Fitzgerald Wins 2023 President's Safety Award
At West Fraser, safety is our top priority. We are pleased to announce the 2023 Safety Award winners to acknowledge our teams that have exemplified putting safety first this year.
Congratulations to each of our 2023 President's Safety Award winners for their achievements over the past year and their significant contribution to West Fraser’s safety culture.
“In particular, we’d like to celebrate the Fitzgerald sawmill in Georgia as the winner of the 2023 President’s Safety Award,” said Sean McLaren, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Fitzgerald has made outstanding contributions to the company’s safety performance, culture and the overall growth of the West Fraser safety program.
Sean McLaren, President and Chief Executive Officer
The Fitzgerald mill has a history of strong safety performance and has been recordable-free for the past three years.
“We were really lucky when West Fraser purchased us in 2017, as every aspect of the West Fraser culture supports that our people are our greatest asset,” said Jerone Nails, General Manager, Fitzgerald sawmill. “Leadership is always challenging us as to how we can develop our teams, particularly around safety. This has led to our recent success and will challenge us going forward to not only maintain an injury-free work environment but to continuously improve in all aspects of our business. With the support of West Fraser’s leadership team along with Fitzgerald’s team, we are committed to achieving the highest possible standard.”
2023 was one of the best years we have seen in safety performance in West Fraser’s history, and we can all be proud of the part we played in achieving these results.
Troy Withey, Corporate Safety Manager
As a company, West Fraser recognizes the responsibility to identify and eliminate safety risks, and we believe our people can work towards our goal of eliminating all serious incidents and injuries. This belief underpins our safety culture of continuous improvement focused on vigilance and improving our performance in key areas, leading to safety success.
“In 2024, our commitment to continuously improve safety remains our top priority as we work to further improve all of our core safety systems while deepening involvement and ownership at all levels of the organization,” said Troy.
