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Tapping Out
Published by HARRISON STEEL CASTINGS COMPANY, ATTICA, INDIANA
Volume 81
January—February 2014
Times are changing…
Over the years, technology has gradually changed how many of us live our everyday
lives. Many young people today have never seen a rotary dial phone, and they can’t
imagine the blank, white, sta c-filled screen that resulted from all television channels
being shut off following the playing of the Na onal Anthem at 11:45 each night. For 70
years, Harrison Steel employees received a copy of Tapping Out that was printed on
a press, but now that has changed, too.
Mike Buckley was one of many who retired last year and with him “Bertha,” the
old press, retired as well. Bertha and Mike didn’t always agree, and it wasn’t uncommon to see her putting up a fight, but
after a little coaxing, be it tightening a spring or
adjusting a roller, Mike would get her to roll
out another issue of Tapping Out.
What you now hold in your hands or
may be viewing from a computer may
look and feel different from past issues,
but our goal is to
continue the 70-year
tradition of publishing Tapping Out
and bringing you information that will be
both beneficial and
informative.
Number 1
Tapping Out
Goals
Communication between company and
employees.
1
2
3
Beneficial information for all
HS employees
Awareness of
community involvement
and events
Mike Buckley
with “Bertha”
4
News from the
Break Room
Profit Sharing
Mike Wrighthouse/Stephen Bailey
...whatever
and sll get the loans processed and
Yes, you sll have to put up with me a
while longer. I am staying on unl we
signed by Thursday a?ernoon. Thank
get the books closed for 2013,
you in advance for your understanding.
which is what Steve and I are
working on now. We should have
...make a
a decent year, but we won’t know
small change I would also like to take this opporfor sure for a couple of months.
in the loan tunity to remind everyone to make
sure Human Resources/Profit SharWe are planning to make a small
system.
change in the loan system.
ing has your correct address and
Starng March 1st, we will only be
phone number. This is very imtaking loan applicaons from 8:00
portant when we need to contact
a.m. unl 4:30 p.m. on Mondays. This
you outside of work or get inforwill give us me to work on the closing
maon to you.
Harrison Producon System
HPS
Eric Carroll
The Harrison Producon System is
based on changes, and you may have
seen some or many changes over the past few years. Change happens everywhere and every
day, not just at work or once in a while. Personal and work problems can somemes stack up
and cause an individual to pass his or her manageable “change threshold.” Once this threshold is passed, stress, worry, and feelings of hopelessness, etc. can occur.
Mastery
Achievement
Success
Fulfillment
Can
Control
Giving Up
Vic$m
Helplessness
Apathy
Outside
Your
Control
Spinning Your
Wheels
Frustra$on
Anger
Ulcers
Le(ng Go
Relief
Focus on
important
things
Release
One thing that can really help a person manage feelings associated with change and limit the
negave feelings that somemes result is to realize what can and cannot be controlled.
While you may not be able to control what changes, you can control how you react to
change, and controlling your reacon will help you lessen stress. . The chart above helps to
demonstrate controlling factors, acons, and results. Hopefully, this may help to lower some
stress at work and at home.
Cost Department
Robert Harrison/Eric Foust
As an employee of Harrison Steel you
may wonder, “Where do HS casngs
go, and what are they used for?” The
cost department recently conducted
a study to answer these quesons.
Casngs from Harrison Steel are used
in various types of equipment all over
the world serving numerous industries. While most of HS casngs go to
open pit mining, we also make parts
for industries such as gas and oil,
power generaon, construcon, material handling, and more. Also, our
parts are used to extract many different resources such as coal, iron, copper, gold, natural gas, and petroleum.
Country (Region HS Parts)
%
USA
21%
Canada
15%
Australia
13%
China/Japan
12%
Middle East
9%
Africa
7%
Resource
(Extracted by HS Parts)
%
Coal
30%
Iron
22%
Copper
17%
Petroleum
10%
Gold
7%
Natural Gas
6%
takes
The IT department has hit the
ground running and has come
up with a moCo for the 2014
year. “Whatever IT Takes” is
our new moCo. The idea here is
that IT will be providing the
staff of HS with innovang,
cuDng-edge tools in a stable
and reliable environment with
superior support to keep it all
running smoothly. We want
this year to be the year when IT
helps empower HS users with
opons to make the job easier.
