POWERNEWSWE WILL MANUFACTURE BENCHMARK CASTINGS WITH PRIDE, LETTING SAFETY,

QUALITY, COST, AND ON TIME DELIVERY TO OUR CUSTOMERS BE OUR GUIDE.April 26, 2018

Please be sure to notify your daughter/granddaughter that they MUST wear long pants and closed-toe shoes the day of the event, Thursday, May 3. There will be a plant tour, and this apparel will be required for their safety. They will not be able to participate in the tour if they are not wearing long pants or closed toe shoes. NO flip flops, shorts, skirts, etc. that day!

All Employees NoticeTo: All Defiance Casting Operations Team MembersFrom: Jeff Bantam, Plant DirectorRe: Discrimination and Harassment in the WorkplaceDate: April 18, 2018

During the past few months there have been several incidents of racially or sexually derogatory language found in restrooms and other areas of the facility. This behavior is considered harassment and bullying and is against GM policy. These actions will not be tolerated.

The Defiance leadership team wants to remind the entire team about the GM policies around discrimination and harassment in our workplace. Leadership strongly agrees that discrimination and harassment have no place in our work environment. Leadership supports an environment free of discrimination and harassment and is committed to addressing any concerns quickly. The UAW-GM National Agreement, specifically Document 99, provides clear expectations for all employees within GM Policy Regarding Anti-Harassment.

At GM we expect all of our employees to treat each other fairly, professionally and respectfully. If you see some-thing we strongly encourage you to say something. If you have information about this situation or see or hear of any complaint relating to harassment, discrimination, retaliation or bullying in the workplace, we need you to speak up and report it to us immediately. GM’s Speak Up policy strongly prohibits retaliation of any kind for raising such concerns.

Various reporting mechanisms are available to you to report inappropriate behaviors:• Group Leader• Department Leadership• Awareline-(800) 244-3460 or www.awareline.com• UAW Leadership • HR/Labor RelationsIt is unfortunate that these events have occurred-we do not believe they reflect the attitudes of the majority of our employees who just want to come to work every day and do their jobs. With your help, we will continue to work to eliminate such behavior in our workplace.

Jeff BantamPlant Director

In observance of Worker’s Memorial Day, the following activities are scheduled for this week:

Worker Memorial

*Fly flags at half-staff on Friday 4/27/18*Joint Leadership ceremony at Circle Drive on Friday 4/27/18 at 9:00 am Friday 4/27/18-Observe “Moment of Silence” at 1:00 am, 9:00 am and 7:00 pm. The start and end of the moment of silence will be signaled by an 8 second blast of the fire siren. *Business Team Activities: Watch provided “Workers Memorial Day Video” Friday 4/27/18

We are asking you to “Make it Personal.” Our choices should always be the safe route. We must take responsibility for our safety and the safety of others to ensure that every person at Defiance goes home safely every day!

The Defiance Professional Managers Network supported the local United Way recently by stuffing grocery bags with food for the Back Pack Buddy Program. This initiative provides food for 600 students in the Defiance County School Districts.

Defiance PMN Stuff Back Packs to Support Local Schools

Sonia Mendez, Tim Hauenstein, Foyle Solether, Sue Wiles, Karen Hackworth, and Misty Ankney stuffing grocery bags.

Product Alert:https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm601371.htm

STAR Meetings will meet in the Plant 2 Conference Room A

(3rd - 4:30am, 1st - 1:00pm, 2nd - 4:00pm)

