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2014 SAFETY STATS
41,050,393Hours Worked
89%of Worksites areRecordable Free
72%of Worksites
were Injury Free
of Work Performedat or Below .10 TRIR
81%
SINCE 2009
Safety-RelatedIncidents are
61% down
.27Total
RecordableIncident Rate
(TRIR)
418Represented at
Client Locations
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Representatives from Turner recently
volunteered as judges for a National
Association for Women in Construction
(NAWIC) Block Kids Lego® building
competition in Baker, Louisiana.
The NAWIC Block-Kids LEGO® Building
Program is a national building program
competition that is sponsored on the
local level by NAWIC chapters and other
organizations. The award-winning program
introduces children to the construction
industry in an effort to create an awareness
of and to promote an interest in future
careers in one of the many facets of
the industry. The program is open to all
elementary school children in grades K-6.
The competition involves the construction
of various structures with interlocking
blocks and three of the following additional
items: A small rock, string, foil and poster
board. Local winners advance to regional
competitions and one semi-finalist from
each region is entered in the National
Program competition. National prizes are
awarded to the top three projects.
Also, earlier this year the NAWIC held their
APC Leadership conference in Corpus
Christi, Texas. Turner NAWIC member,
Patricia Livas, attended.
“It was an honor to be able to represent
women in the construction industry and the
company I work for
at this conference.
I look forward to
attending many
more conferences
as a member of
NAWIC and a
Turner employee,”
said Patricia.
Turner Industries Participates in ‘Women in Construction’ Events
Students at White Hills Elementary receive instructions before the competition
Patricia Livas
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Our Commitment to Safety Continues
There is no company more acutely aware of its safety and
health commitment or more dedicated to the mission of safety
and health excellence in all we do, than Turner Industries.
We continually strive for total incident elimination and are
steadfast in a value system that ensures our employees
can execute their duties and responsibilities in a safe and
successful manner.
Last year, thousands of dedicated Turner employees executed
over 41,000,000 work hours, the vast majority of which
were completed without incident or injury. Employees with
many years of service worked side by side and mentored
employees new to our company and together they led us to
our best overall safety and health performance in the more
than 50 year history of Turner.
In support of the continued growth of our company and to
ensure that all employees, new and experienced, have the
greatest opportunity for success, we expanded programs
like our New Employee Management System and our Job
Safety Analysis process to make these programs even
more dynamic, interactive and engaging. Furthermore, we
reinvented our behavior-based safety program to expand
intervention opportunities, training, awareness and success.
Another concentration over the past year has been the
establishment, communication and education of our
workforce on 7 Life Critical Safety Rules, which are further
defined in this newsletter. These rules, and the consistent
application of our overall safety process and knowledge
transfer system, have helped to totally integrate our safety
and operational management processes into one seamless
Operational Excellence System.
As we look to the future, we are ever mindful of our
commitment to overall safety and health excellence, and
our dedication to zero incident performance in all we do.
- Mike Phelps, Vice President of Health and Safety
Life Critical Safety Rules:Over the past several years, Turner Industries has moved away from
the reactionary mode of our industry and has taken a more proactive
approach to safety. During this time, we have been able to identify 7
Life Critical Safety Rules. Historical data has proven that when these
life critical safety rules are not followed, the health and safety of our
workers can be compromised. During 2014, the corporate safety
department compiled these rules, created icons for easy identification,
and prepared posters for jobsite visual aid. These life critical safety
rules will become an integral part of our effort to protect the health
and safety of every Turner employee:
S A F E T Y
Confined Space Entry
Line Breaking
Fall Protection
Lockout/Tagout
Walking Under a Live Load
JSA and Permit Requirements
No Drugs/Alcohol
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It All Adds Up – Meet Our New Chief Financial OfficerAfter thirty-four years of
excellent and dedicated
service as our Chief
Financial Officer (CFO)
at Turner Industries, Les
Griffon has retired. Les
began his career with
Turner in 1980 and rapidly
progressed through
numerous assignments
to be promoted to the
position of CFO in March of
2000. He will be retained
as a valued consultant for
a period of time.
