Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 11

SET SAFETY IDAHO SUNDAY, APRIL 21 1977 IDAHO A JOUKNAL I A PAGE lH 1 B-E Workers Log 590,000 Man Hours Without Injury Mishap O3 1 6 IV Rick Pollock (left), Bucyrus- Erie Co. safety supervisor, and Sid Smith, one of three union- management safety committeemen, inspect the strength of a large chain attached to an overhead crane. If the gauge in Smith's hand 'fits over a link, the chain is either worn or and be discarded. Pollock records the chain's serial number. A new safety record has been set by 13- plant workers who have BUSINESS BITS.

ROBBIE WATERS has been appointed employer relations specialist with the State Department of Em- ployment's Job Service Improvement Program JSIP). JSIP 1 was created to improve the employment department's service to Pocatello employers and job applicants. Previously a member of Job Service's placement division, Ms. Waters will now act as JSIP's main liaison with the local business community. She has been with the agency since last October.

Mrs. Waters has eight years experince in executive secretarial-clerical fields related to per- A native of Tulsa, she moved to Pocatello in 1967. Before joining JSIP, she i worked in the personnel department at Idaho State University. She attended Northeastern I State College at Tahlequah, Okla. and i Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, DAVID PERRY has completed training to service John Deere construction equipment in Pocatello for Elliott Industrial Co.

of Idaho Falls, according to Keith Taylor, John Deere sales representative for Southeast Idaho. Perry was hired last December by Elliott Industrial after working a number of years with the J.R. Simplot Co. plant near Pocatello. He was hired during a strike against the plant by Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union members.

Perry was sent back to Dubuque, Iowa for three weeks of training. He will service all John Deere equipment including backhoes, bulldozers, graders and scrapers. EVAN BYINGTON, 24, an agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, has been assigned to the Pocatello region. A native of Lava Hot Springs, Byington graduated from Marsh Valley High School in 1971. later received a B.S.

degree in psychology and sociology from Brigham Young University. He recently returned from a two year LDS mission at Harrisburg, Penn Connecticut Mutual has operated since 1846 and has over 300 offices from coast to coast and in Hawaii. It should have a Pocatello office within five months. Byington currently operates out of his home. MARILYN HENSON has been chosen to be a VISTA trainer in Seattle, Wash, for a pre-service orientation class involving more than 100 volunteers.

Mrs. Henson currently serves as a coordinator for Idaho volunteers in Correction. She started her two-year term as a VISTA volunteer last July 28. She is one of two trainers selected from Idaho for the training session. New volunteers will serve in Idaho, Oregon, i Alaska.

A native Pocatellan, Mrs. Henson' attended Pocatello High School and Idaho State University. She is married to Stanley Henson, owner-operator of Stan's A Wreckage. CARL BEAVERS, 49, a lifelong Boise resident, has been named president of Eddy Bakeries, according to Harris J. Ashton General Host Corporation chairman.

Beavers has been with Eddy since 1942. He first worked at the Boise plant and later its sales department He became manager of the Boise plant in 1955. Beavers -replaces Weldon S. Gray as president of the bakery products company. Gray resigned because of medical reasons, but will remain with the firm as a consultant Beavers will be based in Helena, Mont, where Eddy Bakeries is headquartered.

Eddy has plants and distribution points in Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. THAD ALLEN has been named credit officer in First Security Bank of Idaho's eastern division, according to Ted Ellis senior vice president and division supervisor. A native of Hyrum, Utah, Allen joined First Security a year ago last January following graduation from Utah State University. HYearned credits in banking and similar subjects from the American Institute of Banking. MRS LOUISE ROMRIELL has been named manager of Hatch's Hallmark Shop at the Westwood Village Shopping Center according to Adrian Curtis, store owner.

Mrs Komriell has been with (he firm for seven years and has been assistant manager for the past three years. NANCY GUILES loan officer with the Small Business Administration's Hol.se office.will ho in Pocatello Wednesday in wist area farmers, ranchers and businessmen with SBA Drdarims Mrs Guiles will he available for appointments from JTm to crorlin lo Cheslcy Scharl chambcr 1 executive vice president. Appoln.mcn.s be made In advance by phoning the chamber at 233-1525 worked more than 500,000 man hours without an injury accident. In the background is main frame for 45-H drill used for mining. See story.

(Jouma Photo bv 0. K.Johnson) The lliOO workers at the Ducyrus-Krie plant in Pocatello have established a new safety record by compiling more than a half million manhours without a disabling injury. A "long range management commitment to improving working conditions" and growing on-the-job experience of UE employes have contributed to a sharp drop in accidents at li-E's large manufacturing complex, says Kick Pollock, plant safety supervisor. The Pocatello plant is the largest manufacturing facility in the Bucyrus-Erie Corporation. Its dragline, drill, and shovel parts are extremely large and must be shipped in several segments and assembled at mining sites.

