{"id":11008,"date":"2010-02-09T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/alied-waste-celebrates-safety-with-barbecue\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T23:40:29","slug":"alied-waste-celebrates-safety-with-barbecue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/business\/alied-waste-celebrates-safety-with-barbecue\/","title":{"rendered":"Alied Waste celebrates safety with barbecue"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in recent memory, the aroma behind Allied Waste<\/a> in Kent was something people were breathing in and enjoying.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because on Feb. 5 the company celebrated its safety numbers by throwing a special barbecue for its workers, complete with chicken, ribs, pork and all the fixin\u2019s.<\/p>\n

According to General Manager Chris Guimond, Allied Waste reduced its number of accidents or injuries to a single event in January, a minor incident that cost the company less than $250.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s 86 percent safer than last year,\u201d Guimond said.<\/p>\n

According to Guimond, Allied Waste is already a safety leader in the industry, but the safety metric for January – in which any incident from an injury to cutting a corner too close and treading on a lawn is measured – is \u201cpretty amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the month of January, the company\u2019s \u201csafety frequency\u201d was approximately 8 percent, meaning on any given day there was an 8 percent chance of an incident. In January of 2009, that number was 35 percent.<\/p>\n

Guimond said the Kent-based company, which serves much of southern King County, has 70 trucks on the road daily for a total of more than 175,000 stops each week.<\/p>\n

Guimond said the celebration, including the food, which was prepared by Jeff Bennett, was a way to reward the staff and recognize them for their good work and an attempt to make such safety concerns part of the culture at Allied.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what this barbecue is all about,\u201d Guimond said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the first time in recent memory, the aroma behind Allied Waste in Kent was something people were breathing in and enjoying.
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