Les has done an excellent
job recognizing the talents,
and grooming, James
P. (Jimmy) Sylvester, for
the role of current CFO.
Jimmy’s tenure with the company spans twenty years and he is well suited to step up
to this new position.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as Turner’s CFO and look forward to the
challenges inherently faced in this role. Turner has been built on a foundation of financial
discipline and I intend to continue that fiscal responsibility as we move into 2015 and
beyond,” said Jimmy.
We all express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for Les’ many years of hard work and
extremely conscientious attention to the financial details and responsibilities demanded
of the CFO of a company like Turner.
“I am most grateful for the opportunities that Turner gave me over my 34 year career. I am
equally as appreciative of those who contributed to my success whether they worked for
me or not. I will always bleed Turner green and have utmost confidence in its continued
success in the future,” said Les.
Rodney Landry, Turner Project Manager at the Motiva – Convent Site in Louisiana Credits the Employee-Driven Safety Committee for its Perfect Safety Record
“Do you want to know what a Convent safety
hero looks like? Look around at our Convent
team…look next to you! There are hundreds
who work here day in and day out at this
Convent refinery. It is part of our DNA to
be leaders. It is part of our DNA to provide
a greater good for our workforce. It is part
of our DNA to help others understand. It is
part of our values to make others be safe
and feel safe,” said Rodney Landry, Turner
project manager.
One of the keys to developing a safety hero
at the Motiva – Convent site is the Safety
Proctor Committee. This committee is
craftsman-driven and supported by the
site management team. They meet weekly
for 4 consecutive weeks to discuss safety
culture and unsafe conditions in the plant,
bridging any gaps between field personnel
and supervision when it comes to safety.
“We give full credit to programs like this
that have played a role in our success,”
Rodney added.
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
James P. (Jimmy) Sylvester
Turner’s safety committee at Motiva - Convent
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Turner Industries Employees Snag First Place in Jambalaya Cook-offThe annual United Way/Health Fair jambalaya cook-off held at Westlake Vinyls in Geismar,
Louisiana turned out to be a great day for Turner employees. Nine teams competed in the
cook-off and the Turner team of Jeremy Swarts and Ronnie Templet took first place.
The jambalaya cooked was sold for lunches to raise money for the United Way. Unsold
lunches were donated to local community centers, nursing homes, health clinics and
assisted living homes.
Congratulations to Jeremy and Ronnie!
TEAM Turner™ Participates in Annual Plane-Pull Fundraiser It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s our SUPER employees PULLING the plane! Recently, Turner Industries employees participated in a timed
Plane Pull fundraiser at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport benefitting The Arc, a non-profit organization providing early intervention
programs, special instruction and family support for children born with disabilities.
Competing in this event is just one example of things our employees do through TEAM Turner – we are proud to have so many
community volunteers.
T E A M T U R N E R ™
Jeremy Swarts and Ronnie Templet
T E A M T U R N E R ™
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The Spirit of Christmas Giving Another annual company-wide TEAM Turner™ event is participation in the USMC’s
“Toys for Tots,” as well as numerous other charitable Christmas gift programs in
support of those in need. Adopting residents in nursing homes, children and young
adults living in youth centers and hospitals are all part of the effort. By helping those
in need, Turner volunteers hope to brighten the holidays for as many as possible. This
year, our employees went above and beyond collecting and distributing thousands
of gifts all over the country.
Turner Industries and Motiva Working Together to Support Career CenterContinuing our support of local schools
and career centers, employees from
Turner and Motiva got together and
fabricated piping test stands for the St.
James Parish Career Center. The test
stands will allow students attending
the career center to get hands-on
experience and practice techniques to
assemble pipe spools.
Turner Safety Training Coordinator Teaches Class at Belle Chasse High SchoolBrantley McClendon, Turner’s safety training coordinator at Phillips 66 – Belle Chasse, Louisiana,
is currently teaching an industrial maintenance class at the Belle Chasse High School. Turner
also donated boilermaker tools for the program. Supporting our local schools has always been
a priority for Turner.