The movement and assembly of heavy steel parts, gears and weldments are hazardous and require a high degree of safety awareness, Pollock notes. Many machinists and welders were brought in "all at once" by B-E as the firm started gearing up its plant for full- scale production. Many of the oul-of-state workers suffered "psychological shock" moving into the new area "As they gol lo know (heir job better, the safer and more efficient quality job they started to do," Pollock said. "Our goal is to have no accidents from now on, but in this type of industry that is very difficult." A goal of one million man hours without a single "lost- time injury" was set by plan! manager Chuck Berg last December. "With the present count at 590,000 man hours the employes are well on their way to achieving the one million man hour milestone," Pollock tolu the Journal.

An accident frequency rate at the local factory has dropped from 32.69 last year to 9.22 this year, the safety supervisor said. That rale is an indicator of how often accidents happen at the B-E plant. While the company had about a 66 per cent drop in ac- cidenl frequencies since last year, its severity rate is "one- i of whal it was a year ago." Pollock noted. The severity rale indicates how long employes are off work due to on-the- job injuries. In 1976, three employe safety committee levels were established lo improve working conditions and learn about laborer concerns.

Each building now has a safety committee which inspects for hazards and recommends necessary improvements. A union-management safety committee coordinates the plantwide effort and resolves disputes. New safety training programs, employe safely meetings and a new awards program have also helped the B-E's overall accident prevention program. "A safety program takes normally a year to two years to develop. I think whal we see now is the fruit of our labor coming true The program has been in existence since the plant slarled, but il really started to shape up about six months ago," Pollock mentioned.

Each month, B-E employes are each awarded an average 1200 SH Green Stamps for avoiding injuries which require a doctor's attention. The maximum number of stamps awarded to an individual is 1600 in one month. Al end of the year, a worker at the deparlmenl wllh the best safety record is randomly selecled and given an all-expense paid vacation to Hawaii for a week. One of Pollock's responsibilities is to gel injured workers back lo work as soon as possible so they will not lose wages. Oftenlimes, jobs will be modified to permit an injured em- ploye to work during his recovery period.

B-E's safety program is based on a similar program being used by Utah International Inc. Pollock moved to B-E's Pocatello plant a year ago from Phoenix, Ariz, where he worked for Transamerica Insurance as a loss control representative. The 26-year-old safety supervisor is a Madison, Wis. native. Snow Drought Hurts Utah Ski Industry SALT LAKE CITY A The Utah Travel Council estimates this year's spotty snowfall cost the state's ski industry nearly $25 million.

i i Gullivan said the dollar picture won't be in sharp focus until next fall, but he said the late snow was a cruel blow to resorts that had record pre-season reservations. "In 1975-76, the ski industry had a $30 million year, a record year," said Gallivan. "This year they anticipated a 12 to 15 per cent increase over 1975-76." Ray Hixson. presidenl of Snowbird, said he estimates his resort lost "about $1 million" because of the abnormally low snowlall. He said it managed to minimize losses by cutting back once it realized the snow wasn't going to come like it always had in the past and that the skiers wouldn't be coming like they had, either.

"When we get 300 inches of snow in a year, it's a bad year," said Hixson, emphasizing the large amount of snow his resort usually receives. "This year, a bad year, we got well over 200 inches." Many resorts closed early, although some were able to take advantage of spring skiing. "Skiing was good through Easier," said Gallivan, and Hixson said projections of what business would be like after the snow came were born out by the visitors who showed up once the short season got underway. "It was good to know our projections had been accurate, at "This season slowed us down a year in our expansion program," he said, but he refused to categorize the season as a disaster for Snowbird. Idaho's Economy Should Expand Despite Drought Idaho's economy should continue to expand despite agricultural uncertainties caused by a critical water shortage, according to the quarterly First Security Bank Newsletter released this week.

Favorable employment growth and job opportunites are expected during the second quarter. During the first three months of 1977, non-agricultural wage and salary employment growth remained at seven per cent, or 19,000 jobs ahead of last year, the report states. Construction outlook is excellent for the second quarter. The newsletter predicts that stable mortgage rates and adequate funds available to mortgage granting institutions will be a major factor in construction industry growth. This favorable construction market in Idaho and other western states will have a definite positive effect on lumber production in the state.

First quarter lumber production was 10 per cent above the same period last year. After midyear, however, dry timber conditions could impede logging efforts. Merchandising activity was strong in the first quarter and the retail sales outlook for the April-June period is good. Automobile sales were particularly strong. The newsletter reported an increased demand for credit, over the first quarter lasi year, and predicted that all segments of credit demand should increase during the second quarter.

