PaperWorks Wabash Mill Logs One Million Accident-Free Hours

While Sunday is a day of rest, it also was a red-letter day for the PaperWorks mill in Wabash, Ind. The plant logged its one millionth consecutive hour without an accident on July 31. “This is a very rare and impressive accomplishment for not only our industry, but any industry,” said Joe Atkinson, director of safety at PaperWorks. “Setting this kind of safety record in two years is nothing short of amazing.” Atkinson was the initiator of a company-wide safety program that was implemented across the company’s mills in 2009, and has since begun being instituted in its other