Wednesday, our Pine Island team celebrated 250 days accident-free with a pizza lunch at the shop!

“We wanted to get together now in order to congratulate everyone,” said CEO Bill Haines to the assembled team. “It’s been 250 days since someone was hurt and needed to go get attention, and you should all be proud of yourselves. But this is also a reminder to keep thinking about safety and pay attention to what you’re doing all the time. If you’re running a piece of equipment, shut it down before you mess with it. Wear your safety gear. And remember to keep taking care of each other! You’re responsible for yourself and for the people you work with. If you’re two team members working side by side, remind each other to use your helmets, use your gloves…whatever equipment you’ve been issued.”

Our previous record was 365 days; when we pass that, Bill says, we’ll have another get-together; at 500 days, we’ll do something bigger. And as always, Pine Island has full faith in our team to keep doing whatever it takes, to take care of our crop as well as each other!