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OSHA
and WSLH representatives join community leaders to help honor
Menasha
Packaging staff and the plant's recent SHARP award on April 21.
(Photo
by J. Burda, WSLH)
Menasha
Packaging Plant Earns
SHARP Award From OSHA and WSLH
HARTFORD, Wis.
- The Wisconsin OSHA Health
Consultation Program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
recently helped honor the Menasha Packaging Plant of Hartford, Wis.,
for achieving the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program
(SHARP) award from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA).
William Sonzogni, Ph.D,
Director of the WSLH's Environmental Health Division, and Kim Dietz,
an Environmental Health Specialist for the Consultation Program,
both attended the award ceremony at the facility on April 21 celebrating
the Hartford Plant's achievement.
Sonzogni and Dietz joined
regional OSHA professionals,
as well as Wisconsin Representative Don Pridemore of Assembly District
99 and City of Hartford Alderman Jim Core, to give Menasha employees
a plaque and banner commemorating the SHARP award at a plant-wide
luncheon.
The voluntary OSHA Consultation
Program is jointly administered by the Wisconsin Safety Consultation
(WiSCon) Program at the Department of Commerce and the Wisconsin
Health Consultation Program at the WSLH. Part of the OSHA Consultation
Program, SHARP honors small and medium employers that operate top
safety and health management systems, while also maintaining an
injury and illness rate below the national average for their industry.
Employing 145 workers
at its Hartford facility, Menasha Packaging, a division of the Menasha
Corporation (Neenah, Wis.) designs and manufactures corrugated packaging
and display products specializing in color graphics. The company
met program requirements by requesting a full-service visit from
both the Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Programs and correcting
all identified hazards to safety and health. It also implemented
and maintains an active safety and health management system that
includes the broad categories of management commitment, employee
involvement, hazard identification and control, and training and
evaluation.
As part of the OSHA Consultation
Program, the staff of the Wisconsin Health Consultation Program
provides free assistance to employers to establish and maintain
a safe and healthy workplace. Consultants conduct on-site monitoring
for chemical, biological, radiological, and physical hazards; perform
ergonomic evaluation; assess the employer's safety and health programs;
and present occupational health-related training.
Written By:
Jessica D. Burda,
WSLH Communications Specialist
Date:
April 22, 2005
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