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Michael D. Chason Director of Public
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For IMMEDIATE
Release December 3,
2009
SODEXO
PLANT OPERATIONS RECEIVES PERFECT SAFETY SCORE
TIFTON - The
Sodexo plant operations area at Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College recently received a perfect score in a safety audit that
took place on the campus.
The
audit was conducted by a contracted company through Sodexo
that serves as an independent third party for the company.
“The
safety audit team looked primarily at the areas completely under Sodexo’s control,” said Andy Bihl, Director of Sodexho
plant operations at ABAC. “The areas
included shipping and receiving, mechanical rooms in the buildings, office
areas within plant operations, and the physical plant.”
Bihl
said that standards under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
National Fire Protection Association, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS), and Sodexo had to be met, specifically at the
training and recordkeeping levels, as well as those concerning the environment.
“Anything
below an 89 will automatically call for a re-audit,” said Bihl. “We work very hard at maintaining a safe
environment for our employees with a stringent set of standards. We strive to
create a safety mindset within the employees and want them to be safe at work.
It is good business and good people practice.”
Bihl
said there is an internal safety committee made up of hourly employees who meet
once a month to do inspections and share observations and recommendations to
make things safer for ABAC.
Bihl
said it was a team effort that gave ABAC’s plant operations the high safety audit
score.
“It’s
a team effort and requires everyone paying attention all of the time,” Bihl
said. “Employees will never be penalized
for asking to make something safer.”
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