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From left to right: Photo 4: Mark Hill - Cemex, Lori Cathcart - Kleinfelder, Joe Turner - Kleinfelder, Bill Williams - BoDean Co., Inc. | Photo 5: Malcolm Weiss - Hunton & Williams LLP, Ivan Tether - Tether Law, Bill Albanese - Central Concrete, Mari Albanese - Bill Albanese’s Spouse | Photo 6: Bruce Steubing - Benchmark Resources, Samuel LoForti - Haley & Aldrich, Inc., Jim Little - Hanson Aggregates West Division, Dan Openshaw - N.A. Degerstrom, Inc.
Safety Excellence Recognized CalCIMA gave out its 2015 Excellence in Safety Awards at the recent conference in Monterey. The awards recognize outstanding accomplishments by mines, plants, and individuals. The Outstanding Safety Leadership Award was presented to Gerardo Valencia, safety coordinator at Lhoist’s
Natividad Plant near Salinas, and to Brad Riechers, plant and loader operator at Graniterock’s Southside Sand & Gravel plant. These were the winners in the mine and plant categories: Lehigh Southwest Cement’s Tehachapi Plant in the cement category; Lhoist’s Natividad Plant in the industrial mineral
category; Lehigh Hanson’s San Luis Obispo Plant in the ready mixed concrete category; Graniterock’s A.R. Wilson Quarry in the large aggregate mine category, and Lehigh Hanson’s Oakland Tidewater Plant in the small aggregate mine category. Congratulations to the winners!
The 2015 CalCIMA Safety Awards were presented by Paul Belanger, assistant western district manager for the Mine Safety & Health Administration. Accepting Excellence in Safety Awards were (left to right): Christine Granquist for Lhoist’s Natividad Plant; Eric Riddiough for Lehigh Hanson’s San Luis Obispo Ready Mix Plant; Peter Lemon for Graniterock’s A.R. Wilson Quarry: Jean-Claude Royer for Lehigh Southwest Cement’s Tehachapi Plant; and Brad Riechers, plant operator for Graniterock’s Southside Quarry, and Gerardo Valencia, safety coordinator for Lhoist’s Natividad plant, accepting Outstanding Safety Achievement Awards.
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