20 th Annual Wisconsin Awards Corporate Safety Results Honorees Winners Full profiles available on : www.wisafetycouncil.org Presented by
hall of FAme And lifetime Achievement recipients 20TH ANNuAL WISCONSIN CORPORATE SAFETY AWARDS SAFETY HALL OF FAME INDuCTEE Don Zietlow CEO and Owner of Kwik Trip, Inc. There s nothing common about Don Zietlow, CEO and Owner of Kwik Trip, Inc.; a person who, by living the simple rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you, has built a vertically integrated business visited by more than five million guests each week. Kwik Trip began with one store in 1965. Today, Kwik Trip has grown to more than 450 retail stores with office support operations, along with food production and distribution center facilities and construction and transportation departments. Kwik Trip currently employs more than 12,000 co-workers, and plans to add 30+ stores and nearly 1,000 co-workers each year for the foreseeable future. For Don, the people who work for Kwik Trip are its most vital resource and the reason the chain strives for excellence in everything they do. He has said many times You re only as good as the people who work with you. It s the 12,000 dedicated co-workers at Kwik Trip who do the job every day that make it all happen. Kwik Trip s Safety Mission Statement is a direct reflection of the values and beliefs Don expresses each and every day: To encourage and support a safety culture at Kwik Trip which values input from all co-workers, provides the safest work environment possible for its co-workers and guests, and makes a difference in their lives both at work and at home. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS Warren Brockmeyer Retired from Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Throughout his career, Warren Brockmeyer worked tirelessly to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Wisconsin workers, whether working for a manufacturing or construction company, the Wisconsin Conservation Corps, an insurance company or the Department of Workforce Development, Warren became an advocate for workplace safety. In addition to his employment, Warren taught numerous evening OSHA safety courses at Area Technical College. He felt it was important to reach apprentices early in their career to instill the culture of safety. Warren recently retired from the Department of Workforce Development where he was instrumental in improving the safety in countless workplaces. During his tenure, Warren held strong to his personal mission of ensuring compliance, improving a company s safety culture and striving to determine the root cause for an incident to help ensure such an incident didn t ever happen again. hall of FAme And lifetime Achievement recipients Robert Anderson, Sr. Retired from InSinkErator Bob began his career in the safety field in 1974 at General Motors & Delphi Automotive Systems in Oak Creek. During his 22-year tenure as a Safety Engineer and Site Safety Supervisor, Bob perfected his knowledge as a safety professional and became a teacher and advocate of proper safety practices. In 2001, Bob joined InSinkErator Division, Emerson Electrical Company as a Divisional Safety Supervisor where he shared his safety passion and knowledge until his retirement in October 2013. Bob is a proud member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), and is a member of the Oak Creek Police & Fire Commission. He previously served as a member of WSC s Occupational Safety Professionals Committee, Oak Creek s Traffic & Safety Commission, the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness - Wisconsin Chapter, and is a veteran of the U.S. Army. 47
2013 48 THE 20 TH ANNUAL WISCONSIN CORPORATE SAFETY AWARDS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CORPORATE SAFETY AWARDS manufacturing category A (size) Fitesa, (0 130,000) Agropur inc., Luxemburg (130,001-300,000) Expera Specialty Solutions Nicolet Mill, De Pere (300,001-475,000) Wausau Window and Wall Systems, Wausau (475,001 850,000) GE Healthcare (850,001 1.5 Million) Neenah Foundry, Neenah (Over 1.5 Million) QuALIFIED CSA FINALISTS Agropur, inc Luxemburg Alliant Energy Amcor Flexibles Amerequip Corporation Kiel American Lutheran Homes, Inc. Mondovi American Packaging Corporation Columbus ATC AZCO INC. Menasha Balestrieri Environmental and Development, Inc. Elkhorn BASF Corporation Bassett Mechanical Kaukauna Brady Corporation Butters-Fetting Co., Inc. Calibre, Inc. Grafton Calibre, Inc. Saukville Chart Energy & Chemicals La Crosse Colony Brands, Inc. Monroe Creative Laminates, Inc. La Crosse Edstrom, Inc. Waterford Energis High Voltage Resources, Inc. Expera Specialty Solutions Nicolet Mill De Pere Fitesa Fives Giddings & Lewis Fond du Lac Flint Hills Resources Terminal Operations GE Healthcare Wauwatosa GE Healthcare Electric Ave. West GE Healthcare GE Healthcare Systems Tower Georgia Pacific Corrugated Oshkosh Georgia-Pacific Corrugated Oshkosh Oshkosh Grede Berlin Berlin Grede II, LLC Menomonee Falls Grede LLC Liberty Foundry Wauwatosa 20th Annual Corporate Safety Awards Results The Wisconsin Safety Council and the Department of Workforce Development are pleased to