Family Focus Newsletter February 2025

Yesterday, Poet Bioprocessing emailed us regarding a sulfuric acid tank leak. They handled the initial spill response and cleanup but still had issues with their storm sewer Coryn Houser, their EH&S Manager, wanted to discuss the options to identify what was still causing issues in the sewer, despite their cleaning efforts

Kerry caught the email, recognized the urgency, and notified the Taplin Team After speaking with Coryn about options, they concluded that no further action was necessary as the gassing off subsided However, Coryn was very happy with the efforts and response from our team This has resulted in us getting a meeting with Coryn and Poet next Tuesday the 11th to discuss our services.

Kerry: Your quick attention to this email, acknowledging the urgency, and getting people rolling led to us possibly capturing a client beyond just a Spill

Nice work, Kerry!

-Dave Balogh

February Birthdays

Bryan Zaudtke 2/1

Lynda Rogers 2/2

Ricky Cook 2/3

Victor Battisti 2/10

Sanae Aube 2/11

Tristan Oberlin 2/13

Jesse Josten 2/18

Tyler Roy 2/19

Matias Carvajal 2/26

Brian Leduc 2/28

Paul VanDerFeyst 3/3

Jenna Gross 3/3

Chris Klein 3/4

Loriann Tomasovitch 3/4

Mike Taplin 3/5

Kerry Puzio 3/6

Brian Williams 3/7

Jose Celis 3/19

Tyler Mayes 3/21

Eric Powell 3/21

Jonathan Franklin 3/23

Beau Powers 3/28

Kyle Vena 3/29

Josh Elliott 3/29

Rodger Franklin 3/31

PFASigator is up and running at the shop and we are officially in business for PFAS destruction! Photos submitted by Hunter Taplin

The new skid steer with mulcher attachment working on the TC Energy Defiance Ohio ROW project Photos submitted by Steve Minella.

A quick shout-out to Kerry Puzio this morning!

AND THE NOMINEES ARE... AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

Check out our list of nominees for this year ’ s Pat Taplin Award!

We had 34 different employees submitted this year!

Congrats to everyone who was nominated by their peers! Is your name on the list?!

Tyler Mayes

Amanda Phillips

Austin Briggs

Deon Thomas

Gary Dixon

James Dixon

Sakeena Bartkowski

Steve A Taplin

Brandon Prieur

Beau Powers

Brian Williams

Kris Heckman

Greg Moe

Cathy Rhodes

Mike Cooper

Harvey Hernandez

Dave Birgy

Alexis Davis

Jay Guilliam Jr

Jenn Goodwin

Julio Martinez

Justin Davidson

Keith Schillo

Kelsey Verwys

Kevin Guilliam

Kyle Vena

Larry Shudark

Richard Dake

Rodger Franklin

Steve Minella

Tristan Oberlin

Tyler Roy

Vivian Lee

Check out the latest issue of Clean Impact, our client newsletter!

Our TOP THREE nominees with the MOST nominations are:

Cathy Rhodes

Justin Davidson

Kelsey Verwys

Final voting will will close March 21st and the winner will be announced at the Spring Meeting (which is scheduled for April 5th) Be sure to cast your vote before then!

Taplin Social Media Are you on Facebook LinkedIn? Instagram? Be sure to click/scan the Taplin social media links below and follow us for all the latest company news and project features!

EGLE did a nice write-up about our Van Single project in Jenison. Check it out!

LeQuentin Randolph Division: UI Field Tech

Division: UI Field Tech

February Safety Awards

Paul Hibbard, Shilo Towery - Good attention to detail resulting in clean inspection: Law enforcement conducted a random stop and found no violations of the truck or the driver.

Did you know we have a safety sticker program?! Hard hat safety stickers are earned by being thorough and safe everyday on the job. There are even prizes for earning them!

Josh Rabadue

Matt Bosch Division: UI Field Tech

AJ Hale Division: UI Locator

Training Academy Videos

Great job to Tyler Mayes and Harvey Hernandez for their work on creating the first of hopefully many Taplin training videos!

These (and future video projects) will be part of the new hire onboarding process and will soon become required training.

If you have suggestions for future training video ideas (or if you’d like to help with video production, please email Alexis

24.4 Tanker Operation

TAPLIN MONEY MANAGEMENT SERIES

Are you interested in joining us for the second session of our Money Management Series? Steve will be bringing in a financial planner to speak at the next session. Email Alexis if interested.