And the Winner of the 2024 Zero Harm President’s Award is…L’Anse!

Koppers is proud of our global team members for living out our value of Zero Harm. To honor the dedication and contributions of our employees, every year we recognize the plants who lead the way in safety performance.

This year’s award goes to our Koppers Recovery Resources (KRR) plant, L’Anse, Michigan! This is the second time L’Anse is receiving this honor, after having won in 2020. The L’Anse team had the highest leading indicator rate; a lagging indicator rate of 0: no days away, restricted cases, recordables, or environmental incidents; and, no Life Saving Rules deviations or OSHA recordables.

Mindy Raymond, Plant Manager said: “This award is the one that has the most meaning to me and the employees here at the plant. We are like family here and knowing that we all go home to our ‘other’ family each day is the best feeling to have. It is also great that we are given the opportunity to help others in our community with a monetary gift that they can truly use and need.”

Leroy Ball, CEO; Jim Sullivan, COO; Stephanie Apostolou, General Counsel; Joe Dowd, Vice President Zero Harm; and Travis Gross, Vice President Railroad Products and Services traveled to L’Anse to celebrate their 2024 Zero Harm President’s Award. As part of their award, L’Anse received a monetary prize to donate to the charity of their choosing. The team donated their prize money to the L’Anse Fire Department and Shantell Ekdahl Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship awarded to a local high school student pursuing a degree in the mental health or psychology field.

A huge congratulations to the finalists:

Way to go team! Thank you for setting such a high standard of safety for all of us to strive towards!