- Accident-free working hours exceeds one million at
BorgWarner Dixon located in Illinois, US
- BorgWarner CEO Frédéric Lissalde and President and General
Manager Emissions, Thermal and Turbo Systems Joseph Fadool
presented award at special ceremony
- Local organizations and summer program chosen for award
fund
AUBURN
HILLS, Mich., May 18, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner's manufacturing site in Dixon, Illinois, US has been awarded the 2022
CEO's Safety Excellence Award after recording over one million
accident-free working hours. The site continued their commitment to
safety by achieving ISO 45001 certification in December 2020. This is the second time BorgWarner
Dixon has been awarded the CEO's Safety Excellence Award, with the
first back in 2020.
"I'm honored to accept this award on behalf of all our employees
here in Dixon, who have embraced
our safety-first culture and made Dixon a benchmark for safety in our region and
across BorgWarner," said Ricardo
Hernandez, Plant Manager, BorgWarner Emissions, Thermal and
Turbo Systems. "Safety isn't trivial – it takes commitment and
engagement by every employee as we strive to be the safest plant in
BorgWarner."
While presenting the award during a special celebration on
May 4, 2023, Frédéric Lissalde,
President and CEO, BorgWarner, added, "To me, safety is a mindset
about caring about yourself; about caring about others. It's a
mindset about continuous improvement. I congratulate you for having
that mindset as a group and as a community."
In addition to recognition for the site, the award includes a
prize of USD $20,000 that is
traditionally distributed to local charities selected by the
winning site. This year, the prize fund was split between three
organizations: Dixon PADS Homeless Shelter, United Way Summer Eats
program, and Dixon Firefighters Charitable Association. Dixon PADS
Homeless Shelter provides shelter, food, education and more to
homeless individuals and families to aid in the goal of independent
living. United Way Summer Eats program offers free meals to
children and teens during the summer when school is out. Dixon
Firefighters Charitable Association, which have offered their
expertise in fire safety for several Global Safety Days at
BorgWarner Dixon, plan to use the donation for fire prevention
educational supplies.
BorgWarner Dixon has been operating for over 60 years, currently
manufacturing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves, EGR coolers
and actuators with approximately 300 employees.
About BorgWarner
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has been a transformative global product leader bringing successful
mobility innovation to market. Today, we're accelerating the
world's transition to eMobility – to help build a cleaner,
healthier, safer future for all.
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