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The FLAGSHIP
Issue 6 Quarterly News Winter 1998
From The
Factory Manager…
“BST”
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
As most of you are aware, the Plant
has retained the services of a consulting firm that specializes in improving
safety performance. The technique that
they have developed and plan to
implement at our facility is based on a
study of the behaviors that are associated with accidents and methods to
change these behaviors. I have personally observed the results of their efforts
at other chemical plants, and the
improvement in safety performance
was impressive and dramatic. I am
very optimistic and confident that BST
will be successful here in Naugatuck.
I am also aware that some of us view
this as “just another safety program” or
the “flavor of the month.” While it is
true that we have had many programs
over the years, I believe that all of
them have contributed something positive to our safety performance.
However, the fact remains that we
have a long way to go. Quite frankly,
we can call this approach anything we
want as long as we successfully and
dramatically improve our safety performance.
I ask all of you to do whatever you
can to make this effort successful.
Jack Prior,
Factory Manager
“50 Years of Service”
Carmine Iannuzzi, Sr.
January 19, 1998, marked 50
years of service with Uniroyal
Chemical Co. for Carmine
Iannuzzi, Sr. and during these
many years of loyal service,
he has distinguished himself
as a very safety-conscientious
employee and a real team
player!
Carmine joined us as a
Pipefitter’s Helper in January,
1948 leaving in August 1948
to serve in the USMC. After
his tour of duty, he returned to our employ in 1951 and shortly thereafter, he became a 1st Class Piper. In 1962, Carmine transferred to his present position as Chief Tank Car
Unloader. Over the years, he has received several letters of
commendation: one from Al Manzi expressing his gratitude
for Carmine’s reporting of defective rails; one for his reporting of a serious fire hazard in the storage area of the Tank
Farm, and one for the work he performed on the I-100 Reactor
System, and another, which he received along with Jim
Dowling, for the line repairs performed in adverse working
conditions on the Pretreatment Plant.
In addition, Carmine has received Uniroyal Chemical’s Total
Quality Recognition Award twice – first in 1992, for his
efforts in shipping a 433L transfer to an already loaded tank
truck; and again in 1993, for his innovative method of stripping water out of 433L storage tanks with nitrogen.
In 1986, Carmine’s co-workers deemed him the most committed to the success of the Naugatuck Plant, and he became
the first employee inducted into the Naugatuck Plant’s “Hall
of Fame” receiving the Plant’s most prestigious award, The
Flagship Award.
Carmine resides in Woodbridge with his wife, Ethel, and
two of his sons, John and Carmine, Jr., who also work at the
Naugatuck Plant.
Thanks, Carmine for your many contributions to our Plant
and congratulations for a job well done!
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