VA Vermiculite Workers Presented with Individual Safety Awards

On June 24, VTCA, Virginia Energy and Virginia Vermiculite presented the annual Individual Safety Awards to four of their employees:

• Randall Wolfrey, Plant Supervisor, 30 years without a lost time injury
• William Martyn, Jr., Plant Supervisor, 15 years without a lost time injury
• Carlos Evans, Jr., Plant Supervisor, 15 years without a lost time injury
• Daniel Metz, General Manager, 15 years without a lost time injury

This is a remarkable accomplishment for the individuals and a testament to the significance of safety exemplified by the individuals, Virginia Vermiculite and Virginia Energy.

Individual Employee Safety Awards are awarded to persons who reach fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five years or more in the mining industry without a lost time injury during the calendar year. All individual award winners will receive a certificate acknowledging their achievement.

Award recipients were presented their awards at a cook-out lunch hosted by Virginia Vermiculite.

Representatives from Virginia Energy and VTCA attended the celebration and presented the award certificates.

     
Carlos Evans (R)                               Randall Woolfery (R)            

Dianna Jablonski even guided VTCA's Rob Lanham and Gordon Dixon on an in-depth tour of the Virginia Vermiculite plant. Their Louisa plant is the only vermiculite producing operation in the United States! Thank you Dianna for a great tour!