POWERNEWSWE WILL MANUFACTURE BENCHMARK CASTINGS WITH PRIDE, LETTING SAFETY, QUALITY, COST, AND ON TIME DELIVERY TO OUR CUSTOMERS BE OUR GUIDE.August 15, 2019

PREVENTION – Know Your Abilities, Be Aware of Your Surroundings (ICE, SNOW, SHOT, & SPRAY), Take Your TimeUtilize the Fitness Center (for Strength, Range of Motion, & Balance) & Injury Prevention Programming & BE CAREFUL

Questions? Need assistance? Contact Work-Fit at: x7594 or e-mail Tschlosser@work-fit.com

Poor Eyesight and/or Visual Perception Age (No one is getting younger, including me)

Physical Condition & Fatigue (Stop by the Fitness Center for a Program)

Old Injuries That Haven’t Been Addressed Adequately

Stress (Physical and/or Mental) or Illness Medication Side Effects or Interactions with

Other Medications

Carrying or Moving Awkward Objects or Too Many Objects at Once

Lack of Attention to Surroundings or Walking Distracted

Taking Unmarked Shortcuts Hurrying

3 points of contact on ladders and stairs

Human Factors -*Behaviors & Physical Abilities*

Tip of the WeekSlips, Trips, & Falls Prevention

As part of the new fire water pump house and tank project, the eastern portion of parking lot # 2 as shown below will be barricaded off. The water supply for the new tank will be fed from a city water line located on the north side of 281. This new line will run north and south from the road under the parking lot and then to the new tank. Depending on the weather, it is anticipated this work will take three weeks. This area is to be considered a hard hat and reflective vest required area during construction, with authorized personnel only allowed to enter. Thru traffic for vehicles and pedestrians will not be permitted.

Fire Water Pump House and Tank Project - Effective 8/15 @ 7:00pm

Contact: Greg Macsay @ 419-576-9471 with any questions.

SAFETY REVIEW BOARD/June 12, 2019Rose Petties is the new safety manager. SAFESTART TRAINING UPDATE Reviewed an update -72% of the plant has been trained on Unit 6 Ergo. -March EAU 1 Sprains & Strains is at 93% complete.-Had a make-up session for Units 1 & 2 the first week of June. Will have another make-up session in August. -Later in the year train group leaders for Rate your State and EAU 2 Mind on Task. HRIAC TEAM UPDATE Reviewed the Hazard & Risk Identifi-cation – 2019 Results. -22 hazards have been identified in the workbook.-13 hazards added to Hazard Risk Inventory• 7 Sentinel Events-Phase B – Identifying Hazards in our Standardized Work• Premachining is 100%, Melt is 100%, Finish is 95%, Core room is 70%, Pattern Shop is 88% and Maintenance is 92%. Reviewed chart for Maintenance. The YTD target is 746. At 685. -Reviewed before and after pictures:•Stairs that led to aisle and indirect route to eyewash sta-tion. Rotated stairs and installed platform for better access to acid tote.•DC13 structure was deteriorated and there was potential for collapse. Removed DC13.•No handrail on office roof for safe access to HVAC units. Installed handrail for access.•No safe access to water diversion pumps. Installed fall pro-tection system for safe access.CAP TRACKER REVIEW Past due action plans. An email was sent out and the outstanding items were cleaned-up. There are 38 open items with 0 past the due date. Safety has 17 items set to be done at the end of June.SENTINEL EVENT -18-00039 – Make-up air units: Target is to get these done by the beginning of September. One unit is in use, the rest are on stilts. We have identified a safe working distance. We have a plan for the ones unsafe to enter. They are bolt-ed shut. -19-00038 – Fall hazard. Target to get done is the end of June. The fabrication is done just need to get installed. -19-00162 – Storage racks. Reviewed the incident. Immedi-ate action taken was ensured the employee was not injured, notified Safety, GSC group leader and Maintenance planner, secured the area with yellow tape and removed the fort truck from service. Reviewed the investigation. The pallet was small, only a single fork pocket, rack shelves had no bolts to secure in place, fork truck carriage was too short and there were no backstops on the shelves. Reviewed the action taken. Unloaded damaged rack and both adjacent racks and new racks installed, millwrights did 100% sweep of all racks to ensure all horizontal shelf supports were bolts to vertical support, material will only be put away by fork truck with large/tall carriage, did a 100% contact with crib attendants and removed all single fork pocket pallets from

crib. The TIS for receiving is being changed.FOLLOW-UP Reviewed the probation letter for lockout and the scorecard. We are in the process of completing the 4th Quarter audit. Have 5 people to complete. -Reviewed a follow-up to the Davit Cage. A training video was developed, investigated the manhole lifting device and will do a mechanical 100% contact. This is due by 6/24/19. Ed reviewed the video. Rick asked if this is a rare earth mag-net. Ed said no, you need to turn a lever to the on position to magnetize. Adam said this is a nice innovative tool, good job. Rob said to put this in the 1st 48 and marketplace and share with other plants.-Reviewed a 1-Pager on any medical emergencies. Call Se-curity dispatch call 7911 on a landline phone or call 419-784-7400 via cell phone. This will ensure the quickest re-sponse time.-GM/UAW Health & Safety audit scheduled for the week of July 29. ROUNDTABLEEmployee had a foreign body in his eye while working in LGE Finishing. The eye wash bottle was dirty, and he was afraid he would get more things in his eye from using it. We need to come up with a better system to clean and audit.

