plan. Make sure we communicate the plan.-Rail system. Did some work. Should be ready to issue an order. The target date is 9/30/20. -Contractors working on machines. Concern is contractors working on machines and not being properly trained. Will work through what the employee is looking for. -Temporary circuits on core machines. Last weekend they completed several additional repairs. Target date 9/30/20. -Sand leak. Haven’t found the source of the leak. Tried a new flute air leak detector but still have not found source. -No air conditioning in Pattern Shop. There is 1 air unit that is working and 1 that is not working. The door has been fixed. Temperature information has been shared with the employee and they would like both units running. There is

a big difference in the temperature at the east end.-No cleaning supplies: No change on this. -Cleanliness of machines: Deep cleaning the machines. Multiple repairs completed over the past 3 weekends. -Belt: Al said 1 area has been installed. The target date is 10/5/20. OPEN H&S PM’S Safety PM’s for August are finished at 100% and have one-third done for September. Rob said he has a couple that he would like to discuss. LOCKOUT PROBATION STATUS Reviewed the status of the lockout audits. The 4th Quarter audits started September 1 to November 30. Will begin lockout refresher in October in place of the lockout audits. SAFETY STAR MEETINGS Reviewed the schedule for the next Safety STAR meetings. They are being held today on all 3 shifts. The next meetings will be October 14 on all 3 shifts. COVID-19 RELATED ISSUES Questions today on COVID want-ing to know who the employees are. We cannot give out this information. If we have a positive case, we will do a stand down. Still see people not wearing masks correctly. FOLLOW-UPReviewed follow-up items from 7/22/20 PSRB meeting.Lights: installing lights every week. Have 100 lights in addi-tion to standard stocking. Seeking new areas not well lit. Overhead door at SE of Plant 1 Pattern Shop: door is now operational. There is not a lot of traffic. Orange Crush Zone: there are things to do on this. ROUNDTABLEConcern about the ESC. Used to be 1 or 2 items on the list. Now seeing 7 or 8 items. We used to be able to take the managers to get taken care of. People are writing ESC in-stead of giving it to the manager to be handled. Writing an ESC should be the last resort. Chad said Rick had some is-sues and sent an email. Appreciates Rick sending the email. It was answered in 8 to 16 hours. Steve said he wants input on how to make this meeting what we want it to be. Chad said when we go to meetings, we focus on what is broke but never talk about what is fixed. Make a quick summary of items fixed. Keith suggested put-ting it in the newsletter. Chad agreed and call it “Safety Wins”.