& CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS
May 2017
BUILDINGTOGETHER
ANOTHER SAFETY MILESTONE Last week, our amazing team hit the incredible milestone of 10 YEARS without a lost time accident! While we celebrated hitting this mark, it’s good to reflect on what this really means and why we are so passionate about safety. 10 years is a really long time. Seems like an obvious statement, right? But remember that some of our younger coworkers were in high school, or even grade school, last time we had a lost time accident. Tony still had (some) hair 10 years ago. Paul Elzinga was still a spry, young 70 year old. Gas was only $2.80 /gallon….oh wait, that’s not a good example. I remember back in the 90’s how big of a deal it was when we hit 250 days. During 10 years of full-time employment, the average worker logs about 21,000 hours. For just one person to go all of that time doing the types of work we do and not have an injury is outstanding. Multiply that by the 100+ workers we have today and it seems like an impossible feat.
But at E&V we aren’t interested in hitting these major milestones or getting awards just for the notoriety. Each time we are able to celebrate something like this we are provided the opportunity to step back and think about all the individual days that added up to this. All of the days that we were able to walk into our homes safe and sound with the ability to relax and unwind, read a book, watch TV, visit with our partners, play with our kids. Each day we are presented with many opportunities to do things the right way or the wrong way. While we aren’t perfect, we do know that for the past 10 years, each and every day, 100 plus individuals made dozens (or maybe more) of decisions to do things the right way. And, while we celebrate the number of days and years with parties and kudos, the real reward is being there the next day for our coworkers, friends and families.
Celebration! As a THANK YOU to all of our employees for continuing to work safe, we are throwing a celebration that the entire family can enjoy. Take a look at the invite included in the envelope for more information! Please RSVP to Morgan Weaver at morganw@elzinga-volkers.com or call the office at 616.392.2383.
Joe Novakoski VP of Project Management