A. O. Smith.Plant in Florence Earns Company Safety Recognition

A. O. Smith.Corporation today presented the employees of the Protective Coatings Division in Florence, Ky., with the Lloyd B. Smith President’s Safety Award for 2014.

该奖项，以密尔沃基为基础的一名本公司的前任首席执行官命名，每年为A. O. Smith设施给予了工作场所安全的最佳整体表现。全球共有18个制造工厂根据统计措施进行评估，以及具有全面，可持续的工作场所安全计划的证据。

This is the third time the Florence plant has received the award, making it one of two existing company plants to have earned the recognition on three separate occasions. Florence received the President’s Safety Award in 1997 and 2011.

“您已达到”三泥炭“的地位快于该奖项竞赛历史上的任何其他植物，”颁发颁奖典礼期间观察到的首席执行官Ajita G. Rajendra。“对我来说，这是您对随时安全地工作的证据，以及您对彼此的承诺。”

“你已经接受了在佛罗伦萨创造的安全文化，并在植物的安全举措中积极和热情地参与，”他继续。

“We see safe practices driven by a sense of high awareness and high participation,”according to Glenn Pfendt, plant manager of the Florence facility.

为了获得LLOYD B. SMITH总裁的安全奖，每个公司的设施都是根据三个统计类别进行评估：

Lost workday case incidence rate–This measure relates to the most serious, work-related injuries or illnesses that result in one or more lost work days;

可记录的案例发生率可录取率可录取的事件是大型，工作相关的有关的伤害或疾病，超出美国职业安全和卫生管理局（OSHA）所定义的急救;

Lost workday incidence rate–This category measures a facility’s total number of lost work days and provides a measure of accident severity.

The Florence plant achieved a perfect record in 2014 with no lost-time accidents or recordable accidents during the year. The 40-person operation has worked six years—more than 500,000 hours—without a lost-time accident.

The plant also was recognized for its comprehensive safety program and the level of employee participation in those programs.

The plant,which designs, manufactures, and services protective coatings and specialty glasses for water heaters linings and other appliance applications, has employed a number of programs to promote safe work habits in its 50,000 square foot operations.

It has used the Safety Training Observation Program (STOP) for more than 25 years, with nearly 100 percent participation on the part of employees. Under STOP, employees are encouraged to observe and record examples of good workplace safety performance on the shop floor as well as potential hazards or practices that need correcting. Last year, employees submitted a total of 829 STOP cards with their observations.

佛罗伦萨还将安全性纳入其正式的持续改进倡议。鼓励员工提交“一分钟的持续改进故事”，这些故事专注于可以从生产率或安全性的设备或进程改善的设备或过程。2014年，该工厂在与工作场所安全有关的工厂中完成了共24CI项目。

In presenting the award to employees, Rajendra observed, “Workplace Safety is one of our core values at A.O. Smith Corporation. We call it a “value” because values are constant—unlike priorities, they never change. It’s right up there with taking care of the customer and treating each other with respect and dignity. For more than 140 years, our Values have helped make A. O. Smith what it is today, a great place to work.”

Lloyd B.史密斯总裁的安全奖是A.O.Smith Corporation在工作场所安全领域的最高荣誉，公司的最长员工识别计划是最高的荣誉。它以劳埃德·史密斯末期，是A. O. Smith Corporation的前任主席和首席执行官和公司创始人的大孙子。

史密斯在工作场所安全的重要性中，史密斯是一个强烈的信徒，并于1954年创建了奖励计划，以认识到每个员工帮助保持公司设施安全的捐款。当时，A. O.史密斯的意外率在历史中最低的是，史密斯希望为所有员工制造更加可见和更重要的安全性。