Insteel Wire in Hickman earns prestigious award

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD PRESENTED – Insteel Wire of Hickman was presented the Kentucky Governor’s Safety and Health Award on April 20 for over 300,000+ hours without a recordable incident at the plant. Lynn Whitehouse, OSHT (Occupational Safety and Health Technology), Acting Directory with the Kentucky Safe at Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort presented the certificate following a brief tour of the plant. Pictured include Plant manager Rob Hitesman, Human Resources/Safety Manager Kristy Owens, Insteel employees, Insteel Corporate office members Director of Safety and Environment Risk Management Phil Kinney, Vice President of Human Resources Steve Burgess, Director of Manufacturing Greg Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Waggoner, President and CEO H. Woltz, Fulton County Judge/Executive Jim Martin, Fulton County Clerk Naomi Jones, Hickman City Manager David Gallagher, Fulton-Hickman Counties Economic Development Partnership President Mark Welch, Hickman Postmaster Floyd Cash, and media representatives from WCMT Charles Choate, and The Current Barbara Atwill. (Photo by Barbara Atwill)