Perry Engineering would like to announce our 2022 Safe Crews of the Year:

Large Grading Crew – Colby Fisher, James Eaton, George Saville

Small Grading Crew – Tim Mullins, Jon James

The Safe Crews of the Year (SCY) awards are chosen from the quarterly award winners. At the end of the award year, the points are totaled for the SCY contestants and the crew in each division that has the highest points is declared the division winner. The award is based on the crew’s complete safety performance for the year, including the percentage of weekly safety meetings completed, percentage of crew safety suggestions submitted, percentage of daily JHAs completed, percentage of weekly safety inspections completed, results of safety inspections conducted by external inspectors, and safety disciplinary actions required, SCY crew members must have been on the crew during at least one quarterly win in order to qualify for the award. The Safe Crews of the Year awards include monetary awards, a selection of Carhartt apparel with embroidery that features the Company logo and award reference, a certificate and hardhat sticker, and an article in the local newspaper and the company website. The awards were presented during the Company’s annual breakfast on November 17, 2022.

Congratulations to this year’s winners and thank you to all of the employees for your hard work and diligence in keeping safety our primary focus.

Perry Engineering would like to recognize Ray Davy as our Safe Employee of the Month. Ray has worked for us as an equipment operator for 8 years. He was nominated by a foreman who praised him for his willingness to help others and his skill as an equipment operator. Ray exemplifies the Perry Priorities of Safety, Quality, Production.

Perry Engineering has chosen George Saville as our Safe Employee of the Month. George has been employed with us for 52 years, currently as an equipment operator. He was nominated by a supervisor who wrote, “Always operates his equipment in a safe way; always looks behind when backing; looks out for overhead and buried utilities; keeps machine clean and greased; watches out for people and equipment in his swing radius; always wears his PPE; and is at work early every day.” George Saville is a good example of the Perry Priorities – Safety, Quality, Production.

Perry Engineering participated in OSHA’s Safe and Sound Week August 15-21, 2022.  Safe and Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America’s workers safe.  Each day during the week the crews began the day by discussing a specific safety topic such as “where are the fire extinguishers on site?”  and “where is the first aid kit and how do we summon emergency services?”, among other topics.  Daily discussion of safety keeps it fresh in worker’s minds and reinforces the training they’ve received.

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