Thank you, Brantley, for volunteering.
W O R K F O R C E D E V E L O P M E N T
Employees from Turner and Motiva deliver the pipe stands to the St. James Parish Career Center.
Pictured are Brantley McClendon, Turner safety training coordinator and Rodney Landry, Turner project manager with students from Belle Chasse High School.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS
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Turner Industries’ specialized
transportation group recently completed
another spectacular job, accepting the
challenge of moving a large carousel drum
from the far northeastern side of Houston,
Texas to the San Jacinto Port located on
the south side of Houston.
The 83 ton carousel drum was to be
transported on Goldhofer Hydraulic
Transporters. The travel height was 24
feet, six inches, with a diameter over 21 feet
wide. The accompanying convoy included
three Turner escort trucks, five utility
bucket trucks from CenterPoint Energy,
three utility bucket trucks from AT&T,
three utility buckets trucks from Statewide
Traffic Control and nine Pasadena Sheriff
Office’s motor cycle officers.
A total of 38 individuals were involved with
this move. The permit required that this
move could only happen at night between
the hours of 10:00 PM and 4:00 AM. The
transport route would require traveling the
wrong-way on the Beltway 8 feeder road,
the wrong-way on the I-10 feeder road,
cutting through a Caterpillar® machinery
yard and raising over 100 utility cables.
Just passing through the Caterpillar yard
required the relocation of over 50 large
Caterpillar dozers and excavators.
The transport was completed incident-
free in five hours. This was a job well
done by the transportation crew made
up of John A. Adams, Whitey Braud and
Blaine McElwee with the assistance of
Turner’s Pasadena, Texas equipment yard
personnel and the use of their 500 ton
crane and rigging crew.
Our Impressive Fleet is Expanding AgainTurner’s specialized transportation group has acquired a new Goldhofer STZ-H9, 9 axle semi-trailer, with 240,000 pounds capacity.
The STZ series of semi-trailers has been designed by German engineers for an extremely diverse range of applications. Multiple loading platform concepts ensure the safe and effective transportation of goods ranging from structural steel pipe modules to pressure vessels.
Our two existing Goldhofer STZ-H6 semi-trailers have transported over 60 pipe modules in a four state region in the past two years. The Goldhofer STZ-H9 semi-trailer is an addition to our ever-expanding fleet to transport structural steel pipe modules up to 100 feet in length and payload weights up to 240,000 pounds.
E Q U I P M E N T , R I G G I N G A N D S P E C I A L I Z E D T R A N S P O R T A T I O N
Carousel Drum Transport
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‘BRAVE’ Tours Turner Industries’ Pipe Shop
Recently, Turner Industries hosted a pipe
shop tour for Baton Rouge Area Violence
Elimination (BRAVE) students. Turner works
closely with the BRAVE project, mentoring
high school students, letting them know
what careers are available in our industry.
The BRAVE project aims to eliminate
violent juvenile crime in the area of the
city in which the most crime of this kind
occurs. The administration involves strong
collaboration between the mayor, the district
attorney, the police chief, the sheriff, the
school superintendent and LSU.Pictured are: Susan Rogers, BRAVE case manager; Patrick Thibodeaux, Turner pipe Shop; BRPD Officer
Tweety, BRAVE coordinator; Gary Major, Turner safety manager, together with BRAVE students
Turner Industries Awarded Multi-Year Contract with BP – Decatur, Alabama
Turner has been awarded a multi-year
maintenance contract at the BP facility
in Decatur, Alabama, where employees
began work on December 1, 2014. The new
contract could provide jobs for as many as
130 workers.
The Decatur facility manufactures purified
terephthalic acid (PTA) and its basic raw
material, paraxylene (PX). It is also the
world’s only commercial-scale producer
of naphthalene dicarboxlate (NDC). Built
in 1965, the Decatur BP facility today
produces nearly 1 million metric tons
of PTA a year through its three large
production units.
