UNICCO achieves 1,000,000-hour safety milestone at Bridgestone Firestone
Safety leads the way as maintenance team supports operations for two years without a lost time incident…
WILSON, N.C. - July 25, 2006
WILSON, N.C. – July 25, 2006 – Management at the Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC facility located here, has recognized UNICCO® Service Company for an unprecedented 1,000,000 hours without a lost time incident. The UNICCO staff of 174 employees provides production and facilities equipment preventative and emergency maintenance services for the facility, which includes 57 acres of factory, warehouse and office buildings on the 485 acre site.The 1,000,000-hour safety milestone was achieved by UNICCO’s maintenance and support services staffs on July 1, 2006; the last lost time incident occurred on August 5, 2004. “This is an unprecedented achievement,” commented Jim Pridgen, Bridgestone Wilson, plant manager. “Clearly, UNICCO has become a model for safety at the factory. Their approach to safety directly contributes to our productivity and to employee welfare.”
The Bridgestone Firestone (BFS) Wilson plant is a 24-hour, 365-day passenger and light truck tire manufacturing facility. UNICCO provides full maintenance services of production equipment and facilities systems, including power and steam plants, machine shop services, and fork truck and hoist maintenance. It also handles equipment installations and modifications, as well as production support, warehouse and shipping services.
“UNICCO has a close working relationship with BFS management and engineers,” said Roger Tee, UNICCO maintenance manager for BFS. “Safety is a priority at all of UNICCO’s plant services accounts. Here, thanks to our strong safety program, training, constant oversight and the support of BFS, we have achieved a fantastic goal that we hope to add to every day for a long time.”
UNICCO provides similar services to other Bridgestone Firestone passenger and light truck tire manufacturing operations located in Graniteville, S.C. and Oklahoma City, Okla.
About UNICCO
UNICCO Service Company, based in Newton, Mass., is one of North America's largest integrated facilities services companies with more than 18,000 employees and $700 million in annualized revenues. The privately-held company has over 55 years of facilities outsourcing experience and maintains an industry-leading 95% customer retention rate. UNICCO offers maintenance, operations, cleaning, lighting and administrative/office services for industrial, corporate and multi-tenant office, education, retail, government and public venue facilities. The company is also committed to green services through its UNICCO GreenClean program. It delivers on the commitment through collaboration with leading edge partners and the use of green products and best practices, as well as through customer awareness programs. UNICCO’s advanced facilities technologies include the myUNICCO.com portal, UNI-Q® palmtop inspection system, eProcurement, and a 24x7 national call center. For further information, call 888-751-9100 or visit http://www.unicco.com.
Information on the UNICCO GreenClean program is available at: http://www.greenclean.com.
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