A few thoughts... First off, SONGS has issues just like every other plant out there, I'm not going to say otherwise... Perception vs Reality is often in the eyes of the beholder...
However, a lot of the issues being brought up here (See SunDog's last entry) are really industry wide, not just at Songs.. Injuries, Human Performance Issues, Near Misses... pretty much the same
everywhere.. why? It's the same workers, procedures, work practices, PPE, etc... Do carpenters install scaffold differently from 1 plant to another? Are safety hazards not marked the same?
Is lighting (poor) only an issue at Songs? (why do we have to take flashlights for initial entries at
every plant). The threshold at Songs to report injuries is very low , here are a few examples of FA's. Pulled muscle removing backpack. Sore wrist from typing. Blister on foot from safety shoes.
Chipped tooth from eating sandwich. (LOL my fav). The same goes for human performance issues..
same workers making mistakes...
Dropped items... Diablo was much worse (I don't know why, it's the same workers here, same procedures, same mistakes) Comanche Peak had a large shackel go from the construction opening down to the eq hatch platform (missed a worker by a few feet) then bounced to the ground narrowly missing another worker... how many stand-downs have we had and still these things happen at every plant.. I don't know the solution, but, to blame only Songs Mgmt for these issues is wrong, plenty of
blame to go around.