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Koppers Celebrates our 2023 iShare Silver Badge Recipients
January 12, 2024
In 2023, Koppers awarded three employees with the iShare Silver Badge:
• Matt Halonen - Reliability Engineer, Hubbell, MI
• Diana Roman - Lab Chemist, Griffin, GA
• Jaxon Tucker - Zero Harm Coordinator, Somerville, TX
• Matt Halonen - Reliability Engineer, Hubbell, MI
• Diana Roman - Lab Chemist, Griffin, GA
• Jaxon Tucker - Zero Harm Coordinator, Somerville, TX
What's a Silver Badge? 🏅
A silver badge recognizes employees who have submitted at least five iShare ideas that have been accepted, making a contribution towards Koppers growth and innovation! Our three recipients this year demonstrated their creativity and initiative in sharing their ideas and suggestions on how to improve processes and services at Koppers.
What were the ideas? 💭
Matt Halonen
Matt’s ideas identified ways to improve operations at the Hubbell plant, including the installation of heated eyewashes (necessary in chilly Hubbell!), improvements to a boot washer (to keep the plant cleaner) and a process for detecting compressed air leaks.
Matt’s ideas identified ways to improve operations at the Hubbell plant, including the installation of heated eyewashes (necessary in chilly Hubbell!), improvements to a boot washer (to keep the plant cleaner) and a process for detecting compressed air leaks.
Diana Roman
Diana’s ideas identified ways to improve laboratory operations and make them safer, like installing additional lighting in laboratory hoods, utilizing rolling carts for transporting heavy chemicals, and creating an equipment repair request log.
Diana’s ideas identified ways to improve laboratory operations and make them safer, like installing additional lighting in laboratory hoods, utilizing rolling carts for transporting heavy chemicals, and creating an equipment repair request log.
Jaxon Tucker
Jaxon’s ideas identified opportunities to improve safety at the Somerville plant, including using high visibility hydration packs to promote hydration, using a battery-operated spike remover to improve ergonomics of removing spikes, and distributing hot weather hard hats coated in an innovative coating that keeps the inside of the hat cooler.
Jaxon’s ideas identified opportunities to improve safety at the Somerville plant, including using high visibility hydration packs to promote hydration, using a battery-operated spike remover to improve ergonomics of removing spikes, and distributing hot weather hard hats coated in an innovative coating that keeps the inside of the hat cooler.
Congratulations again to Matt, Diana, and Jaxon for your creativity and initiative to improve Koppers! 👏