Otis European Works Council Select Committee

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Otis European Works Council Select Committee

• Brussels Monday 24th April
• 2006

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Agenda

• Apologies
• Minutes of last meeting
• Preparation for Plenary EWC Milan
• Codes of Behaviour
• Education of EWC Members
• Slovakian Representative
• Commemoration of 10yrs Otis EWC
• Management Reporting
• Any Other Business
• Date of next meeting

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Announcements

• Managing Director of Otis Germany Kurt Fruhbauer
  resigns and is replaced by Thomas Wagner former
  MD of Otis Russia
• Human Resources Director Germany Axel Moeller
  promoted to Area HR Director UTC Fire Safety
  based in Paris.
• New HR Director Hartmut Conradi appointed for
  Otis Germany

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Announcements

• Juan Garcia Estremera named Marketing New Sales
  Director for Spain.
• Angel Aledo named HR Director for Spain
• Patrick Blethon appointed MD Eastern Countries.
• Louis Chenevert elected UTCs president operating
  officer
• Jim Bowler Jr named UTC vice president Human
  Resources

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Financial Performance P3UCEA
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Financial Performance P3 NEEA( millions _at_06PFX)
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Financial Performance P3 SEMA (
millions)
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EHS Report- Serious Incidents
Serious incident, Czech republic Feb. 9thTwo
mechanics were working on a callback, one below
the car, one in front of the door outside on the
landing. The outside mechanic puts a shunt into
the doorcontact, then sits down on the car sill,
pushes a button in the car and the car moves
upwards to the next level. The stop switch was
not working because they bridged it before. He
suffered a fracture of the left leg and some
muscles were injured on right leg. Multiple
cardinal rules were broken.
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EHS Report Incidents(these happened in last 2
weeks of March)

• Moscow FatalityA 28 year old mechanic with 9
  years of Otis experience. It is believed he was
  working on the 17th floor, and was either
  accessing the TOC from the landing or was leaving
  the TOC. He was found squeezed between the upper
  framing of the hoistway door and the car top.
• Greece Serious InjuryA mechanic was working on
  an elevator door problem on the bottom floor. He
  borrowed a ladder from the site and placed it
  into the pit. He did not activate the pit
  switch. He accessed the pit via the unsecured
  ladder and began testing the door's lock, at
  which time the doors completely closed, causing
  the mechanic to fall from the ladder into the pit
  resulting in broken ribs and head injuries. The
  pit switch was not activated and a JHA was not
  done.

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EHS Report Incidents(these happened in last 2
weeks of March)

• Japan Serious InjuryA mechanic and his helper
  had detached two steps and were confirming a part
  number for a fluorescent light ballast. The
  mechanic directed the helper to inspect the
  controller at upper landing. The mechanic was in
  the truss to restore the cover of the ballast
  box. The helper lifted the controller out from
  the machine room, and when he lied the controller
  on the floor plate, the ESC started to move down
  suddenly. The mechanic was pinched between truss
  brace and step axle resulting in a serious skull
  fracture. They did not cut off the main switch,
  did not follow lock and tag out procedures and
  two independent means of mechanical blocking was
  not used.

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EHS Report Incidents(these happened in last 2
weeks of March)

• San Francisco Serious InjuryAn apprentice with 1
  yr of Otis experience and 6 yrs. of industry
  experience, had been working with a mechanic on a
  5 year counterweight buffer test. After placing
  tags on the buffer, the apprentice egressed the
  pit and attempted to return the car to service.
  When the car would not run, he accessed the pit
  stop switch from the pit ladder to determine if a
  malfunction of the stop switch had opened the
  safety chain. While doing this, he fell from the
  ladder 17 feet into the pit, landing on his back.
  He was taken to the hospital for medical
  treatment, and it was later determined that he
  had fractured a vertebra in the back.

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EHS Report Incidents(these happened in last 2
weeks of March)

• China Serious InjuryA supervisor and two helpers
  were at a jobsite to conduct an inspection of an
  unfinished hoistway on the 5th floor. The
  supervisor was leaning into the hoistway to take
  measurements when he noticed a piece of steel
  wire was across the hoistway. As he bent his
  head to avoid coming in contact with the wire, he
  lost his balance on the loose footing (concrete)
  that existed and fell into the hoistway. The
  supervisor fell a total of 14.45m (app. 48ft.) to
  the pit floor. He suffered a hairline fracture of
  the cervical vertebrae and the left wrist. He
  was not wearing fall protection,
  guardrails/barriers were not installed,
  incomplete instructions for pre-start jobsite
  inspection visits, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) was
  not conducted.

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EHS Report- Incidents

• Italy Serious Injury, April 3rdA press operator
  at the Caponago factory with 14 years of
  experience was setting up the press. While
  removing the "blade holder", it fell down on his
  left hand causing "micro fractures" to three of
  his fingers.

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Safety Performance By Area