Throughout the year you will
see changes that open up data
in ways that you haven’t in the
past. It should be an excing
year.
HS has just purchased a new
SAN (Storage Area Network) to
replace our current one that is
out of warranty this year. The
new SAN is 200% larger than
our old one. Along with that
purchase is new networking
gear and server blades from
Cisco. We will be implemenng
these over the next couple of
months. Once the changes are
in place, we will have the ability
to do a lot of new things on the
server side that we haven’t
been able to in the past. Stay
tuned for updates and changes
coming in the datacenter.
Have you made your
Kronos:
SAFETY
New
Year’s Resolutions?
Time & Attendance Solution
Jim Murphy, Safety Manager
As a part of our overall commitment to quality
and producvity and as an important part of
our strategic iniave, we have introduced
Kronos, a me and aendance soluon that
allows us to:
Many of you by now have probably made New Year’s resoluons, like losing weight,
quiAng smoking or spending more quality me with loved ones. Some experts dislike
tradional New Year’s resoluons that focus on personal wishes and recommend instead that we focus on building upon the posive things in our lives including our families, friends and co-workers. Experts also recommend that we should focus on improvement, not perfecon. Whatever your goals may be, resolving to put Health and
Safety first is a way to make them achievable.
Here are some specific examples of puAng Health and Safety FIRST:
♦ Considering the Health and Safety Implicaons of behavioral decisions.
•
Streamline Timekeeping, Aendance & Acvies
◊ If I stay up late tonight, will I get enough sleep to work safely tomorrow?
•
Automate & Streamline Manual Tasks
◊ Have I packed an emergency kit or enough extra clothing as I travel in these ex-
•
Reduce Errors
•
Access Detailed Informaon in Real Time
•
Provide real-me monitoring of labor
•
Track accounts more accurately
•
Tie standards to each operaon to view efficiencies
◊ Wearing all the necessary personal protecve equipment – at work, home and play
•
Reduce non-value-added me for administraon
◊ Not taking shortcuts.
•
More detailed tracking leading to more accurate
quotes and cosng
tremely cold temperatures?
♦ Communicate about Health and Safety with your co-workers, family or the community.
◊ Reporng near misses at work or encouraging your children to report near misses
at home.
◊ Involving the family in the creaon of a family emergency plan.
♦ Leading by example.
What's it all mean?
More efficiency + a better
product = Satisfied Customers
Energy Star
(even if there is no one around to see you).
To achieve New Year’s resoluons requires strong internal movaon. And what could
possibly be beer movaon than improving your own Health and Safety and that of
your loved ones, and having a posive influence on the Health and Safety of everyone
around you?
Let’s all work together to make 2014 another safe year!
The End of Incandescent Light Bulbs
As of January 2014, no more tradional
40 or 60 wa incandescent bulbs can be
made or shipped into the United States.
Energy Department officials say that tradional bulbs waste up to
90% of their energy as heat. By replacing a 60 wa incandescent with
a 13 wa compact fluorescent (CFL) bulb, a household can save at
least $30.00 in energy costs during the life of the bulb, which can be
up to 10 mes longer
than a standard incandescent bulb. Energy Star
stascs show that if 1 light
bulb in every American home was replaced with
an Energy Starapproved CFL, enough energy would be saved to
light 3 million U.S. homes a
year, energy costs
would be reduced by $600
million, and 9 billion
pounds of greenhouse gas
emissions would be
prevented. When converng
your home’s incandescent lamps to CFL or LED, it is important to ensure that the light output will meet or exceed your current bulb
(measured in lumens). Use the chart to assist your home replacements.
Light Emi
ng
Diodes (LEDs)
Kyle Long
Light
Output
Incandescent Light
Bulbs
Compact
Fluorescents
(CFLs)
Lumens
Wa s
Wa s
Wa s
450
4—5
40
9—13
800
6—8
60
13—15
1,100
9—13
75
18—25
1,600
16—20
100
23-30
2,600
25—28
150
30—55
Machining
by Lori Scheurich—
Well, not too much news since our last
arcle. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas with their families. Congratulaons
to Helen Lambka on the arrival of her precious, li#le granddaughter just a couple of
days a%er Christmas. I can’t think of a
be#er “present” to receive a li#le
late. She is adorable!!
