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Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; No Specific Anomaly Occurred Unwanted Situation
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related
Due to the pandemic and the reduction in flight and passenger activity; many piers were closed. This led to packing more flights into fewer piers; while the passenger volume was low this did not have an effect on safety. The pier worker was able to work more flights simultaneously with a very low baggage volume.Many employees have expressed concerns to management and to their labor leaders.Today; the same piers are closed while the open piers are still working multiple flights and the baggage and passenger counts increasing. This is where the safety concern develops; there is limited space in the piers and the worker are forced to place bags on the ground waiting for future equipment to be placed in the pier. The main issue is that international destinations (bags) come down in advance of the ETD and other heavy volume flights cause the same hazard. The walking and working floor space is negligible. We have identified it as a serious tripping hazard. The majority of work place injuries come from 'Slips; Trips and Falls.' This has been identified and brought to operations leadership; no actions have taken place.Reopen closed piers and space out the work; as work volume has increased.
Ramp employee reported that passenger counts and baggage are increasing; but there are not enough piers open to safely accommodate baggage handling.