Alliance for Chemical Safety

2002 Achievement Awards

Bill Ward (middle) and Ken Perica (right) of Bayer Corporation in Addyston, Ohio pose with Duane Day, Chair of the Alliance (left). as they accept the Alliance's 2002 Risk Reduction Achievement Award for constructing a state-of-the-art facility to contain emergency releases from four manufacturing processes at the Bayer thermoplastics plant.

Bill Phelps (middle) and John Paddock (right) of Greater Cincinnati Water Works pose with Duane Day, Chair of the Alliance (left), as they accept the Alliance’s 2002 Risk Reduction Achievement Award for significant reduction in on-site storage and usage of chlorine at the Water Works' water treatment plants.

District Chief Ed Dadosky of the Cincinnati Fire Department (middle) and Mike Groh, safety manager for Cognis Corp. (right) pose with Duane Day, chair of the Alliance (left) as they accept the Alliance's 2002 Risk Communication Achievement Award on behalf of the Cognis Community Advisory Panel (CAP). The CAP received this award for its work in educating the Winton Place community about Shelter In Place during hazardous material emergencies.

Linda Stichtenoth, former community relations manager for Rohm and Haas, Jim Pfennig, Reading resident, Curt Lambert, senior EHS engineer for Rohm and Haas, and Chief Kevin Kaiser of the Reading Fire Department pose with Duane Day, chair of the Alliance, as they accept the Alliance's 2002 Risk Communication Achievement Award on behalf of the Rohm and Haas Community Advisory Council (CAC). The CAC received this award for its work in educating the Reading community about Shelter In Place during hazardous material emergencies.

Mike Gunn, Cincinnati's former employee safety manager (right), poses with Duane Day, chair of the Alliance (right), as he accepts the Alliance's 2002 Second Mile Award (for going the extra mile in the promotion of chemical safety). Gunn has devoted many years to improving local response to hazardous material emergencies.