SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp company, celebrated its Orange, Va. facility's "Two Million Work Hours Without a Lost Time Injury" achievement yesterday. The record, which began on Sept. 28, 1991, spans a 17-year interval of safe operations and was achieved on Nov. 24, 2008. The team at Orange continues to build on this record and is now setting their sights on achieving three million work hours.
This important safety accomplishment is the result of Aerojet's "safety first" policy and the ongoing commitment at the Orange facility toward safety awareness. The Management Safety Committee, which is comprised of environmental, safety and health employees, was established in 1991 to promote safe work habits and to further safety awareness training. Ongoing employee training, maintaining checks and balances for standard operations and safety reviews for all new operations prior to launching a new program have been key to maintaining this high level of awareness and to reaching this important safety milestone.
"I am gratified by this outstanding safety accomplishment. Along with our hard working Safety Department, all employees at the plant are to be commended, as this achievement could not have been met without 100 percent employee commitment and participation. Performing our work safely is the single most important goal we have at our facility and, at the end of the day, this is a win/win for the employees, the company and our customers," said Brian Wheatley, director of plant operations at the Orange facility.
Aerojet is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader principally serving the missile and space propulsion, defense and armaments markets. GenCorp is a leading technology-based manufacturer of aerospace and defense products and systems with a real estate segment that includes activities related to the entitlement, sale, and leasing of the company's excess real estate assets. Additional information about Aerojet and GenCorp can be obtained by visiting the companies' Web sites at http://www.aerojet.com/ and http://www.gencorp.com/.