Saturday is National Honey Bee Day! Always celebrated on the third Saturday in August.

Let's celebrate and show our appreciation for the hard work-ing Honey Bee, who works so hard to produce the liquid sug-ary treat, that is loved so much

by bees and humans.

Speaking of hard working, did you know that many bees have to travel 55,000 miles to pro-duce just one pound of honey? To get that pound of honey, those bees need to gather nectar from two million flowers. A single bee will gather just a1/2 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. After all of this hard work, honey bees deserve this special day of recognition.

This day was first established in 2009 for bee-keepers, as a way to promote honey and to encourage educational programs. But, this is too special a day to limit to the beekeepers. We appreciate hard working honey bees, too. After all, they produce honey that we enjoy, and they are vital to the pollination of a wide array of our fruits and vegetables. Now, that's certainly something to appreciate! By Holiday Insights

What’s The Buzz About?

Red Wing Wednesday

September 25 4 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Noon - 4 p.m. *A limited number of boots are available in the GSC office in the crib for emergencies. In addition, employ-ees may order from the catalogs in the crib office, or you may contact Elaine Muntz for any special needs.Office (419) 784-7353 Cell (419) 769-1551

LIFESTYLE CHALLENGE August Weigh-In is next week!!!

Wednesday, August 21st 5a-3p stop by the fitness to check your latest biometrics.

August Lifting ChallengeWhat 1 exercise are you completing everyday?

Push-ups/squats/lunges/planksHow much improvement from last week?

ORFitness Center everyday is LEG DAY!

2x12 of the Leg Press Everyday….Try It!

JunePush-Ups (3-5x Weekly) 18-24

Planks (Seconds) 3x Daily 24-30Pull-Ups (3-5x Weekly) 4Squats (3-5x Weekly) 30

3-5x/week (5:00 warm-up and cool down)

Week 9 (28:00 speed walk)

Week 10 (30:00 speed walk)

Week 11 (speed walk Your 1st 5k)

Week 12 (Enjoy your new LifeStyle)

August24-3232-40

640

Week 5 (3:00 jog- 1:30 walk- 5:00 jog-2:30 walk)x2

Week 6 (5:00 jog- 3:00 walk) x3

Week 7 (5:00 jog- 3:00 walk- 8:00 jog-3:00 walk- 5:00 jog)

Week 8 (25:00 jog)

It’s Back To School Time Again!

Every day, everyone at General Motors is expected to uphold a set of val-ues that are integral to the fabric of our culture. Discrimination and harass-ment are not acceptable and in stark contrast to how we expect people to show up at work. We treat any reported incident with sensitivity and ur-gency and are committed to providing an environment that is safe, open and inclusive.

If you see something, say something. Please report any concerns to your supervisor, human resources, labor relations or Awareline.

UAW Communication Coordinator - Tonya Huss (419)784-7727 tonya.huss@gm.comCommunication Manager - Kevin Nadrowski (313)498-5464 kevin.1.nadrowski@gm.com

Scheduling 102 Market Demand Drives Schedules

As much as we would like to say a schedule is set in stone, we know any number of fac-tors can affect production.Supplier disruptions, weather and changes in market de-mand are common factors.

The Detroit Free Press recently published an article that accurately captures the purpose and intent of market-driven down weeks. The newspaper noted: “GM is cutting production in Canada and Mexico where it builds the Equinox SUV in antici-pation of slowing sales in North America and other markets.” Whether it is taking off a shift at San Luis Potosi in Mexico or scheduling a down week at CAMI in Ontario, we make decisions based on running the business in a responsible manner, namely ensuring we do not have too much inventory in the dealer network.

On the flip side, when we launch a new vehicle - like the heavy duty pickups at Flint Assembly - it’s literally “pedal to the metal” to increase inventory and meet high demand.

Product allocation and scheduling decisions are not made lightly. We know they affect all employ-ees, contract workers, suppliers and dealers. In the end, they are made because they ultimately al-low us to keep our customers at the center of ev-erything we do.By Mike Trevorrow, Manufacturing Executive Director

General Motors Acronyms

50-STATE SOLUTION NEEDED FOR ELECTRIFICATION

The most effective way to move the U.S. to a leader-ship position in electrification is through a single, 50-state solution. That’s why General Motors called for a National Zero Emission Vehicle (NZEV) program based on existing ZEV programs that would establish requirements for automakers to incorporate ZEVs as an increasing part of their portfolios, up to 25 percent by 2030. It would also establish a Zero Emissions Task Force to promote

complementary policies, such as charging infrastruc-ture investments, renewed federal incentives for EV purchasing and regulatory incentives to support U.S. battery suppliers. This program could place more than 7 million long-range EVs on the road by 2030, while reducing CO2 emissions by 375 million tons between 2021 and 2030. It would also encourage American innovation and pre-serve our industrial strength while making EVs more affordable. Source: General Motors 2018 Sustainability Report