Catawba County News
NCDOL Annual Safety Awards Banquet
July 31, 2018
On June 28th Fifteen County Departments were recognized with awards at the 48th Annual Safety Awards Banquet held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Hickory. These awards are very prestigious and are not easily obtained. I would like to take this time to recognize all the employees that serve on safety committees at the department and County level. They do a wonderful job and many times safety is not their primary job. Let your Safety Officer know how much you appreciate what they do.
Catawba County Safety Committee |
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Chairman | Miriam Powell | Maintenance/ Facilities | Robert Huffman |
Risk Management Technician | Sarah Hunt | Technology | Greta Bumgarner |
Library | Alex Floyd | County Manager's Office | Avajean Wickes |
Social Services | Angie Cales | Emergency Services | Karyn Yaussy |
Emergency Medical Services | Hope Whitley | Board of Elections | Marvin Bentley |
Landfill | Jeff Sigmon |
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Planning and Parks | Chris Timberlake |
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Sheriff Office | Jason Reid |
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Public Health | Chantae Lail |
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Register of Deeds | Christel East |
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Agriculture Resource Center | Randy Willis |
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Tax | Lori Wray |
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Communications | Randy Frye |
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The following County Departments received awards this year. The Gold Award criteria are based on achieving a rate of days away from work, job transfer or restriction that is at least 50% below the industry rate. The Silver Award criteria include lost workday cases but not restricted work activity, and the applicant must attain a rate for cases with days away from work that is at least 50% below the industry rate.
Tax 4th Year Gold Human Resources 8th Year Gold
Social Services 2nd Year Silver Board of Elections 15th Year Gold
Cooperative Extension 8th Year Gold County Manager’s Office 8th Year Gold
Technology 1st Year Silver Finance 1st Year Gold
Library 2nd Year Gold Planning and Parks 9th Year Gold
Public Health 6th Year Gold Sheriff 3rd Year Silver
Emergency Services 6th Year Silver Utilities and Engineering 1st Year Silver
Register of Deeds 1st Year Gold