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Q2 2020 and Q1 2021 Safety Concern Winners

🏆 October 2020 Safety Concern Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — Rance Thrift won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Gas fumes building up around shot blast and cleaning shed area.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — James Sudduth won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Some electrical boxes and panels either have no 36″ marked area or faded area in paint department and machine shop.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Marcus Bryant won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Plant entrance walls are too narrow, making it hard to enter and exit. Bushes need to be cut back outside the gate, and more lighting is needed.” This has been addressed.

Thomson

  • First Place — Mike Green won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “The solder oven was pulled out while the melting department was trying to set up and pour.” This has been addressed.

🏆 November 2020 Safety Concern Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — Laura Santa won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Ladder in DC is bad. It has a bad brace on the back of it. When I was walking up the ladder, it was shaking.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — Jeff Pidel won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Non-slip treads are not secure on step at the bottom of the wooden stairs.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Chris Schmitt won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Paint department is painting parts with the doors to the paint booth wide open: big doors and small doors. If it’s not good for the painter to breathe in the paint (he has on his PPE), it’s not good for the people in the area.” This has been addressed.

🏆 December 2020 Safety Concern Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — Will Nichols won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Suction hoses or jockey pump blocking exit door from tip up oven, creating a tripping hazard.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — George Holliman won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Need exit door at back of med foundry.” This is being addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Robert Johnson won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “CNC12 last step into pit, pieces starting to bend and going to break off. Causing tripping hazard going up steps.” This has been addressed.

Thomson

  • First Place — Brenton Lambert won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Gas line at the end of close-up on the line doesn’t have a shutoff valve.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — Lance Pulliam won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “56sq turnout board needs a hole to be able to move with crane.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Travis Proctor won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Chains on floor in cleaning shed. Also chains near chain rack but not hanging up.” This has been addressed.

🏆 January 2021 Safety Concern Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — DeAudis Dixon won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Guard railing on shot blast broken and is a fall hazard.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — Wayne Bibbins won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “(AIR) The paint department sands and grinds paint off of parts inside, behind my machine. The whole bottom half of shop is blue. We breathe in (dust) paint particles and machines are sucking it in as well.” This is being addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Kim Williams won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “We need a ‘stop and proceed slowly’ sign at the back corner of LCCI at W03 door, and same sign on inside of LCCI at that door.” This is being addressed.

Thomson

  • First Place — Mike Green won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Rebar sticking out past the flange of the flask about 12″ into the aisleway.” This has been addressed.

🏆 February 2021 Safety Concern Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — Jerry Duperie won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Ladder leading up to top of CNC01: Weld has broken apart.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — John Lowe won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Had a piece of metal hit me as I was walking in the main bay walkway. Metal came from the swing grinder in main bay.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Will Nichols won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Switch gear box near swing grinder outside of clean room has a bent door, which prevents the door from closing.” This has been addressed.

Thomson

  • First Place — Brenton Lambert won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Employee was using the crane; as I walked by, I noticed the cable for the crane was twisted. I had him stop work and got the supervisor.” This has been addressed.

Service Centers

  • First Place — David Cummings, Jr., won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Rain flooding in work area (teardown) disassembly area.” This is being addressed.

🏆 March 2021 Safety Concern Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — Kim Williams won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “The oxygen bottles need to be in a safe and confined area with chains for bottles, at pattern building E01 south end of med foundry.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — Dustin Davis won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Crane 47 in the R&D furnace building: The directional stickers are in a bad location; the sticker is not visible most of the time.” This is being addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Jimmy Fields won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “There is a place behind CNC19 where the floor is broken up and is a trip hazard.” This has been addressed.

🏆 April 2021 Safety Concerns Winners

Grovetown

  • First Place — Jerry Wade won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Crane #19 needs a warning safety horn.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number One — Leland Bazemore won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “There is no light on the steps in front of the breakroom. When it’s dark out you can’t see.” This has been addressed.
  • Random Number Two — Ethan Eubanks won a $25 gift card for the safety concern, “Tile in breakroom is loose; it’s a tripping hazard.” This is being addressed.

Thomson

  • First Place — Travis Proctor won a $50 gift card for the safety concern, “Need more racks for turnout boards. Boards also need to be culled and some thrown away.” This has been addressed.

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