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Nissan Beefs Up Safety Training After U.S. Worker Deaths
Nissan Motor Co. is tightening safety procedures at its assembly plant in Smyrna, Tenn., after three people died in workplace accidents there over the past 18 months, Automotive News reports.
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Nissan Motor Co. is tightening safety procedures at its assembly plant in Smyrna, Tenn., after three people died in workplace accidents there over the past 18 months, Automotive News reports.
A contract driver for a trucking firm was crushed to death at the site in January 2012 when his semi-trailer rolled forward into him. This April a supplier employee was killed in the factory's paint shop when a large electrical panel fell on him.
A maintenance worker, a 21-year Nissan veteran, was killed in the body assembly area in the early hours of June 16.
Nissan tells AN it is working with authorities to investigate the fatalities and initiating additional safety audits with contractors. Those employers also must conduct job hazard analysis before work is done, the company says.
Nissan adds that it is tightening its oversight contract workers, which includes mandatory weekly meetings with the carmaker's safety staff.
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