Inside Active Operating Area, a Successful Exchanger Replacement
Multiple Turner Industries service
divisions coordinated and successfully
disconnected, lifted and removed an aged
olefins exchanger unit, and reconnected a
new replacement unit. Crane and riggings’
Warren Kaho and John Adams planned and
executed the exchangers’ lifts and transport
with our 400 Manitowoc lattice boom
crawler and Goldhofers. Disconnection
of the old exchanger and connection of
the new one was performed by Turner’s
maintenance division with supervision by
Dale Comardelle. The lift and replacement
were safely completed in one shift, inside a
congested operating area. This allowed our
client to remain at peak production levels
with minimum disruption.
M A I N T E N A N C E
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It’s a Wrap – and a Success!Turner Industries’ Annual United Way Campaign for 2014-2015 has concluded and we are proud to announce that the campaign reached an all-time high this year.
Turner and its employees have pledged $1,885,000.00 to United Ways across the country, supporting the communities in which we live and work.
Thank you, not only to the employees who pledged, but also to the dozens of employees who volunteered their time and energy to be sure each employee at every job site had the opportunity to hear the United Way story and make a pledge to help the United Way agencies in their own communities.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE AWESOME!
Turner Industries Recognized as Employer of the Year Finalist by the Texas Workforce CommissionTurner Industries was recognized as a Texas Employer of the Year finalist at the Texas Workforce Commission’s 18th Annual Texas Workforce Conference held in Grapevine, Texas. Five finalists were chosen from 28 employers nominated for contributions to their community’s workforce through innovation and collaboration with the Texas workforce system.
Turner also received the Local Employer of Excellence Award for the Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas area. The Local Employer of Excellence Award honors private-sector employers that are actively involved with their local workforce board and have made a positive impact on employers, workers and the community.
Turner Industries Chairman and CEO Roland Toups Speaks to Baton Rouge High School Students at ABC Pelican Chapter Career DayEach year, the ABC Pelican Chapter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in conjunction with the
NCCER “Build Your Future” program, invites high school students from across the area
to visit and learn about the ABC School and the career opportunities available for them
within the heavy construction industry. Students spend the day learning about different
crafts and meeting instructors and industry leaders. One of this year’s guest speakers
was our own Chairman and CEO Roland Toups, who spoke about the importance of taking
pride in your work and being a leader.
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
W O R K F O R C E D E V E L O P M E N T
Turner Chairman and CEO, Roland Toups, speaks to high school students at ABC – Pelican Chapter.
Pictured from left to right, bottom: Turner Industries Representatives, Doug McCullen, Bishop Johnson, Prentiss Martin, Susan Waller, Stacy Robinson, Charles Gilbert, and David Vanderburg.
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Campaign UpgradesThe 2014 United Way Campaign was not only a success in terms of funds raised,
but also in the way the campaign was managed. Much of the work involved in
previous campaigns had to be performed manually. For example, in previous
campaigns after pledge cards were printed, each pledge card had to be manually
addressed and upon return, information on the pledge cards had to be manually
entered into JD Edwards (JDE) for payroll deductions.
A team from Turner’s IT department met with Michelle Hardy, coordinator of
Turner’s United Way Campaign, to design a process to make the campaign run
more smoothly and more efficiently.
The first step was to redesign the pledge cards so they could be pre-printed with
all necessary information. The second step involved the implementation of an
automated system that would track each card that was printed and received, and provide the functionality to read the card
and determine if it met one of the valid selection scenarios. Finally, the last step involved storing the image of the card within
FileNet (our electronic filing system), passing all of the selected options to JDE for payroll processing and historical tracking.
While the technical aspects are valuable and the number of people required to process the pledge cards has been greatly
reduced, an additional benefit is the fact that Turner’s United Way Campaign coordinator can now spend less time on the
mechanics of processing cards and more time at jobsites speaking to employees about the merits of contributing to United Way.
The project was a highly successful collaboration between business development’s Michelle Hardy, enterprise content
management’s Steve Malik, business systems’ Amy Kling, and JDE applications development’s Chris Henning.
