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Teams at our New Design and Flat Branch projects remain recordable injury-free. Under the leadership of Joe Duffy, Brad Smith and team, the New Design project has logged more than 250,000 hours without a recordable injury. The Flat Branch team has exceeded 50,000 hours without a recordable injury. In the past three months, we have experienced only one minor injury – a cut finger.
The sustained economic downturn has created daunting challenges for every public and private entity. Market competitiveness is fierce. We must continue to work diligently to maintain our core strengths and competitive edge while staying true to the core values that are central to our achievements. Our Fru-Con hallmarks, Quality • Performance • Service • Integrity, remain solid guidelines for all our decision-making.
He is succeeded by Joachim Muller, who has served on the Executive Board since Nov. 1, 2008. Mr. Muller is now responsible for Accounting, Finance, Controlling, Procurement and IT Management. Like Dr. Schneider, he will serve on the Supervisory Boards of all major companies in the Bilfinger Berger Group.
Fru-Con is building firm foundations as it triples the capacity of a water treatment facility in Tuscarora, Maryland — literally and ecologically. Fru-Con began work on the New Design Road Water Treatment Plant in January 2008 after winning a $73 million contract award from Frederick County to expand plant capacity from 8.8 million gallons per day (MGD) to 25 MGD. The project will be delivered in phases, with the new wing of the plant slated for commissioning in January 2010, followed by total completion on or before June 16, 2010.
The Fru-Con team is working in close collaboration with members of the Department of Engineering and Planning within Frederick County’s Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management to achieve the project goals. Engineering team members include Rummel, Klepper, and Kahn, LLP, of Baltimore, Maryland, in association with the Baltimore office of Hazen and Sawyer, Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
The project, begun in February 2009, will be completed in 2013. It will meet the needs of a growing commercial and residential area by increasing pumping capacity by 60 percent to 120 million gallons a day.
Fru-Con is off to a great start in keeping our employees safe in 2009. During the first four months, our total injury incident rate (the number of injuries requiring medical attention per 100 employees) continued to decline compared with past years. Our Workers’ Compensation claims rate (the number of medical-only injuries per 100 employees) continues a positive six-year trend and remains well below our goal for 2009.
The significance of these two statistics is reflected in the Pyramid Theory. This states that employees who experience lost-time injuries will have a greater number of recordable injuries (injuries with restrictions) which will be based on an even greater number of medical-only injuries. If we reduce the number of medical-only injuries, we also will experience fewer recordable injuries and lost-time injuries.