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Our Wheels for Warmth Event kicks off TODAY, Thursday 10/28/21 with the tire drop-off portion beginning at 2:00 pm, and continuing tomorrow, Friday 10/29/21 as the second day for tire drop offs. Then, preparations for the tire sale begin at 4:30 am Saturday, 10/30/21, which leads right into final preparations to get our float ready to roll in the Rutland Halloween Parade!

Both of these events require a lot of workforce to be successful. Thank you to everyone who has helped so far, and thank you to everyone who will be helping in these crucial final days!

We received a nice letter from the Community Cupboard for the work performed on their parking lot over the summer.

The Oil Quick system was recently installed on our 330C unit #5850 for the Clarendon Quarry.

The addition of Oil Quick to this unit will allow for easy swapping of implements from the cab without getting out of the unit to drive pins in and out. This unit can now share all the implements we use on our 336.

Now, in addition to the bucket, this unit will be able to use the Gorilla GX165 hydraulic hammer, the Pemberton grapple, the add-a-stick we fabricated with a manual grapple, and the MP30 multi processor. This will provide a quick and efficient means of swapping tools, keeping production high.

Any time there is a detour or a change to your route, you could encounter a variety of hazards, including:

Rigging is dangerous, regardless of whether you have it rigged correctly or not.

Recently, we had a near-miss event where a structure was rigged up correctly to a machine that was capable of lifting it. Even though this pick was correctly planned and executed, there was still an issue that caused a failure, which sent the structure to the ground. Fortunately no one was around or under the structure, which was no more than a foot off the ground when the concrete structure broke apart and fell. This brings up a very important lesson for everyone: even if you do everything right, something can still happen to make it go wrong.

Before the pick, you should always know the weight of what you are lifting, the working load limit (WLL) of the chain/sling you are using, and the equipment's lifting capacity. If you need to position anything that is being picked, you should be attaching a tagline to make sure everyone is far back enough to avoid injury in case of failure. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Casella Construction will be holding our next flu clinic on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 for employees and their family members. Nurses from the VNA will be on site administering the vaccine.

Please let us know if you will be attending the flu clinic, and let us know how many people in your party (you + number of family members) will need shots. We want to make sure we have the correct number of doses to accommodate.

The yearly period where you can enroll in our health insurance plan for the next calendar year will be coming up shortly.

The HR team will be visiting job sites from November 1 - November 5 to talk about the changes that will be in effect for your insurance options for 2022. Keep an eye out for Pat Maher and Kim Lewis next week!

Contact Kim Lewis for more information.

345D Rebuild Update

Project Praise & Flu Clinic Signup

October Events & Congrats, September Winners!