Metro News Release
For immediate release: November 24, 2010
Metro honors safety-focused employees
Awards promote good safety practices, encourage reporting unsafe practices
Metro recently recognized 69 employees as “Champions of Safety,” for their efforts in safeguarding Metro customers, employees and equipment, and helping to make prevention the guiding force of the agency’s safety program.
Along with showing appreciation to a group of dedicated employees, Metro hopes the awards will encourage all employees to continue to perform their jobs with safety in mind and to report safety concerns.
“I’d like to congratulate our first-ever Champions of Safety along with those honored as Rising Champions of Safety and of course winners in this year’s Bus and Rail Roadeos,” said Metro General Manager Richard Sarles. “It was a pleasure to honor very deserving coworkers who exemplify safety-first values in our Bus, Rail and MetroAccess departments.”
Also recognized for their safety-focused work were employees from the offices of maintenance, rail transportation, track, structures and systems maintenance, plant maintenance, bus planning and rail car maintenance.
Individuals who were awarded honors included:
| Road Champions | Award | Hometown |
| Reginald Patterson | Silver Silver Silver Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Gold Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Gold Gold Silver Bronze Bronze Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion Rising Champion | Clinton, Md. Upper Marlboro, Md. Fort Washington, Md. New Carrollton, Md. Washington, D.C. Loveville, Md. Bowie, Md. Silver Spring, Md. Rockville, Md. Bowie, Md. Glenn Dale, Md. Glendale, Md. Riverdale, Md. Laurel, Md. Riverdale, Md. Bowie, Md. Fort Washington, Md. Springdale, Md. Upper Marlboro, Md. Capitol Heights, Md. Bowie, Md. Washington, D.C. Upper Marlboro, Md. Bowie, Md. Washington, D.C. Mitchellville, Md. Aquasco, Md. Clinton, Md. Forestville, Md. Lanham, Md. Washington, D.C. Silver Spring, Md. Hyattsville, Md. Lanham, Md. Upper Marlboro, Md. Washington, D.C. Greenbelt, Md. Temple Hills, Md. Denton, Md. Washington, D.C. Hyattsville, Md. Alexandria, Va. Lorton, Va. Alexandria, Va. Alexandria, Va. Woodbridge, Va. Washington, D.C. Clinton, Md. Temple Hills, Md. Washington, D.C. Bowie, Md. Stafford, Va. Mitchellville, Md. District Heights, Md. Gaithersburg, Md. New Carrollton, Md. Lanham, Md. Upper Marlboro, Md. Cheltenham, Md. Oxon Hill, Md. White Plains, Md. Alexandria, Va. Alexandria, Va. Viewtown, Va. Fairfax, Va. Annandale, Va. Laurel, Md. Bowie, Md. Temple Hills, Md. |
News release issued at 11:42 am, November 24, 2010.