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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: June 23,
2004
High Prairie Division wins Best
Safety Performer Award
High Prairie, AB – Employees at Tolko’s
High Prairie OSB Division have been awarded one of Alberta’s
top safety awards. Clint Dunford, Minister of Alberta Human Resources
and Employment, contacted management at the Division on May 27,
2004 and advised that the Division was selected as one of the 350
recipients of the Work Safe Alberta 2003 Best Safety Performer Award.
Over 110,000 Alberta employers are eligible for the award.
Greg Rose, High Prairie Division’s Mill Support
Services Coordinator, says the employees at High Prairie deserve
a great deal of recognition for achieving the results necessary
to win the award. “We’ve all worked very hard to make
our Division a safe place to work and it’s gratifying when
we are recognized for our efforts.”
High Prairie Division was also recognized recently
as one of four recipients of Tolko’s 2003 President’s
Safety Award. The Division experienced zero lost time accidents
in 2003 and has operated for the first 6 months of 2004 with no
lost time accidents.
Tolko’s President & CEO, Al Thorlakson,
added his congratulations. “Safety is a key measurement for
our corporate value of respect. The management and employees at
High Prairie Division have clearly demonstrated respect for people
with their commitment to safety.”
Tolko Industries is a privately owned forest products
company with ten manufacturing operations in British Columbia, Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Company employs over 2400 people
and produces lumber, specialty Kraft paper and engineered wood products
which are sold to world markets.
For more information:
Greg Rose
Mill Support Services Coordinator
Phone: 780-523-2101
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