Safety Action Team

The Safety Action Team is a specialized group of safety advocates that regularly work with you, United managers, OSHA, the FAA and business partners to quickly resolve safety and maintenance issues.

If you see an emergency that requires immediate attention, please follow emergency procedures, and when it is safe to do so, notify a supervisor. This page is for non-emergency, everyday repairs, corrections, and policy ideas.

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Should CPR Classes be Available for Ramp Agents?

February is Heart Month, and this year is especially important to United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz. Munoz is spending February resting at home following a heart attack and subsequent heart transplant. Heart health is important to the aviation industry, which has many unique health care challenges springing from the fact that aircraft are often hundreds of miles from any hospital. Even within airports, security requirements can often mean that valuable seconds tick by before emergency responders can reach a patient. Even within ramp areas, it can take up to half an hour for an ambulance or emergency first responders to reach a patient.

In response, the IAH Safety Advocates have begun exploring the possibility of offering CPR classes to ramp agents. These classes would allow participants to obtain CPR certification that could make a huge difference in an emergency.

The Safety team may be able to arrange for OSHA compliant CPR training that will help ramp agents keep their families, coworkers and everyone around them safe. These classes would be completely voluntary, and participants could potentially be awarded valid CPR certification upon completion. The classes would not be part of any United Airlines training program, and attendees could use their certifications for other jobs, such as education, life guard or fire department work.

So, what do you think? Is CPR training something that you would be interested in? If there is adequate demand for CPR training, Safety Advocates may be able to arrange annual training classes for ramp agents. If you think that you or a member of your family might benefit from CPR training, please fill out the poll below, or send us an email.

We look forward to hearing what you think.

Poll: Would You be Interested in CPR Training?

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Name *

Your Email *

Would you be interested in obtaining a certification in CPR? *

Yes No

Would you be willing to pay a small portion of the costs? *

Sure, if it's less than $15 Sure, if it's less than $25 No

Besides helping to save a life, could CPR training benefit you outside of your job at United Airlines? *

Yes No Maybe

Can you tell us more? We would like to hear from you. *

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Special Focus: Potholes

Potholes can cause injuries to agents who are moving carts by hand, and hand injuries can be severe if a cart wheel suddenly falls into a pothole while being hooked up to a hitch.

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Location

Stop by our office on E Ramp near E8.
The office is open every day from 0500 -2130

You can also reach a member of the Safety Action Team by email, text or phone call.

Email: [email protected]
Text or Cell: (713)591-0627

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