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Show - ts. I; ' . r . i - ' - . jvy u . CFG campaign starts Monday COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN Hie 1981 Combined Federal Campaign opens a is easy if its spread out in 12 installments (military drive on October 15 continuing through personnel) or 26 installments (civilian employees). November 14. Suppose your pay is $26.00 a day when you sign Keyworkers from each of the Directorates on up for the CFC. Your fair share would be $1 per biDugway Proving Ground will soon be contacting weekly pay period or $2. monthly. The first inmonth-lon- g . . you inking for your donation to the drive. PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter, in a memoradum to all Federal employees and military personnel said, "Americas character and tradition are deeply rooted in a spirit of neighborliness, of people banding together to do thing they see must be done. stallment would be taken from your pay beginning on January 1. The fifty-seve-n agencies comprising the United wide a variety of services to residents Way provide of Salt Lake, South Davis and Tooele Counties. These include: adult handicapped training programs, drug abuse treatment, family assistance, physical and mental health services, and character and social development programs. Dugway's Commander, COL Charles W.Bay, commenting on the drive said: The CFC is important to all of us because it helps peopleright here in our own area, as well as others less fortunate throughout the world. It is our obligation as federal employees to serve the community in which we live, and I know of no better way than through the Combined Federal Campaign. "Through the Combined Federal Campaign, Federal employees can show their individual concern for those who need help. This is an opportunity that comes only in a free society. Let me urge you to continue this tradition through your contributions to the Combined Federal Campaign. ALTHOUGH there is no dollar quota or goals for the drive this year, employees are asked to give their fair share. A suggested figure is a days pay, That amount may be difficult to give in a lump sum, but it Dugway, Utah "Published In the Interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground Oct. 10, 1980 Friday fw ; fry- - .. The 'Dugway Team ;fn r Safety Office sets guidelines to reduce hazards y: on-the-j- ob x By SF5 Dave Pinnick (Editors Note: As part of a continuing series onthe Dugway. team, this article will be covering the Safety Office.) . . When someone mentions the Safety Office, you may picture Jerry Oyler giving a Defensive Driving Course or a film on the proper wearing of a protective mask; but unless youve been out on a test in the field, or had a safety team visit your office, youre only seeing part of the total picture. JChe staff is responsible for your safety both on and off the job, and they sincerely believe that its a job. Dugways office is headed up by Harold K. Oliver. The section, although authorized seven persons, has only four at the present time. IT IS responsible for three basic areas: 1. To protect the misssion, ensuring that tests and related jobs are carried out in the safest manner. 2. To develop and carry out programs aimed at reducing injuries. 3. To ensure that experimental equipment and personal gear is tested to meet safety standards. TO CARRY out these duties requires many hours of planning and coordination with the various directorates on Dugway, as well as command elements. In each of the areas, the Safety Office plays a key role. In the first area of responsibility, the Safety Office sets its performance guidelines for missions and tests. This involves getting in on the early plan 24-ho- ur job-relat- ed lr J 1l v-'- ! .) f'&s J .wwL: r. tPM ' V vtfKSPE Fireman of the future?-Jame- s Ussin (left) and Mike Holmes of Mrs. Gilmores afternoon kindergarten ! might consider it since they look so dashing in the uniform. These kids and others toured the fire station as part of Fire Prevention Week October 6-1- ning for all tests to determine possible dangers to health or life and what procedures can be taken to minimize the risk of accidents. This also means following through on the test to ensure that safety procedures and preventative measures are carried out. The Safety Office has the authority to close down any test they deem hazardous, with the Commander having the final say in the matter. It is an awesome responsibility and the personnel of the Safety Office do not take it lightly. However, according to Oliver, they havent had any problems. He explained that most test and project officers are anxious to cooperate. Oliver said, Dugway has one of the best safety records in TECOM, and a very strong ongoing safety program. THE SECOND area of responsisafety bility is to conduct instrucfrom which run programs, tions on proper wearing of protective masks and drivers safety to the proper methods of lifting objects and deinjuries. Every creasing office on the post is checked by safety personnel at regular intervals. Checking out the work areas for possible hazards, then removing the hazard or safety procedures is but one part of the