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NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING EMPLOYEE
AWARDED 2001 SAFETY & HEALTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., September 10, 2001 – Newport
News Shipbuilding (NYSE: NNS) announced today
that employee Karen McCormick has been awarded the
2001 Safety & Health Achievement Award by the
Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association
(VPPPA) for her outstanding health and safety activities.
She is among nine individuals recognized for workplace
safety and health excellence during the Opening Session
of the 17th Annual National VPPPA Conference held
in late August in New Orleans, LA.
 The
VPPPA Safety & Health Achievement Award program
is an opportunity for hourly employees to be recognized
for their knowledge on safety and health issues and
for their VPP outreach efforts within their worksite
and community. Candidates for this award spend
less than 25 percent of their time on organized safety
programs and initiatives and are not safety and health
professionals.
McCormick’s work as a key member of the Welding
department’s Lead Safety Team has been instrumental
in the team winning the Safety Department Accident
Investigation Award and a NNS Chairman's Model of
Excellence Award, as well as being two-time recipient
of the Safety Department Communication Award. She
has given presentations on the need for task team
communication as well as being an instructor in the
Annual Safety Training Program, which is administered
to hundreds of welding department mechanics.
She created a departmental eye injury reduction
program that includes custom-fitting PPE (Personal
Protective Equipment) and ensures that replacement
PPE is stocked in correct styles and quantities to
fit everyone. Within her community, she has
been active in Earth Day service and the American
Red Cross.
The Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), administered
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), are a cooperative
effort among labor, management and government.
Last year, Newport News Shipbuilding was re-certified
at the prestigious Star level of OSHA's Voluntary
Protection Program (VPP). OSHA awards the Star only
to those companies with comprehensive, successful
safety and health programs that are in the forefront
of employee protection and demonstrate continuous
improvement.
Newport News Shipbuilding designs and constructs
nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines for
the U.S. Navy and provides life-cycle services for
ships in the Navy fleet. The company employs nearly
17,000 people and has annual revenues of approximately
$2 billion. Visit NNS on the Web at www.nns.com
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