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
Turner and its employees have
pledged $1,885,000 to United Ways across the country, supporting the communities in which we live and work.
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Turner Industries Employees Place in Craft ChampionshipsAssociated Builders and Contractors’ Pelican Chapter hosted their annual Crafts Championships in December in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Turner employees competed in the areas of electrical instrumentation, millwright, pipefitting and welding. In the heat
of fierce competition and close finishes, Turner employees gave it their all and placed in the following areas:
A W A R D S A N D R E C O G N I T I O N S
Millwright1st place – Brandon Guidry 2nd place – Seth Boone 3rd place – Charles Veal
Pipefitting1st place – Courtney Estave
Welding2nd place – Jimmane Delpit
Congratulations to everyone who placed and good luck to Brandon, Seth, Courtney, and Jimmane who are going on to compete at the National Craft Competition in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida this Spring.
Courtney Estave
Brandon Guidry
Jimmane Delpit
Seth Boone
Russell Wiggins Retires After 46 years of service, Turner Industries employee, Russell
Wiggins, is hanging up his hard hat and heading to his next
project - retirement. Since 1994 he has been Turner’s site
manager at CF Industries in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
The company thanks Russell for his decades of service and
wishes him well in his future endeavors.
Pictured from left to right are some former retirees joining in the celebration; James Olivier, Anthony Mabile, Ulric Webre, Donald Aucoin, Russell Wiggins, Stanley Matherne, Jessie Guillot and Earl Matherne.
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The annual Committee Member of the Year
award was established by the ABC Pelican
Chapter leadership in 2008. This award
recognizes the person who has spent
valuable time during the year serving on
at least one of the chapter committees.
Pelican Chapter’s committee structure is
the heart of the organization. The 2014
Committee Member of the Year recipient
is Ray Neck with Turner Industries.
“Ray Neck has served on all of the workforce
related committees within the chapter and
also on numerous national committees.
Ray serves as training manager over all of
Turner’s corporate workforce development
efforts. This includes, but is not limited to:
enrolling employees in Associated Builders
and Contractors (ABC) craft training
programs at all locations, and participating
in national workforce development
committees with ABC and NCCER,” said
Ronnie Gulino, ISC Constructors and 2014
ABC Pelican Chapter Chairman.
Carla Thompson, workforce development coordinator at
Turner Industries and a member of the Construction Careers
Youth Committee (CCYC) and Craft Training
Committee (CTC) has been named 2014
Volunteer of the Year by CMEF.
As one of the newer members on each
committee, Carla arrived on the scene and
“hit the ground running.” She soon became fully
engaged in CCYC activities and student career
development events such as High School Career
Fairs, CTE Advisory Committee meetings,
the annual Construction Careers Exposition,
High School NCCER ATEF Accreditation Audit
Team, and classroom Guest Presenter. She
facilitated the opportunity for field trips to
Turner’s pipefitting fabrication site in Pasadena,
Texas, so high school students from CMEF sponsored high
schools could observe and listen to Construction Industry
professionals. She was instrumental in working with another
CCYC and CTC member to secure instructor and student
training guides for three area high schools that
needed such financial assistance.
“Carla has made numerous guest presentations
to high school Career and Technical
Education classes. As a CTC member, she
has fully supported the craft training program
courses at the CMEF sponsored colleges,
as well as at CMEF. In all of the CCYC and
CTC activities, Carla has strived to make a
difference in the lives of high school students
and craft professionals. Her involvement in
committee activities confirmed our selection
of Carla Thompson, the Philip Maddox 2014
CMEF Volunteer of the Year,” said Steven F.
Horton, Ed.D. Schools Program Director, Construction and
Maintenance Education Foundation.
Ray Neck and Ronnie Gulino
ABC – Pelican Chapter Chooses Turner Industries Training Manager Ray Neck Committee Member of the Year
Carla Thompson accepting her award
Carla Thompson Named 2014 Volunteer of the Year by the Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF)
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