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Bridgestone plant recognized for safety

This recognition aligns with the “Emotion,” “Ease” and “Empowerment” values of the Bridgestone E8 Commitment.

Tess Lovrak
By Tess Lovrak

Bridgestone Americas recently announced that its commercial truck and bus radial (TBR) tire manufacturing facility in Warren County, Tennessee, has received its sixth Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award. The Volunteer STAR Award is said to be the state’s highest honor for workplace safety and health and is a nationally recognized program patterned after the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).

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Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Deputy Commissioner Dewayne Scott presented the Volunteer STAR award to the Warren County Plant team (whose plant, the press release noted, is not considered an official STAR site). There are currently 33 Volunteer STAR sites in Tennessee.

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According to new data from the ,Women In Trucking Association (WIT)'s 2023 WIT Index, the percentage of female equipment technicians in corporations with for-hire or private fleets in the commercial freight transportation industry has shown a substantial increase. The 2023 WIT Index shows that more than 7% of technicians in companies in transportation are women, a number that reflects an increase of nearly 4% from the reported 3.7% of women in technician roles in the 2022 WIT Index.

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