Businesses and individuals receive awards for excellence
(Salem) – Thirteen leaders in safety and health were honored with awards at the 2009 Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health (GOSH) Conference, under way at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. A panel of industry professionals judges the awards, which honor extraordinary contributions to the field of workplace safety and health. The categories include outstanding employers, individuals and associations.
The winners this year are as follows:
Association
Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter
Employer
Reese Electric, Inc. of North Bend
Stacy and Witbeck Inc. (Wilsonville-Beaverton Commuter Rail Project)
Arctic Sheet Metal of Portland
Roseburg Forest Products – Dillard Plywood Division
Individual
Jeff Schanze of Cintas Corp., Portland
Safety Professional
Al Arguedas formerly of Skanska USA, Beaverton
Chris Miller of Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter
Scott Neufeld of Special Districts Association of Oregon, Salem
Safety Committee
NECA-IBEW, Portland
Oregon Youth Authority – MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, Woodburn
Comcast – Beaverton FFO
Knife River – Medford Operations
Roseburg Forest Products – Dillard Plywood Division
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, partners with the Columbia-Willamette Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers to sponsor the conference.
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About Oregon OSHA:
Oregon OSHA, a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, enforces the state’s workplace safety and health rules and works to improve workplace safety and health for all Oregon workers. For more information, go to www.orosha.org.
The Department of Consumer and Business Services is Oregon’s largest business regulatory and consumer protection agency. For more information, go to www.dcbs.oregon.gov.