July 2024 Taplin Family Focus Newsletter

Page 1


INTEGRITY |

| SAFETY | CUSTOMER FOCUS | INTENSITY | TRAINING | TEAMWORK

July Birthdays

Jay Guilliam II - 7/2

Andrew Callahan – 7/4

Axel Cruz-Salazar - 7/11

Kris Heckman – 7/12

Shane Stanley – 7/16

Randall Bridge Jr – 7/21

Alexander Gray – 7/23

“Butch” Dake – 7/25

DeUndre Hayes – 7/26

August Birthdays

Larry Shudark 8/1

Milton Fields 8/1

Richard Pero 8/5

Keith Schillo 8/7

Kyle Gray 8/9

Jessie Steele 8/15

Anthony Cherry 8/17

Dorian Reed 8/18

Carlos Mayo 8/21

Casee Solomon 8/22

James Dixon 8/23

Danny Butterfield 8/25

Max Arredondo 8/26

Ronnie Reed Jr 8/28

Andrew Belcher 8/29

Jeremy Pike 8/29

Mike Cooper 8/30

Kevin Guilliam 8/30

Teng Vang 8/31

Battle Creek Public Schools
Photos by Greg Moe
City of Lansing Digester project - dewatering pad prep Photos by Sam Diehl

Water Treatment Plant utilizes Deep Trekker submersible ROV for pipe outfall analysis (bottom photos). EGLE utilizes it for underwater well inspection (top photos) Photos by Hunter Taplin

Tammy Morrison Division: Shop

Wash Bay

Max Arredondo Division: RS Laborer

Jonathon Franklin Division: UI CCTV Operator

Homer Stryker Field (home of the Kalamazoo Growlers) completely flooded and was underwater with the heavy rains in July Kayakers (and NewsChannel 3) enjoyed water activities in the ballpark and tried to make the best of the swollen river situation At least the Taplin signage still looked good on “lakefront” property

An updated flyover video of our river shoreline restoration project in Plainwell Drone footage by Tyler Mayes

GoodAfternoon,

SometimeonoraboutThursdayJuly18th,(4)black steeldrumswerenoticedonthepadintheKalamazoo yard Thesedrumswerenotlabeledanddidnothave anymarkingsorinformationonthemtoindicatewhere theycamefromorwhatthedrumscontained.

Ifanyonehasanyinformationastohowthedrums arrivedonthepad,orwheretheycamefrom,please calloremailmewiththatinformationpromptly.

Pleasereadthefollowingpolicybelowwithregardto disposalwasteatallTaplinyards:

Priortoanywastebeingbroughtbacktoany Taplinyard,whetheritisintankers,totes,rolloff boxes,ordrums,KerryPuziomustbenotifiedin advance. Kerrywillprovidetheauthorizationto bringthewastebacktotheyard. Kerrypuzio@taplinholdings.comor269-364-1918

Bringingwastebacktotheyardthathasnotbeen approvedbyKerry,willleadtoimmediatedismissal!

Weareawastemanagementcompany!Wewill manageourwasteandthatofallourclients professionallyandwithintherequirementsofthe company.NoExceptions.

Thankyou,

SteveMinella

Important Note

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.

July Safety Awards

Brian Williams - Stopped a truck leaving the yard with the boom out of the cradle and up Caught it before it did damage in or outside of Taplin property

24.1 Pre-Trip Inspection How-To
Roll Off Box Dumping
24.2 Roll Off Unit

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
July 2024 Taplin Family Focus Newsletter by TaplinGroup - Issuu