[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        IN RECOGNITION OF PHELPS DODGE IN GREEN VALLEY, ARIZONA

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                             HON. JIM KOLBE

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 25, 2002

  Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to 
congratulate the employees and management of Phelps Dodge Sierrita in 
Green Valley, Arizona. They are one of the eight mining operations to 
recently receive the prestigious annual “Sentinels of 
Safety” award in recognition of their outstanding safety records 
during 2001. Begun in 1925 by then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert 
Hoover, this award is highly sought after and is the oldest established 
award for occupational safety. I commend Phelps Dodge Sierrita for 
their efforts to work safely each and every day.
  It is an award that is not easily won. Mining operations that receive 
the award achieve the highest number of employee work-hours without an 
injury that resulted in lost time from work. What this translates to is 
that a company must compile at least 30,000 employee work-hours during 
the year without a lost-time injury or fatality. Phelps Dodge Sierrita 
recorded a staggering 453,936 consecutive employee hours well beyond 
the minimum required to receive the award. They are a stellar example 
to us all.

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