Owens Corning Facilities Earn Government Recognition for Health and Safety Excellence
October 10 2007 - 2:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning
(NYSE:OC), a world leader in building materials systems and glass
fiber composites, today announced that its manufacturing facilities
in Portland, Ore., and Brookville, Ind., have been recognized as
national leaders in worksite safety by being accepted into the U.S.
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health
Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). "VPP
underscores the unconditional commitment that Owens Corning has
made to workplace safety," said Dave Brown, president and chief
executive officer. "I am extremely proud of the employees in
Portland and Brookville for their leadership and commitment to
safety excellence. As a company, we have worked hard to make safety
central to our way of doing business and to engage every employee
in the safety process." Both facilities were granted VPP Star
status under the program, which promotes and recognizes effective
safety and health programs. Worksites that achieve VPP Star status
must undergo a rigorous onsite evaluation by a team of OSHA safety
and health experts. Even more important, VPP Star worksites must
demonstrate a commitment by management and employees to work
cooperatively with OSHA to implement and maintain a comprehensive
safety and health management system. Of the millions of worksites
in the United States, fewer than 1,800 have been accepted into the
VPP. Owens Corning has established an outstanding safety
performance across the company. The recordable incidence rate of
our business units is far below the industry average. World-class
performance is the company goal. The Portland, Ore., asphalt
facility produces asphalt coating for Owens Corning and other
roofing manufacturers in the region. The Brookville, Ind. facility
manufactures laminated roofing shingles made from fiber glass mat
and asphalt. To qualify for VPP, the facilities were required to
have a sustained safety excellence demonstrated by management
systems that meet stringent performance-based criteria. They also
had to exhibit exemplary incidence rate as compared to the industry
average -- and the willingness of all employees to be actively
engaged in workplace safety. "VPP Star status demonstrates our
commitment to be an industry leader in safety," said Sheree
Bargabos, president, Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt. "The
partnership between our employees, our plant leadership and OSHA is
characteristic of the way we do business. We are committed to
maintaining these standards and to continually finding ways to
create a safer more engaging workplace in each of our facilities."
The Portland asphalt plant has had no recordable incidents for
three years. Brookville's total incidence rate (the rate of injury
per 100 employees per year) for the previous three years was 86
percent below the national average and 77 percent below the
national average for injuries requiring days away from work. About
Owens Corning Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) is a world leader in building
materials systems and composite solutions. A Fortune 500 company
for 53 consecutive years, Owens Corning people redefine what is
possible each day to deliver high-quality products and services
ranging from insulation, roofing and masonry products, to glass
composite materials used in transportation, electronics,
telecommunications and other high-performance applications. Founded
in 1938, Owens Corning is a market-leading innovator of glass fiber
technology with sales of $6.5 billion in 2006 and operations in 26
countries. Additional information is available at
http://www.owenscorning.com/. DATASOURCE: Owens Corning CONTACT:
Media, Jason Saragian, +1-419-248-8987; Investors, Scott Deitz,
+1-419-248-8935, both for Owens Corning Web site:
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