[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

I suppose I could write a policy that states an armed guard has to follow each and every craftsman in the company 24 hrs/day (all 4000 or so of them) and shoot to kill if they fail to follow the thousands of policies and practices and guidelines we already have and train extensively on, but I don't think the union would agree to that

Push back, but offer a "risk based approach". The chance of the chassis of the machine being wrong is probably nil, so focus on the parts that *could* be wrong....wear parts, replacement parts, fixtures that people can change, etc. Then focus on the likelihood of that being wrong (we change it every day = high vs it hasn't been touched in 3 years = low) and the impact of the error (wrong bolt = 40 hours down time = $$ and the machine needs $$ repairs vs. one dude needs to take an early lunch while it's being fixed). Every high risk thing gets checked every day/hour/week and every low risk thing gets checked once a year on a cyclical basis.

I don't know anything about your shop but something like that is practical and can show that you're thinking about it without creating an impossible costly solution. If necessary, assign $ numbers to his idea vs. a risk based approach.