Safety Milestone Celebration & Distracted Driving Stats

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Employee Spotlight

Don Crowe

Superintendent

Hometown:

Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

Family:

My wife and two kids.

Pets:

Golden Doodle.

First Job:

Shoveling asphalt in high school.

Dislikes:

Being told "no."

Guilty Pleasure:

Not guilty.

Favorite Color:

Blonde.

Favorite Food:

King crab.

Pet Peeve:

People with listening problems.

Hobbies:

Boating.

Best part about your job:

Sense of accomplishment when it is done right.

Who do you most look up to?

Ayn Rand, the author ahead of her time for writing The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged in 1943.

Best advice you ever received:

If you have something to brag about someone else will do it for you.

Something everyone should know about you:

I was almost a funeral director for a family-run business.

100 Day Milestone Celebrated!

To celebrate our achievement of hitting 100 days without time lost due to an injury, a company-wide pizza party was held at every Casella Construction jobsite and office on Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Every single one of you contributed to this accomplishment. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to hitting a higher standard for safety.

Our Good Catch/Near Miss Program helps us hit our safety goals, so please keep the submissions coming!

[Mendon Office]

[Pittsford Salt Shop]

[Mendon Shop]

[Bennington]

[Transportation Department]

Safety Topic: Distracted Driving

Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in your vehicle, fiddling with the stereo, entertainment or navigation system — anything that takes your attention away from the task of safe driving.

Cell Phone Statistics

37,000+ people die in automobile crashes in the U.S. every year.
1.6 million accidents per year have a cell phone involved. That's 64% of all road accidents in the United States.
Each year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that involve a distracted driver in some way.
Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because of texting, and 1 out of 4 car accidents in the U.S. are caused by texting while driving.
Texting while driving is 6 times more likely to cause an accident than drunk driving is.
It takes an average of 3 seconds after a driver's mind is taken off the road for any accident to occur. This is the bare minimum amount of time it takes, and it is surprisingly small. 3 seconds is the time it takes to turn your ignition when starting your vehicle.
Reading a text message while driving distracts a driver for a minimum of 5 seconds each time. This means that the chances of an accident occurring while reading a text is extremely high.
Average speed in the U.S. is about 55 mph. Taking 5 seconds to read a text means the driver travels the length of a football field while distracted.
The chances of a crash for any reason are increased 23 times when you are texting. Even if the crash is another driver's fault, you likely could have avoided it if you had been focused on the road.

For more information about distracted driving, click here.

Please stay safe out there!

Valentine's Day is coming soon!

Need some ideas? Check out the suggestions below!

Gift Ideas

Pink Spray Roses

from Blossoms 'n More

Kids Valentine Shirt

Find it here

Gift and Fruit Baskets from Exotica Flowerz

Date Night at Home Ideas

Kids Valentine Crafts

Find them here

Date Night Cards

Find them here

Family Movie Night

Find the list here

Do you have some good ideas for Valentine's Day?

Fun Date Ideas

Past Success Stories

Good Recipes

Gift Ideas

Send them in and we'll share them!

Look for more ideas in next week's newsletter.

We are hiring for spring!

Do you know someone who could make a positive difference on our team this spring?

Please ask your most talented contacts to apply!

See our job postings here.

And let's not forget the thank you.

If someone you recommend is hired and stays with us at least 90 days, we will thank you with a $250 referral bonus in your check! (Just make sure they mention your name in their online application.)

Contact Melissa Coltey or Kim Lewis with recommendations: [email protected] or [email protected]

Click here for more information about the employee referral program.