MODESTO, Calif. – Four local Dot Foods employees reaped the benefits of the food redistributor’
More than 2,300 employees were eligible to participate in the safety incentive program, which was divided into two program categories. Warehouse and support personnel were required to have worked at least 1,000 hours in 2009, have no written disciplinary action and no OSHA recordable injuries, while drivers also had to meet a minimum earning requirement and have no motor vehicle accidents.
Paul Davis of Riverbank, a maintenance worker at the Modesto warehouse, was one of three company-wide warehouse support group winners. Order selector Sysouvanh Phengsavanh of Modesto was the warehouse winner for Modesto. Both received ATVs. High-definition TVs went to drivers Frank Leonard and Gary Rhode, both of Stockton. Dot also paid the taxes on the prizes. (Photos of the winners are available at www.budurl.com/
Through successful injury prevention programs, Dot reduced OSHA recordable injuries by 35 percent and affected work days by 43 percent during 2009. According to Don Pierce, employee safety manager, “There were fewer OSHA recordable injuries per 100 employees in 2009 than any year in Dot’s history. An employee focus on injury prevention and increased hazard awareness helped set this all-time low record.”
Dot Foods Inc. carries 92,000 products from 500 food industry manufacturers and is the largest food redistributor in the United States. Dot Foods and Dot Transportation sell and deliver foodservice, convenience, retail, vending, equipment and supplies to leading distributors in all 50 states. Dot Foods operates eight distribution centers in: Modesto, Calif.; Vidalia, Ga.; Burley, Idaho; Mt. Sterling, Ill.; Cambridge City, Ind.; Williamsport, Md.; Liverpool, N.Y.; and Ardmore, Okla. For information, visit www.dotfoods.com.
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