WINNIPEG, Manitoba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2025--
Creating a strong safety culture in the workplace is no easy task. According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) experts, it goes beyond simply meeting standards. It requires a proactive approach where safety is not only a shared responsibility but also tracked using measurable benchmarks.
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Ag Growth International (“AGI”) is proud of the increased focus placed on safety over recent years. During this week’s 5th Annual One AGI Safety Week, the company celebrates its employees’ outstanding safety achievements and sets new milestones for success towards building a zero-harm work environment.
“Safety is not only a priority, but also a guiding principle and a key element of our One AGI culture, worldwide. Safety is at the core of everything we do – influencing our decisions, actions and behaviors,” says Paul Householder, AGI President & CEO. “During Safety Week, AGI celebrates the incredible strides made in 2024 and sets new safety benchmarks with a proactive ‘ Spot It, Report It, Fix It ’ call to action to identify, communicate and correct potentially unsafe conditions.”
Since 2021, AGI’s company-wide focus on implementing a safety education, reporting and training program has paid off. The results have been outstanding in overall trends and performance. Over the past four years, AGI employees have consistently secured significant, year-over-year reductions in the rate of recordable incidents and lost-time injuries. From 2023 to 2024, AGI’s rate of recordable incidents dropped 54% and lost-time injuries declined 50% across its global operations.
Also in 2024, 13 facilities earned AGI Safety Standout awards for achieving one, three or five years without an OSHA lost time incident. Location honors went to (Canada) AGI Saskatoon, AGI Nobleford, AGI Swift Current, AGI Oak Bluff, AGI Winnepeg, and AGI Georgetown; (United States) AGI Clay Center, AGI Joplin, AGI Marshall, AGI Lenexa, AGI Falls City, and AGI Omaha; and (Europe) AGI Italy.
“These achievements translate into an incredible positive impact on the lives, health and well-being of AGI colleagues. AGI's progress in making working conditions safer each day is a true measure of our employees’ discipline and dedication to business practices that keep themselves and their co-workers safe,” comments Householder.
Henry Palomino, Vice President NA Manufacturing and Global Supply Chain, says AGI locations will honor the week with shared stories and activities designed to reinforce and share best practices that further their commitment to a zero-harm workplace.
“AGI’s Annual Safety Week sets the stage for our employee nomination process for Annual Safety Awards, which begins in August. AGI’s award program recognizes individuals, teams and locations for exemplary safety best practices and performance. Employees are our safety advocates; therefore, it is important they nominate co-workers who go above-and-beyond to put safety first,” notes Palomino.
AGI’s Annual Safety Awards initiative includes three prestigious awards:
AGI employee nominations will end in October with awards announced in December. To learn more about AGI’s Safety culture, visit aggrowth.com
AGI Company Profile
AGI is a provider of solutions for global food infrastructure including seed, fertilizer, grain, feed, and food processing systems. AGI has manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, France, and Italy and distributes its product globally.
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AGI celebrates its 5th Annual Safety Week with four consecutive years of significant declines in recordable incidents and lost time injuries.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jack Eichel and Mark Stone made clear they belong together, on a Vegas first line that can be one of the most potent in these NHL playoffs.
Eichel and Stone each had a goal and an assist and Adin Hill made 29 saves for the Golden Knights, who became the first Western Conference team to reach the second round with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 that ousted the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
“They gave us everything we could handle,” Eichel said. “They played so hard.”
Shea Theodore scored on a power play early in the first period, Eichel got his first goal of the series late in the second period and Stone had the critical late score for Vegas, which will face Edmonton in the second round. The Oilers beat Los Angeles in six games.
The Wild have lost nine consecutive series, tied for the third-longest streak in NHL history, according to Sportradar. Their skid of eight straight one-and-done appearances is tied for the second-longest in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Wild, who last made it out of the first round 10 years ago, got two goals from Ryan Hartman, including a wraparound with 3:27 left that came 31 seconds after Stone had given the Golden Knights a two-goal lead.
Stone, who set up Eichel with a long pass out of the zone that was inches out of reach of the stick of Kirill Kaprizov after he dived to try to prevent the breakaway that beat goalie Filip Gustavsson, had four points in the last three games.
“Everyone stepped up at different parts of the series and found ways to contribute,” Eichel said. “That’s how you win this time of year.”
Neither Stone nor Eichel recorded a single point in the first three games, thanks in part to the bruising Wild who frequently took away the middle of the ice and most of the Golden Knights' opportunities to use their speed.
Coach Bruce Cassidy shuffled the lines for Game 4, which helped ignite more of an attack. The absence of Pavel Dorofeyev in Game 6 prompted Cassidy to reunite Eichel and Stone in the top trio alongside William Karlsson.
“They got better as the series went on,” Cassidy said.
Hartman tied the game for the Wild with 4 seconds left in the first period, a goal safe from replay review unlike his go-ahead score in Game 5 with 1:15 remaining in regulation that was revoked for an offside call after Vegas challenged.
The Golden Knights went on to win their second straight overtime decision, before finishing off the Wild with a third consecutive one-goal win.
“We hear the noise of getting by the first round. We understand it,” Wild left wing Marcus Foligno said. “We really felt like we could’ve done it this year, and that’s the disappointing part, right?”
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Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) skates with the puck while Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson defends the net during the second period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) is congratulated by teammates after scoring during the second period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) celebrates after scoring against Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson during the third period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) and Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) battle for the puck during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) celebrates with teammates after scoring a power play goal during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill watches the play during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) and Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) battle for the puck during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
