August 2, 2006—Management at the Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC facility located here, has recognized UNICCO Service Company for an unprecedented 1,000,000 hours without a lost time incident. The UNICCO staff of 174 employees provides production and facilities equipment preventative and emergency maintenance services for the facility, which includes 57 acres of factory, warehouse and office buildings on the 485 acre site.
The million-hour safety milestone was achieved by UNICCO’s maintenance and support services staffs on July 1, 2006; the last lost time incident occurred on August 5, 2004. “This is an unprecedented achievement,” commented Jim Pridgen, Bridgestone Wilson, plant manager. “Clearly, UNICCO has become a model for safety at the factory. Their approach to safety directly contributes to our productivity and to employee welfare.”
The Bridgestone Firestone (BFS) Wilson plant is a 24-hour, 365-day passenger and light truck tire manufacturing facility. UNICCO provides full maintenance services of production equipment and facilities systems, including power and steam plants, machine shop services, and fork truck and hoist maintenance. It also handles equipment installations and modifications, as well as production support, warehouse and shipping services.
UNICCO Service Company, based in Newton, Mass., is one of North America’s largest integrated facilities services companies with more than 18,000 employees and $700 million in annualized revenues. For more information, visit the Web site.
