I'll huff and I'll puff

Since our vehicles don't run on the ground, our maintenance facility is also above ground. This causes a fall 'hazard' near the vehicle bay doors. Personally I would think that if you stay away from the open door, you won't have a problem. Our 'Safety Guy' had a different idea. So 'safety gates' were put up by the bay doors for when a vehicle is in the bay and the bay door is open.

I have to admit that I thought it was a really dumb idea, and I was not alone. The few of us that think about things, knew that at some point the whole idea would go wrong. We were not dis-appointed. We were all told that these gates were going in, and that we would all have to be diligent to keep from damaging the vehicles with these gates. A few weeks went by, then we had our first example of what the gates could do to a vehicle. One tech did not seem to understand that the gates really did need to be opened BEFORE the vehicle is moved out of the bay. For the techs troubles the vehicle sustained $22k in damages, and that does not include labor.

So, meetings were held to tell everyone that this was serious. The question on everyone's mind, did the tech get disciplined for their actions, nope. The company was not really serious about this being a problem. Several weeks later, the same tech did it again. This time not only did the vehicle suffer $46k in damages but the gates were broken beyond repair. Once again there was training and meetings, still no disciplinary action, they obviously were not as serious as they were claiming.

The bottom line. The gates were removed, due to the damage to the vehicles, and netting was put up under the bay doors, just in case someone falls. My problem with it? There is no way to test it without dropping someone on it and they haven't done that so far.

On a side note, no one here has ever come close to falling out the bay doors.