I know this is Indiana, and I know I choose
to live here (actually Ma# chooses to, I
would move in a heartbeat), but I’M
TIRED OF THE SNOW AND THE COLD AND
THE BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES!!
I am not a fan of winter. I enjoy snow
around Christmas me, but then I’m
ready for Spring/Summer. I’m ready to
work outside in my flower beds, to mow
my yard, etc. You may hear me say that it
is hot outside, but you will not ever hear
me say it is too hot. I will take being hot
over being cold anyme.
Bill McMurtrie
with Cash &
Milton
That’s
about
all
of
the
news I
have this me around. If anyone has any
news for our next issue, please get it to
me and I will see that gets submi#ed. As
of the day I am submi=ng this arcle,
there are 62 days unl spring, but who’s
counng?
HR
&
Office by Lori McAd-
ams—It appears that the main office went
to the dogs over the holiday season!
Three office staff families have new puppies in their homes. Tony Crane’s family
has two new addions – Weses Max and
Jordy. The boys
are
actual twins.
Their
original owner didn’t want to
separate
them, so the
Cranes
adopted
both! The
brothers
have enjoyed
warming
themselves
by
the
Crane fireplace,
helping
“clean
out” the
refrigerator,
and snuggling up together at the end of
our long winter days. Kathy and Bill
McMurtrie also recently adopted Cash
who is a German Shepherd/Lab mix. Cash
was welcomed to the McMurtrie family by
one-year-old Milton, the McMurtrie’s
golden retriever. Much to Kathy’s dismay,
the dogs, who are Bill’s kids according to
Kathy, have been happily wreaking havoc
together in the McMurtrie laundry room
during our seemingly endless streak of
bad weather. Pam Harmon’s new puppy is named Bailey. If you noce a
resemblance between Bailey and the
McMurtrie’s Cash, it’s because they
are sister and brother! Bailey is
enjoying her new life on the farm,
though the other dogs who live
there aren’t so sure they want a
puppy tagging along. She likes
finding new places to nap, chewing on
bones, and bing toes whenever she has
the chance.
On a more serious note, Ed Bowen would
like to thank everyone for the prayers and
kind thoughts expressed a%er his brotherin-law Art Anderson passed away in January. Art was a long-me Harrison Steel
employee who rered from his full-me
posion in March of 2004. He returned to
HS later that spring and worked part-me
unl 2008. Your expressions of sympathy
bear out the adage “gone but not forgo#en” – a comforng thought for Kathy
and Ed during their me of loss.
Foundry
by Drema Wood—Hey to
all, hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and the New Year is treang you well.
The weather we have been having lately is
raging a war on us, or so it seems. Not too
much longer ll spring will be here. I for
one am ready for the warmer weather to
boogie right on in.
If you have anything in the future that you
would like to be placed in the arcle just
drop me a line or catch me out and about
in the plant. I would be happy to add it in.
So unl next me, be safe and keep smiling.
Cleaning Room by Helen Lambka—Well, since the first of the year we’ve
enjoyed some temperatures in the 40’s
and made it through some temperatures
in the -40’s. I hope everyone found something construcve to do during our
“Winter Storm 2014”! I was babysi=ng!
My very first grandchild, Gracie May
Ba#ering, was born on December 28,
2013 at 9:57 am. She weighed 8 pounds,
9 ounces and was 21 inches long. My
daughter, Marci (Marcreena) and her hus-
band,
Ryan feel
very
blessed
to
add
her
to
their
family, as
Gracie May
do we all.
We really love her a lot! Please join me in
praying and hoping for a wonderful future
for all of them, and be sure to congratulate Patsy Edmonson (Core Room) on her
beauful new Great Granddaughter!
Chris (quality)
and
Curt
Bowlus’ daughter, Tyler (store
room) and Irving
Juarez-Cruz had
a baby boy on
Tuesday, January 8. Enzo
Enzo Isleigh Isleigh was
born at 8:18
am and weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces. He
was 20 ½ inches long. We wish them all
great fortune and happy mes for the
future.
