Contact:Bryan Roessler (mailto:broessler@wisafetycouncil.org) , Director of Wisconsin Safety Council, (608) 206-0406
Katy Ryder Pettersen (mailto:kpettersen@wmc.org) , Director of Communications, (608) 661-6916
Wisconsin Dells — Fifteen Wisconsin companies received a Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award Tuesday night. The awards were announced at the Wisconsin Safety Council’s 68th Annual Safety and Health Congress & Expo at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells on April 27.
The Wisconsin Corporate Safety Awards are co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Safety Council and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. The 16th annual awards program honors businesses for exemplary safety records and excellence in health and safety management.
In all, 15 businesses and three individuals received honors at the awards program. An independent panel of 48 judges, including leaders in business, health and safety, evaluated the 171 nominations based on injury incidence rates over the last three years, health and safety procedures, policies and accomplishments.
City Award Winner
Appleton The Boldt Company
Appleton Warehouse Specialists, Inc.
Bloomer Cummins Filtration
Eau Claire Phillips Plastics Corporation
Germantown Great Lakes Roofing Corporation
Green Bay Northern Electric Inc.
Green Bay Tweet/Garot Mechanical, Inc.
Junction City Flint Hills Resources – Terminal Operations
Madison Alliant Energy
Middleton Monsanto Company Agracetus Campus
Milwaukee Campbell Soup Supply Company LLC
Monroe The Swiss Colony, Inc.
Port Washington We Energies Port Washington Generating Station
Richland Center Rockwell Automation
Walworth USG Interiors, Inc.
Individuals
Safety Hall of Fame Inductee
Curtis L. Hoppestad, Global Director, Riding Lawn Equipment, John Deere Horicon Works
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Mel Lischefski, Retired, U.S. Department of Labor – OSHA
Eileen Blanckaert, Corporate Safety and Health Manager, Grande Cheese Company, Brownsville
About Wisconsin Safety Council
The Wisconsin Safety Council is a non-profit, non-governmental affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and the state chapter of the National Safety Council. Since its inception in 1923, the Wisconsin Council of Safety has been the state’s strongest advocate for preventing and mitigating human and economic losses arising from preventable causes through our training, consultation, outreach programs, and safety resources.
About Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is a state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin’s workforce in the 21st century and beyond. The Department’s primary responsibilities include providing job services, training and employment assistance to people looking for work, at the same time as it works with employers on finding the necessary workers to fill current job openings.
For more information on the Corporate Safety Awards, visit the Wisconsin Safety Council website, http://www.wisafetycouncil.org.
