The Night Shift Tool Breakage That Changed My Pre-Shift Checklist
It was 1:47 AM on a Wednesday in March, and I was already in trouble before I touched the control panel. The day shift guy, Danny, had flagged the handover log as urgent. “Drill acting weird near the end of the shift,” he wrote. “Reduced feed rate to try to finish the last part. Might need looking at.” The log was sitting on the desk in the break room where he’d left it, next to an empty coffee cup and a half-eaten granola bar. I read it, nodded to myself, and walked straight past the machine to clock in. That decision cost us almost two thousand dollars. ...