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"Two Centuries" of Safety:
20 White Rock Employees Earn 10-Year Safety Awards
(3rd Quarter 2001)
A group of long-term employees at White Rock Quarries has worked a combined
total of more than 200 years without a lost time accident!
This outstanding safety performance, achieved by 20 WRQ workers with 10 or
more years of safety, has been recognized by the Joseph A. Holmes Safety
Association, which operates under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mining Health
and Safety Administration (MSHA).
(Above) L to R: Arsenio Reyes, Arturo Paleaz, Fidel Almeda, Gary Daniel, Charles
Payne, Sr., Ruben Washington, Linda Maddy, Gregory Harris, and Raymond Maddy.
(Above) L to R: Charles Payne, Jr., Ronnie Vanlandingham, Jorge Jorge, Richard Dixon,
Joe Hernandez, Stefan Truglio, Nathaniel Malone, Pedro Barrios and Joey Rabassa.
Not pictured are Rafael Padron and Michael Muscadin.
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Dragline Dedicated To
Ed Giersdorf, "Gentle
Giant"
White Rock Quarries
and North American Coal have named the quarry’s
58-cubic yard walking dragline "The Gentle Giant" in memory of
Dragline Manager Ed Giersdorf, who died last November.
Above: After the name unveiling ceremony, North American Coal CEO Clifford
Miercort presents Ed’s wife, Carolee, and sons,
Justin and Seth, with a memorial photo
display.
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Quarries, Suppliers Present Florida Boy
Scouts With $7,000
In a strong show of support for the Miami-Dade community in which they
operate, White Rock Quarries and Florida Rock, along with a number of mining
industry suppliers, have presented more than $7,000 to the Florida Council of
the Boy Scouts of America, Fireball District.
The funds help assure that the Boys Scouts’ time-honored character-building
programs continue for young men across South Florida.
(Above) L to R: Bob Martin, V.P. Operations, Florida Rock, Inc., Jeffrie Herrmann,
Scout Executive, and Steve Hale, Superintendent, White Rock Quarries, Inc.
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