Cummins Great Lakes, Inc.
De Pere
Category D3 - All Other SIC Codes

Cummins Great Lakes, Inc. is a distributor for Cummins diesel engines in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. The company has locations in Iron Mountain, Michigan, and Wisconsin, which include Wausau, Oak Creek, Chippewa Falls, and De Pere.

The company sells, assembles, repairs and installs gas generator sets, which require field service technicians to work with extremely high voltage.

Cummins Great Lakes, Inc. has both a safety and health program that compliment each other. The company's safety program, "Safety First & Always," was established in 1997 as a way to identify hazards and correct them. The company's safety goals center on reducing accidents, workers compensation costs and providing a safe work environment for company employees.

Each branch is represented at a Safety, Wellness, Activist Team (SWAT) meeting at corporate headquarters quarterly. The meetings typically include OSHA required training, safety awareness, and ergonomics training. The company also coordinates a voluntary "Lifestyle" program that incorporates health issues with safety. In 2001, the company had a 75 percent participation rate.

Its efforts have paid off. The company saved nearly $250,000 in the past two years in workers compensation cost. The success of the safety program is celebrated throughout the year by the use of the safety and health newsletter, e-mail announcements, signs and meeting announcements. The employees have reaped the benefits of safety by the company sharing in their success through the bonus/profit-sharing program.

Contact:
Julie Salemi
Human Resources/Safety Manager
875 Lawrence Dr.
DePere, WI 54115
(920) 338-5904