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ST HELENS SENTINEL MIST April 17, 1961 Orchids fdr a Job Well Done , `Itwaaonly sweeiagowben we safe we'reslwayslooklngior news-stcries' !'nd' were elstedwhin oneturnecTup. LWe pointed out totythAt It*1* notslwaya [the . catastrophes, the wrong-doers* I deeds, the accident* we, liked, to talk. [ .about./ yw' ' We take espedal pleasure .this week' In running a nirtvi stpr^ and Some'plc- tiiresrdn the' type t thing that Is not sensational,. but nevertheless is well' .worth the publicity itis getting: that hf 'the Kaiser ;Gypiumcompany'a out- i standing plant-"Safety' record -In St. ! Helens. " "' ' -' Up until today,1 Monday, the.Kaiser plant In St Helena baa irot'had a lost- 1 time accident in 43 'day*r-wer 850thousand man hours, .TUs is a record that -can be boasted , by only a very. select lew; we'd venture to ssy the in . dustries are. lew. and .Jar. beiween Who l ean establish such a record. : To operate an Industrial plant for ' even a . year without a lost-time acci dent . la a real accomplishment The local'company i^\only short 88 days of performing this fete for tiyo conaecu- , tlve yearS, and from their past history, we're inclined to believe they'll reech that goal.1 . ... ... . . . . ..The . award of the Kaiser Qypeum. compahy's Preaidenfa Cup la the top honor that's granted by that company. . along the lines of safety. , Hie'National Safety Council's award of. honor is', : earned by fewer than ten firms through- | ' out the UK end Canada annually,. nrie [ la the second consecutive year the local ;{. K-G planthas gotten this. The plaque ' from the Oregon.State industrial accl- I dent commission is equally difficult to! , As Claude E, Harper. vice president , and general manager of Kaiser Gypsum company,*) aptly put'it, "l .feel Uke we've had a grand-slam, besea-loaded. : home run."- The'. record of the. SC Helena plant Is tremendous. , . !)' "Ihey'vo accomplished the 850,000 man '{ hours without a lost-time accident; their goal la' a million hours. The employees .; have the desire; they've a good chanoe of accomplishing that goal. ' Y 'To the employees of K-G, ''Orchid* fqr,a`/oh weU donef' ,/ ST HELENS SENTINEL MIST April 17. 1961 LONG BEACH INDEPENDENT _____April 20, 1961 ety Award Given aiser Gypsum Co., Inc,, Homer Randolph and William' . i received McKnight. . the; coveted National Safety Presentation w<s made. by. Council: award for 17 months C. Ward Moxley, chairman or Of. accident-free operations. the Business and Industry: A plaque end certificate ofl Section, Long Beach Safety [commendation ware accepted Council, In behalf of the NSC In short ceremonies by S. R.[The certificate noted a per- Witt Jr., plant tuperintend- feet safety record at Kaiser lent, end members of the from July`30, 19S9, .to Dec.1 [firm's aafety commit!ee. 131, I860. Koiser GYPSUM THE OREGONIAN Portland April 14, 1961 Kaisei Earns Safety Award ST! HELENS (Special) The Kaiser Gypsum plant here .has won the National Salety ICouncil'e highest award for safety achievement for the third consecutive year. .The award was presented Thursday by Dan Adair, Port land, a `member of the coun cil's industrial conference. In recognition of the plant's sale ty record in i960. The award represents e "continuing im provement in the plant s ac cident frequency rate over the past four years," Adair laid. The plant' also received Its top company aafety award, the President's Cun. lor com pleting the year tin without a disabling Injury. Some 373 employes nave now worked <81 days without a lost-time accidept. . Sidney B. Lewis, chairman of the state Industrial Acci dent Commission, presented a third award tq.. the Kaiser plant,'the State of Oregon's Award of Merit for "outstand ing effort and achievement in the Interest of safety". \ Keiiser Gypsum Company Gets Host of Safety Awards At Thursday Ceremony* . \ i _ *1 nEL URB uraNt mad** t*nd*eJsm .or a hasee-loaded h'emerue,*' CUudfl 3C.. Harper, vice president and general .Manager of the XaUerQypsum company, told a ,gatheringof.employees at. the Ylim in St Helene Thursday fporvU tof. Harpr whe the'mala speaker HAitron ronovD out tyat [company haa eet an enviable reo* When the Kaleer' -ddihpany" hpirt ordain St, Helen*, having ndoat- laimched their eatety program:In [t|me accident! In 001 day* up to IMS, they averaged, eeven lodt- Thureday. ;* time accldenta per year. In 160 the oompany had only one, and thla reeerd wae eetabiiahed eyen though the employee lUt haa B. Lmyi* c|mlnaaa of the tUte Induatrtal AcW*7t ecm- ` * >* told the employee*, ^We* year in the ' United States and Canid*" be emphhaisod, -v - r.. ; 1 St Helen*, mayor, It: SL' Ho Michael said management and ta-> bor cooperation to Halaer*s safety program Is * real hssef to -ftt,- atla Speoial-awards presentation program at the plant 7 >tis first tine Wve tad tab ah oppCrtuBlty anjrwhe^ ln approximately 600. . i, all employee* In. the etate could practice the eafety meaeure* gptet* at the affhir In-' yce 'Simpson, Leonard company ie proud pi the If others performed Flicker, Johp V, Pooler, Ernest', eet hare, the employeea tn to th*j same manner, ttare would H. Bchaper and Harper, mil of the 'the per oompaqy** operation*" Ear* e*M in .regards to the flrm'a this plant ebould be proud, -toi," and added, ,MnM at^ be no heed fof the accident eom* mission. H noted the local firm's Kaiser Gjrpmim <mpany ^rom. Oakland, CaUt, and Iknlly P. Lo-J darning abort of aafety awaMe wring the paet year. . . tatoment of tebord gives the toen to ,th* 090 thousand man hours without* |d*n^jtot time accident a* an enviable ghn, June* B, Wiles, [palIahan,/Hsrold WlliUto jC ;jThe Kaiser Oypdum plant to St. a f*ee"ling, o*f aecomp"Ue'hment' an' a record. \ Lewi* SB- Of the Oregon State Helena - wae presented^ three Ptogugd :tbj award ef honor, from confidence [deaerve.* ; which they .-oertatnly| ' DAK a/uir, area induetrial -. . /V. { representative of' thevNatkMix] ^ Mattoi*I; eiy CodnAtl, * warn* KAISEK GYPSUM took Safety Council aaid.it was-'a Industrial Aoeldent' bomminttoh,' and Adair from tee ^itlohal Safety ,gtocit^'.:r^; ^ award from, the State Ir ov*r operation of the IneuaUng pleasure to eoiqe beck to St,H^> . Ecoplpyeee' of' the Aoeldent OommUsion!, and to St Helmia the average en* to give this top safety award treatedtp a luncheon at tbs toaaV; iar 'Qypeum eompatay*e freguenoy fate of accldaata wae again. "There are fewer than 10 fbUowtog 'the prMahtetloa! pete*, I'd Cup. ' *,-. ,, -' TJ, Jem ye*r there were pone. The award*, .or thir tjjp^gtvipi