total safety picture. Posters, newsletters and safety award suggestion campaigns are all part of a constant effort to make the job en, job-relat- on-the-j- ob ed vironment as safe as possible. The third responsibility is to institute safety procedures for experimental vehicles and equipment. Safety Standards and methods of implementation are being developed and This is an important function, since some of the test equipment is by its nature untried. At the conclusion of all tests. Safety personnel coordinate with test officers to evaluate safety procedures used during the test. THE SAFETY Office can set guidelines, but in the final analysis, it is the workers who must follow them to make a jab safe. According to Oliver, 96 of all injuries on Dugway are operator- - or personnel-relateRushing a job, trylift something too heavy or the ing to wrong way, and carelessness are reasons for most accidents. A safety hel-- . . met, goggles and safety shoes, prevent accidents; but if they are not worn. d. they are useless. Its the job of Harold Oliver and his staff to establish safety procedures, but it is the job of all Dugway employees to report all safety violations so that they can be corrected: It is important that accident reports are filed with the Safety Office so that violations and hazardous conditions can be corrected. If an employee feels he or she is working in an unsafe area or under unsafe conditions a Hazard Report 2) can be filed (Form STEDP-SA anonymously. The Safety Office, according to Oliver, will investigate the situation as soon as possible. The people at the Safety Office are working hard to make sure that you have a safe area in which to work, and that you have safeguards in the job you do. ' 0. Dugway exceeds mileage reduction goal Dugway Proving Ground, like all other TECOM Activities, was directed to reduce vehicle mileage by 10 over the total mileage compiled dur- - In terms of actual miles, this represented a reduction of 121,395 miles. During FY-7- 9 Dug- vehicle amounted total mileage ways ing FY-7-9. to 1,213,950 miles. With a 11.2 mileage reduction over the FY-7- 9 September 1979 total, It ft expected that continued em-totphasiS will be placed on vehicle al, Dugways vehicle mileage dur- FY-8- 0 totaled 1,077,987 miles, ing Contributing to this success was the special effort put forth by Dugways vehicle operators during September, when they succeeded in reducing ve- hicle mileage 16.4 percent under the mileage reduction during FY-8Therefore, all directors and office chiefs, as well as vehicle operators are encouraged to continue the judicious use of government vehicles, which they demonstrated during FY-81. 0. Word Processing equipment ordered Procurement ha; awarded the processing equipment contract to Key Business Machines in Salt Lake City. The contract is for seven MICOM Word Processors, five printers (including a special dual head printer for technical work), one Optical Character Reader (OCR), paper-handlin- g equipment and special purpose software. DICTAPHONE Corporation will Dugway with central dicta- and transcription equipment from their Salt Lake City distributor, Work has started to modify the word processing rooms in Head- Building, 5330 and 4126; and personnel actions are being pro- -cessed. The equipment can be de- livered in six to eight weeks if every-- 9, 10:30 and 1. After 2:30, the equip-wor- d thing else is ready, according to Helen' ment and MICOM personnel will be Rees, management analyst with available to all who wish to come by to see the equipment and to bring Compt roller Directorate. When the Word Processing Center samples of work problems from differpersonnel have been selected, ent areas. MICOM will set up all seven Roy Keeling, ADP Systems Chief machines in one room and train all with DMIS, said in the next fiscal year operators at' one time. As soon as the the word processing system will be telephone lines are in place and the linked with the HP 3000 and interfac- dictation equipment set up, represen- - ing of data will be passible. With that tatives of Dictaphone will start classes additional feature, technical informa-suppl- y to advise potential dictators on tech- -' tion can be transferred from one sys-tiniques of organizing thought for die-- tern to another, tation. In addition. Keeling said, transfer A PREVIEW of MICOM equip- - of information from one word pro-thrment is planned for Wednesday, cessing center to another will be October 22 in Conference Room C at sible. In the current system design Headquarters Building. There will be transmittal of information from one formally scheduled, demonstrations at crater to another isnt possible. on ee , pos-quarte- Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by i ' b A-- V V. - Mly rs standan-nounceme- nt LeRoy Carter (left) and Abe Mohammed put the finishing touches on the combination refreshment booth tower located on the east side of the football field. A story on the towers construction will appear in the next issue. writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. Hie appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Depai tment of die Army of the products or services advertised. |