[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 27053]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          WORKER SAFETY AWARD FOR FORT JAMES MILL OF OLD TOWN

 Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I am pleased to announce that this 
past June 2, 1999, the Fort James Corporation Paper Mills 2 was 
recognized for its impressive safety record of performance for the 
entire year of 1998. The award was presented by the Pulp & Paper 
Association, which honored the St. James Mill at its Awards Banquet at 
the Association's annual Professional Development Conference in St. 
Petersburg, Florida.
  The award is the highest honor given for safety performance 
throughout the paper industry, and reflects the most improved safety 
record in the class of 56 mills working between one and to two million 
hours per year. Mr. President, the mill logged over 1.3 million work 
hours with an extremely low incidence of Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) recordable work injuries--only 21, yielding an 
exemplary incident rate of 3.2. This incident rate reflects that very 
few employees required any type of medical attention while carrying out 
their demanding jobs.
  Further, in light of their accomplishments on behalf of the safety of 
the community and its people, the City of Old Town issued a resolution 
to the Fort James Corporation honoring its employees for their 
outstanding commitment. And at a follow-up picnic, mill employees were 
given a true Maine ``thank you'' as mill management, along with 
corporate environmental and safety leaders as well as local officials, 
helped out in cooking and serving a Celebration Picnic to all of the 
mill's employees. Each employee was also presented with a gift in 
recognition of the worker safety accomplishments.
  To the entire workforce and management at the Fort James Mill, I 
would like to add my congratulations and a sincere Maine thank you as 
well for their efforts in worker safety that have culminated in this 
well deserved award, and I thank the Chair.

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