FCA US Indiana Transmission Plant I works 10 million hours without lost-time injury

The nearly 2,700 employees at FCA US’s Indiana Transmission Plant I (ITPI) in Kokomo, Ind., have worked 10 million hours—a span of more than three years—without a lost-time injury. FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, Mich., is a member of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) family of companies.

With a commitment driven by plant management and the UAW, employees proactively addressed potential hazards, improved the working conditions, and focused on training to eliminate work-related injuries or illnesses that cause time away from work beyond the day or shift when the incident occurred.

Through the implementation of World Class Manufacturing and employee suggestions, the plant identified more than 5,000 opportunities to drive a culture of safety by identifying potential safety hazards and behaviors and implementing corrective actions. This included conducting ergonomic assessments to analyze each job for hazards and designing machines with dry-floor guarding to eliminate fluids from escaping from the equipment and creating a slip hazard.