Tyler Pipe Workers Note Positive Changes
Staff photo by Herb Nygren Jr.
Yellow guard rails, plastic shields, a hard hat, hearing protection and a face shield protect a worker as he grinds slag off a cast pipe on Feb. 19.
By KENNETH DEAN and GREG JUNEK
Staff Writers
Garbed in protective clothing, safety glasses, hard hats and ear plugs, workers at Tyler Pipe perform their jobs with a different attitude today than they did five years ago — when the company was labeled one of the most dangerous places to work in America.
Staff Writers
Garbed in protective clothing, safety glasses, hard hats and ear plugs, workers at Tyler Pipe perform their jobs with a different attitude today than they did five years ago — when the company was labeled one of the most dangerous places to work in America.
The employees are now happy to go to work. They claim there have been changes in the company’s safety, environmental policies, practices and the way the employees are treated on the local level and from the foundry’s parent company, McWane Inc. of Birmingham, Ala.
The plant is adequately lighted and yellow caution paint is everywhere. There are signs warning of dangers and several state-of-the-art laser systems that stop certain machinery from moving if the laser field is broken by a wandering employee. It is a far cry from the dank, dark, dungeonlike place described by employees in interviews in the past.
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This special report has two parts. They are accessible through the "Related Links" box on this page. The first link contains a video produced by the TylerPaper.com staff.
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