/ -- Rain Carbon Inc., a leading global producer of carbon-based products, presented gold, silver and bronze medals last night to employees from its production facilities in Canada and Germany at the company's inaugural Safety-First Awards ceremony in New York City.
In May, Rain Carbon announced the creation of the Safety-First Awards competition to encourage employees to recommend and implement new ideas, practices and processes that would result in a measurable improvement in workplace health and safety. Just as important, the company was looking for ideas that could be adopted throughout Rain Carbon.
"Safety is our number-one priority, and our goal is to eliminate all recordable incidents, so I am very pleased that we received 31 entries from 11 of our 15 locations in this first year of the competition," said Rain Carbon President Gerry Sweeney. "Many of the ideas were very good, and they will be shared across the company as best practices. Of the 31 ideas that were submitted, however, three clearly stood out as being superior."
"A safe workplace requires that we lead by example," said Rain Carbon Chief Operating Officer Gnther Weymans. "These eight employees, with their award-winning ideas, have embraced that concept and in doing so, they are making Rain Carbon a safer and better place to work."
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