celebrate the 95 finalists for the 20th annual Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award competition. Thirteen of these leading Wisconsin companies are being honored for the 2013 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Awards. Awards are given based on the size of the business (number of employees/hours) and type of business, as defined by NAICS code. Nominees must be headquartered in Wisconsin, or have significant management presence in the state. The winners are selected from these finalists by an independent panel of 36 judges who are safety, health, or insurance professionals. AgriculturAl, Forestry, transportation, mining & utilities category b (size) Alliant Energy Wisconsin Power & Light, (0 4.5 Million) construction category c (size) Lakehead Painting Company, Inc., Superior (0 250,000) Bassett Mechanical, Kaukauna (250,001-775,000) AZCO INC., Menasha (775,001-2.2 Million) Grede LLC Reedsburg Reedsburg Hydrite Chemical Co. Brookfield Hydro-Thermal Corporation InPro Corporation Muskego ITU Absorb Tech, Inc. New Berlin Jarp Industries Schofield JF Ahern Fond du Lac John Deere Horicon Works Horicon Lakehead Painting Company, Inc. Superior Learning Shop Leer, Inc. New Lisbon Loparex Hammond MEGTEC Systems, Inc. De Pere Menasha Packaging Co LLC-Hartford Plant Hartford MetalTek International Wisconsin Centrifugal Division Milk Specialties Global Boscobel Mortenson Construction Brookfield Neenah Foundry Neenah Nextera Energy, Point Beach Nuclear Plant Two Rivers Northern Electric, Inc. NSP Wisconsin Henderson Nucor Cold Finish WI Oak Creek Phillips Medisize (Automotive Facility) Medford Phillips Medisize Custom Phillips Phillips-Medisize Eau Claire Phillips-Medisize MAG Eau Claire Phillips-Medisize Metal Injection Molding Menomonie Phillips-Medisize Multi-Shot Eau Claire Phillips-Medisize Operations Center Eau Claire Pieper Electric Inc. Placon Corporation RGL Rice Lake Weighing Systems Rice Lake other category d (size) Flint Hills Resources, (0 100,000) Warehouse Specialists, Inc., (100,001 750,000) Colony Brands, Inc., Monroe (Over 750,000) Rockwell Automation Mequon Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation Richland Center Richland Center Safway Services, LLC Saint-Gobain Portage Sargento Foods Inc. Plymouth Sauk County Baraboo Schoeneck Containers Inc. New Berlin Sentry Equipment Corp. Oconomowoc Service Litho-Print, Inc. Oshkosh Shiloh Industries Pleasant Prairie Pleasant Prairie Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp Menomonie Smith Feed Service / Vita Plus Loyal Loyal Springs Window Fashions LLC Middleton SPX Flow Technology Delavan Standard Process Inc. Palmyra Sweet Additions Ingredient Processors, LLC Cameron The Boldt Company Thomas Edison Technical Center Frankville Tomahawk Railway, L.P. Tomahawk Tweet/Garot Mechanical, Inc. Tyco Fire Protection Products Marinette Unimin Corporation Tunnel City Plant Tomah USG Structural Technologies, LLC Delavan Viking Gas Transmission Osceola VJS Construction Services Pewaukee Warehouse Specialists, Inc. Wausau Window and Wall Systems Wausau Webcrafters Inc. Weldall Manufacturing Wisco Industries, Inc. Oregon
2013 wisconsin corporate safety AwArd winners FitesA green bay Agropur inc. expera specialty solutions nicolet mill wausau window And wall systems ge healthcare - madison Category a1 3120 Commodity Ln,, WI 54304 1973 www.fitesa.com Gary Haen, HSE Coordinator 920.336.0222 Category a2 N2915 County Rd AB, Luxemburg, WI 54217 1892 www.tregafoods.com Eric Rasmussen, Safety Manager 920.949.0993 200 Main Ave, De Pere, WI 54115 1892 www.experaspecialty.com Kent Hubbard, EHS Manager 920.337.1299 Category a3 Category a4 7800 International Dr, Wausau, WI 54401 1956 www.wausauwindow.com Doug Janz, Safety Manager 715.846.3447 Category a5 3030 Ohmeda Dr,, WI 53718 1946 www.gehealthcare.com Tracy Niemcek, EHS Manager 608.709.3715 49
2013 neenah Foundry AlliAnt energy wisconsin power & light Category a6 2121 Brooks Ave, Neenah, WI 54957 1872 www.nfco.com Brian Zoeller, VP - Safety and Security 920.729.4645 Category B1 4902 N Biltmore Ln,, WI 53718 1917 www.alliantenergy.com Carrie Parman, Senior Corporate Safety Specialist 608.458.5709 lakehead painting company, inc. bassett mechanical Category C1 910 Hammond Ave, Superior, WI 54880 1965 www.lakeheadpainting.com Ryan Vieau, Vice President 218.349.7399 Category C2 1215 Hyland Ave, Kaukauna, WI 54130 1936 www.bassettmechanical.com Ryan Murphy, Director of Safety & Risk Management 920.462.1707 50
2013 wisconsin corporate safety AwArd winners Azco inc. Flint hills resources warehouse specialists, inc. colony brands, inc. Category C3 806 Valley Rd, Menasha, WI 54952 1949 www.azco-inc.com Ted Carew, Safety Director 920.734.5791 Category D1 9343 N 107th,, WI 53224 2002 www.fhr.com Scott Klackner, Safety Specialist 414.640.7832 Category D2 1160 N Mayflower Dr,, WI 54913 1966 www.wsinc.com Ryan Hannam, Director of Corporate Safety 920.716.4596 1112 7th Ave, Monroe, WI 53566 1926 www.colonybrands.com Category D3 Betty Webber, Corporate Safety Manager 608.324.6072 Congratulations to the 2013 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award Winners! 51