There are other rewards throughout the year. But the incentive program we set up is not to bribe people, but to reward people for hitting a benchmark. Tamco had a massive housekeeping effort in anticipation of a public open house. This included improving lighting, painting, and paving. The company also started a 401k retirement plan and performs industrial-hygiene testing every quarter.
Employees wear monitors to sample lead, cadmium, chrome, and silica in the air.
New lighting, ceiling fans to improve air quality, and noise-reduction materials were installed in AmeriSteel's nail plant in New Orleans ten years ago. AmeriSteel's dark day AmeriSteel is proud of the safety record at all four of its steel mills. All have instituted their own pilot safety programs, and they compete against one another for the company's safety award. The OSHA recordable-accident rate for the four mills is 7.8, compared with the industry average of 13.8. Daniel Messer, a 21-year employee at the Jacksonville, Fla., plant was working on a crane that hadn't been locked out or tagged out.