With Idaho's water supply at 40 per cent of normal, the newsletter predicted that a combination of the drought and unfavorable prices will reduce agricultural production and income in 1977. While most agricultural commodity prices in the first quarter remained sharply below a year ago, moderate price improvement in the cattle and wheat markets is anticipated in the second half of 1977. On the national scene, the letter predicts that business activity will accelerate sharply, establishing an above-average growth pattern that will probably continue throughout the summer. The rate of inflation should reach above 6 per cent during 1977, despite the Carter Administration's announced anti-inflationary policy. The rate of real economic expansion in the April-to-June period will reach an annual rale of 7-8 per cent.

Interest rates will remain relalively stable during the second quarter, but higher and rising demands for credit will push interest rates upward in the second half of 1977. Business spending for plant and equipment is also anticipated to increase in the next quarter. Idaho Restaurants, Motels Only Give Requested Water Patrons of Idaho's restaurants, hotels and motels will be among the first lo notice initiation of the innkeeping-food service industry's energy conservation policy. The most obvious parts of the program, undertaken by the Idaho Innkeepers Association and the Idaho Restaurant and Beverage Association, will be tent cards placed on reslauranl tables and motel desks. Restaurant patrons will be informed that water will be served by request only while motel guesls will be asked lo help conserve natural resources by minimizing consumption of waste and electrical energy.

This "front of the house" effort by the travel and foodservice industry will be only a portion of the overall program being in sliluled. A much broader, in-depth "back of the house" program is the main thrust of the conservalion effort. The Associations have been sludying the conservation problem for several months. They have consulted with Ihe National Restauranl Association and the American Hotel and Motel Association which have developed comprehensive conservation programs and published manuals for use by industry members. "Although the serving ol such a minor item as a glass of water might seem a small contribution, it should he noted lhal for every eight ounce glass of water served, it requires an additional 16 ounces ol water to wash, rinse and sanitize the glass.

For every 100 racks of glasses washed, the dishwasher requires 13 kilowatt hours of electricity. Dishwashing requires hot water. To raise the temperature, of 1,000 gallons of water 100 degrees sanitation purposes) requires 13.2 therms of gas or 325 KWH of electricity. Additional power is required lo make ice," slated David Hand, executive director of the associations. "Such a minor item has the potential of saving between two and Ihree acre feet of water each week," he added.

Several restaurants Ihroughoul Idaho have already instituted the tent card program. "Consumer reaction has been good," said Robert Mclnlosh, general manager of Boise's Sheraton Downtowner. "Guests have been pleased to see (hat our establishment is working actively to assist in this important conservalion area" reports Everett Jordan, General Manager of Idaho Falls' Stardust Motor Lodge. Cosgriff Buys Galaxy Advertising The Idaho division of Galaxy A i i Cosgriff, of Boise has been announced by Charles Cosgriff, presidenl and general manager of Ihe Boise firm. Cosgriff will conlimie lo occupy Galaxy 1 sales office al 136 S.

Fourth Ave. in Pocalello I Joe 1C. Williams, formerly of Galaxy Outdoor Advertising, will join Cosgriff as ils eastern division manager. Williams started working in (he outdoor advertising business in MH7, first wilh Markham Advertising as a vice president and later with Galaxy as Idaho division manager a a a represents an expansion of Cosgriff's outdoor advertising, poster panel and a i bullelins business lo encompass all of south Idaho. In addition lo Cosgriff's home i and Western division operation in lioise, and newly-purchased easlern division, Ihe i also operak-s a soulluTii division office in Twin Kails.

"When you look at the record of snowfall in Ihis canyon," said Hixson, "you see lhat this year was not a normal Ihing. There is no parlicular cycle." He said he thinks or rather hopes next season will be back lo normal. Park City was the only Utah resort to use snow machines Ihis year, allhough Sun Valley in Idaho made Ihe plunge. Hixson said his resort didn'l feel the expense was juslified because of the amount of snow normally received in the Lillle Coltonwood Canyon on the west slope of Wasalch Mountains. Gallivan said ski industry people in a a a "caulious" allilude aboul what the nexl winter will bring.

He said several small firm? have either gone out of business or are faced with that prospecfi He said the major resorts aren't in any serious (rouble ye(j although another bad might have a telling effect. He said one Utah resort whicli depends on in-state skiers is in trouble and "may not be back next year." New Subaru-Mazda Building Rex Larson, owner of Rex Larson Subaru-Mazda. clans to build a new car showroom-service (acility on the corner of Jefferson and Alameda, opposite his present location. This architectural model made by Aspen Building Systems depicts what the new structure will look like once it is tentatively completed in July. The tree will be located on the corner where an old service station building currently stands.

That building should be torn down within two weeks. Total cost of the new building will be $170,000. One third of the 6,600 sq. ft. building will be for display purposes.

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