SAFETY REVIEW BOARD March 2018

SAFETY UPDATE – Nick reviewed the safety chart as of March 28, 2018. It has been 2 years, 1 month and 26 days since we lost our team member. -Reviewed Sentinel Event Tracking through February. At 7 YTD. Had 3 in January and 4 in February. Had 27 injuries, 0 LWD, 20 near misses 0 PDI’s. Reviewed the 2018 Occupational Incidents by Type. The highest incident was No Injury/Illness at 9, Disease-Disorder at 5, Contusion/Abrasions at 3, Lacerations at 3, Expo-sures at 3 and Others at 4. OPEN SIR/SOT CORRECTIVE ACTION OVER 30 DAYS Reviewed the open SIR’s and SOT’s over 30 days by Area Manager. OPEN H&S PM’S Jim reviewed the March PM’s. SENTINEL EVENT OPEN CORRECTIVE ACTION ITEMS Emma reviewed the open Sentinel Event ac-tion items. H&S TRAINING UPDATE Marty reviewed the training update. 606 employees completed the training. Have 104 remaining to train (Contract have 9, Hourly have 82, Salary have 18)ERGONOMICS UPDATE – John reviewed Ergonom-ics for 2018. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE UPDATE - CliffCliff reviewed the sampling plan. Have 100 total sam-ples taken and 33 results pending. -DMIPA – 37 samples, Silica – 28 samples, Phenol/Cresol - 8 samples, Formaldehyde – 8 samples, Car-bon Monoxide – 3 samples, Machine Fluid – 3 sam-ples, Ceramic Fiber – 3 samples, MDI (Isocyanates) – 3 samples, Benzene/Kerosene – 3 samples, Petro-leum Distillates/Naphthalene – 2 samples, Respirable Metals – 2 samples, Reviewed March Personal Sample Exposures-DMIPA above GM action limit Mods 1, 2, 3 and 4 Co-remakers and Mod 1 Millwright -Silica above GM OELCasting Processor Cleaning Mod 3 Finishing Op (res-pirator required task) -Silica above GM action limitCasting Processor Cleaning Mod 3 Finishing Op (respi-rator required task) -and personal sampling as neededRESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA UPDATE Gary/Clifgave an update on Silica. -Reviewed areas/tasks considered regulated: Mod 1, 2, 3 & 4 OP 130 Enclosures, Sand Addition Building, OP 180 Enclosures, Cleaning in the Finishing areas, Sand Blasting in Pattern Shop, SPM Bead Blast, Work-ing in RTO, bag houses, dust collector filter changes, etc., Any other task determined to generate, work in, disturb silica that can be respirable-Reviewed the status:Medical surveillance is underway, Quantitative fit testing equipment is on order, Purchasing PulseBac vacuum units for use throughout the facility, Installing

central vacuum system in areas where we have high sand accumulation, Purchasing walk behind HEPA fil-tered floor sweepers for use in work areas and on sand decks. Tested one last week and bringing in a unit in April to test. Need to figure out how to do on sand decks., Needs to be completed by June 23, 2018.-Reviewed Respirable Crystalline Silica Authorized Worker Overview. The course is 56359 and needs to be completed before hanging signs and labels. The plan is to teach the class to the group leaders and plan-ners the first 3 weeks of April. Need to complete the training site wide by May 15, 2018. MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE UPDATE – Steve gave a MOC update. Reviewed year to date data:-83 Change Validation checklists have been initiated-58 of the 83 have been completed-12 checklists have utilized SFMEA Risk Assessment ToolNOISE SURVEY UPDATE – Ken reviewed the 2017 Sound Status Report. The survey was done by Rob-ert Anderson Group. -Reviewed the Top 5 Priorities: Ice Blasters – Precision Sand & SPM, Decore - SPM, Saws - SPM, Media Blast Booth – SPM, DC2 Mod 6 Castline Fan – SPMINITIAL INCIDENT NOTIFICATION Nick reviewed an incident report that occurred March 14 at the Global Technical Center. An aerial lift working in a construc-tion site was traveling northwest preparing to turn west bound around an equipment mezzanine with a grounds person guiding him. A heavy equipment forklift was po-sitioned north of the mezzanine and heard a scream and saw the aerial lift had struck the grounds person. He was taken to the hospital and admitted for treat-ment of multiple fractures in the legs.SAFETY CLOSER Jim said he attended the 2018 Safety Electrical Workshop. There was a Key Note Speaker who had suffered an electrical injury. His story sounded like a SafeStart story. He was 17 years old and had only been working for the company for 2 weeks. He knew he wasn’t doing something right but didn’t want to speak up. He ended up losing 2 limbs. He is now 36 years old. Everyone should speak up if they know something is not right.