United Crane Company

Team United Project

Team United

United Crane Company

Thriving Family Owned Construction Company Founded in 1970, Columbus OH Has Insisted Honesty, and Integrity Quality Service, and Equipment Pride in Performance Specializing in Ariel Platform Cranes

Ariel Platform Cranes

Team United Mission

Our

mission is to conduct a thorough investigation of the companys two crane accidents. Clear written procedures will be implemented and monitored. This will ensure a safe and profitable future for the company.

Team United Goals

Implement

a thorough investigation of the accidents in full cooperation with OSHA. Make necessary adjustments to procedures or implement new procedures that will eliminate the root cause of the accidents. Present to OSHA, insurers, and customers proof that the root cause of the accidents has been eliminated.

Team United Goals

Address

customer, employee, and public relations areas to ensure that clear written training procedures will be evaluated, implemented, and monitored. Will refer any legal issues to the companys lawyer of choice. Will plan and manage project within the Team United unit.

Operating Principles
Team

United will treat each other with respect. Every member will give their full cooperation and have open lines of communication. The team will listen to all ideas and suggestions without interruption. All members are responsible for completing assigned tasks on time. Maintain a positive attitude toward reaching the team goals.

Constraints
Customer

Relations Assure our present and future customers that safety, training and quality are very important to our company. Employee Relations Getting employees to commit to changes, and sustain the changes. Public Relations Letting the public know that we are committed to preventing future incidents. Legal Dealing with lawsuits from employees and fines from government.

Barriers
Support

owners. Resources Data and participation Time Insufficient for investigation and planning Knowledge Outside resources needed for investigation and legal issues. Money Unable to stay within budget

Cooperation from all company

Measurement
Feedback

from company management Feedback from company employees Survey from customers Team Evaluation using a checklist and ranking system

Plan and Time Line

Gantt

Chart Tasks charted to keep the team on schedule to reach goal Regular meetings to discuss progress and identify problems

Investigation
We have hired an independent firm to investigate the incident for the root causes of the accidents. Findings

The crate was improperly erected. Bolts that holt the turret to the vertical base were not torqued to the proper specifications. Operator failed to do a daily check on equipment. Crane was over stressed lifting a load that was to heavy.

Time Line

Training

We have contacted a crane training company. CraneTech is going to visit out crane sites.

CraneTech is going to give instruction to all operators and all operators will be certified under NCCCO (National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators) regardless if they already have their certificate. They will provide training to our operators and riggers. They will be visiting all of our active sites and provide site specific training. CraneTech is also creating a safety check list. This is a daily operator checklist to be competed daily. Also to be signed off by the site manager.

Training Budget
Initially,

Training is going to cost about 3 thousand dollars per site.

The checklist is going to cost about 500 dollars for its creation.

Project Budget
Tasks Total 53,925
Training 9,500 Legal 8,000 Public Relations 5,000 Customer Relation 1,425 Investigation 30,000 0 20000 40000 Tasks Total 53,925

Executive Summary

Our company was able to incorporate investigation, training, public/customer relations, legal language, and employee relations into our six week solution. We believe that the implementation of our plan will be extremely effective and will eventually benefit our company. We were able to overcome our organizational barriers and we will continue to focus on the future of our implementation of our plan.
Our company has been able to maintain our operating principles throughout our problem solving journey and we plan to keep our operating principles one of our main priorities throughout our implementation of our plan.

Executive Summary (Cont.)

Our independent investigation firm reached their conclusion on the primary causes of our crane accidents. We immediately started planning and decided to have Cranetech visit our crane sites. Instruction will be given to all operators within our company from this point forward.