Wasuau Insurance Companies, Wausau, Wis., has recognized Universal Scrap Metals Inc., Chicago, for its safety performance record, according to a release from Universal Scrap.
The insurance group awarded Universal Scrap with a metal plaque in honor of the company’s 70 employees clocking 500,330 hours of work over the past 3½ years without a single lost work day case, says the release.
“Universal has been a great company to partner with over the past few years and I look forward to continued success with them,” says Shawn Hau, Wausau loss prevention consultant.
Hau credits Bill Karr, Universal’s plant manager, for the company’s commitment to a safe work environment. “This guy was determined to instill a safety culture,” Hau says. “He just doesn’t give up.”
Karr says the atmosphere at Universal contributes to the company’s safety record.
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