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WSLH, OSHA and Weyerhaeuser employees with the new SHARP award
commemorative plaque and banner that will be hung in the Green Bay, Wis.,

Customer Service Center at the facility's award luncheon on August 20.

Weyerhaeuser Facility Earns SHARP Award From OSHA, WSLH

Weyerhaeuser Company officials were presented with a commemorative SHARP award plaque by the OSHA Regional office during a honorary luncheon at the Green Bay, Wis., facility on August 20.

Green Bay, Wis. - The Wisconsin OSHA Health Consultation Program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene recently helped honor the Weyerhaeuser Company Customer Service Center of Green Bay, Wis., for achieving the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Weyerhaeuser's Green Bay Customer Service Center serves as the wood products distribution center here in Wisconsin and employs 35 workers.

Globally, Weyerhaeuser is an international company with 55,000 employees in 18 countries.

"I am honored to help honor Green Bay's Weyerhaeuser Company with the SHARP award today," said State Laboratory of Hygiene Director Ronald H. Laessig, Ph.D.

"As one of just seven SHARP recipients in Wisconsin, this company clearly regards the health and safety of its employees as a top priority and is setting the standard for industry in our State."

Representing the WSLH, OSHA Consultation Program Project Manager Terry Moen and Environmental Health Specialist Kim Dietz traveled to the Green Bay facility for an award ceremony held in honor of Weyerhaeuser employees on August 20.

The WSLH staff members joined regional OSHA professionals and Bob Schweder, on behalf of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, to present Weyerhaeuser administrators and company employees with a plaque and banner commemorating the SHARP award at a plant-wide luncheon.

Weyerhaeuser's Green Bay facility met SHARP 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.

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.

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.

OSHA Environmental Health Specialist Kim Dietz (far left) and Consultation

Program Project Manager Terry Moen (2nd from left holding banner), both
of the WSLH, join OSHA Program Manager Barry Glashagel of the Wisconsin
Department of Commerce (3rd from left) and OSHA and Weyerhaeuser
representatives at the luncheon honoring Weyerhaeuser's SHARP award.

OSHA Consultation Program Project Manager Terry Moen, of the WSLH,

congratulates Weyerhaeuser employees for earning their SHARP award.

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Written By: Jessica D. Burda, WSLH Communications Specialist

Date: August 20, 2005

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