Several Argonne employees received on-the-spot recognition for displaying positive safety and/or quality assurance initiative during the month of July 2018.
Gold Spot Award recipients Vanessa DaSilva (AMD) Robert Erck (AMD) Torrance Leggett (LCF) Lauren Valentino (AMD) Silver Spot Award recipients Tokieta Cox (FAC) Jeff Enger (FAC) Thomas Gutowski (FAC) Paul Hodges (FAC) Wuilibaldo Mares (FAC) … Read More
In June 2018, Kamila Wiaderek (XSD) received a Gold Spot Award for her “activity cards” design to keep electrochemistry laboratories safe.
Because the electrochemistry laboratories are often simultaneously occupied by several groups from different beamlines, Wiaderek created the activity cards system to make tracking laboratory activity convenient. The cards’ required fields are: primary and secondary … Read More
Argonne’s Disposal Days is already making a positive impact at reducing clutter and material stored in active work areas and common spaces across the laboratory. In the first two days, material has been picked up from buildings across the laboratory, including 201, 205, 208, 221, 223, 240, 360, 362, 369, 370, 372 and at the … Read More
“Core values define who we are, guide our decision-making and govern how we act as a community,” Argonne Director Paul Kearns told employees at Tuesday’s all-hands meeting.
Kearns and Chief of Staff Megan Clifford presented the laboratory’s new core values to employees who watched in locations across the site and remotely via live stream. These … Read More
In June 2018, Patricia Weikersheimer (BIS) received a Gold Spot Award for her actions in response to a fallen tree branch.
One afternoon, Weikersheimer was in her office when she heard a sound from outside that caught her attention. Looking out her office window in Building 202, she could see that a large oak tree … Read More
You hear about it in the news and it happens in private industry all too frequently; another database containing customers’ personal information is hacked. There is a war over this data every day between cybersecurity professionals securing data and cybercriminals that want to steal it. It’s called Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and it’s potentially worth … Read More
PMO team members, Chris Baltas, Terrance Day, Aneta Kowalkowski and Brian Van Acker, put their new protective helmets to the test on the MDL construction site.
This month, members of the Project Management Organization (PMO) team are using … Read More
Summer is here and with that comes an increase in vehicle, bike and pedestrian traffic on site. The summer also brings more driver distractions as many of us are rushing to enjoy summer activities.
In the past few weeks, there have been six reported motor vehicle accidents at Argonne, with three occurring in parking lots … Read More
Several Argonne employees received on-the-spot recognition for displaying positive safety and/or quality assurance initiative during the month of June 2018.
Gold Spot Award recipients Gregory Banks (AES) Abelardo Beltran-Jimenez (STE) Scott Gildo (FAC) Steven Macewko (FAC) Emily Moog (DIS) Alexander Smith (STE) Patricia Weikersheimer (BIS-BTC) Kamila Wiaderek (XSD) Silver Spot Award recipients Gregory Dolnak (NWM) … Read More
Linda Conlin (BIS) noticed that power strips in a work area appeared to be older (i.e., “from the 90s”) and not up to code. Multiple computers and machines for creating CDs were used in the affected space, making it all the more important to have up-to-code power strips.
The building manager confirmed Linda’s assessment that … Read More
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