Rock (South Machine Shop Fork Truck)
and Cindy Weatherly were blessed with a
grandson during the winter storm as well.
Their son Zach and his wife Diana drove
through the storm to Danville, IN to wel-
Andrew James
come
their
“li#le
blizzard
baby” (according to Daddy). Andrew James
Weatherly was born on January 6, at 5:34
am. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and
was 21 inches long. Big sister Abby says
she will call him AJ. Again, let’s pray and
hope for good things for all of them!
Anyone with news to share please let me
know. I’m always happy to have something to share. But for now and unl next
me, God bless!
Engineering by Kenna Reynolds—
First off, we would like to wish all the best
to the 5 great guys that rered from our
department: Monty Abernathy, Pete Bodine, Bill Borst, Ralph DeFlorio, and Ken
Smith. I’m confident none of them are
regre=ng their decision to rere, especially with all the rough winter weather
we’ve all had to trudge through .
I would like to thank Mike Buckley for his
paence in training me on some of the
equipment and programs that he used
before rering.
Good
to
see
Randy
Cushman
(Maintenance) back at work. We understand he broke his ankle a%er slipping on
the ice.
Pattern Shop by Tony VanE#a—
A%er ge=ng his Masters in Physiology at
the University of Michigan last May, Filip
Drambarean, son of Stefan and Carmen
Drambarean, will pursue a career in the
medical field like his older brother Paul
Drambarean, MD. Filip was accepted at
the IU School of Medicine and at the University of Texas in San Antonio. Congratulaons for his achievements.
Congratulaons to Brennan and Ashley
Simonton who are expecng their first
child and to Allison and Jerry Walker who
Got some news you like to share with us? Please call Lori McAdams at extension 9033 or email Lori at [email protected]
Allison & Jerry
got married on December 14th.
We send out our thoughts and prayers to
Heather Brown and her family (George
Hall father).
We have been extremely busy in the
pa#ern shop for quite some me now,
and the work seems to be connuing at
the same rate. Some of our most recent
work includes the D11 case that most
everyone has heard about. This was a very
big project for us to complete, taking over
12 weeks and requiring several people to
build the cope and drag pa#erns and all
17 cores. One of the other projects going
on is all of the new Daniels Measurement
parts. We have currently converted 7
pa#erns for HS producon and built 2
new ones. We have at least 4 more to
convert and 1 more to build. This is just
some of the work that has been keeping
us very busy over the last 3 months.
Pam
Harmon’s
puppy
Bailey
Thank You!!!
2013 Children’s Christmas Gift Drive
For years during the holiday season, the Sales
Department exchanged gi;s with one another.
About 10 years ago that changed when Pa$y
Abernathy suggested to members of her department that instead of buying gi;s for each
other, they pool their money and buy gi;s for
children who might otherwise not have Christmas gi;s. Pa$y has seen firsthand the need in
our community, watched her father help families who were struggling, and
wanted to do something to make the holidays brighter for area children.
The first year, the sales department bought gi;s and clothing for one child as
well as food that all members of the child’s
family enjoyed. Pa$y has since offered others at HS outside her department the opportunity to contribute to this project, and because of their generous donaons, gi;s for 2
or 3 children and food for their families are
now able to be purchased each year. Tony
Crane and Pa$y have worked on this project
from the beginning, and Tony’s wife Anne$e
does the shopping. This lovely tradion will connue next year and the sales
department will welcome new donors to their effort.
“As most of you know by now, on January
8th, I lost nearly all my possessions in a
house fire. Not being from the area, I truly
appreciate the small town support that
you just do not find in bigger towns. It has
been a truly humbling experience for
me. So I want to take this opportunity to
say thank you for all the love and support
you’ve shown me. Thank you.”
Stephen Bailey
Upcoming Events
Harrison Steel
Blood Drive…..May 15th
Local & Surrounding Areas
2013 Coat Drive - Storeroom employees enjoyed a delicious
lunch “on the house” a;er that department contributed 11 of the 18 coats donated during the first annual Harrison
Steel Coats for Kids drive. Donated coats
were taken to A?ca Elementary School
for distribuon to children in need of a
warm coat for our cold winter. We hope that other departments will give
the Storeroom hearty compeon next year in the second annual Coats for
Kids drive!
Did you know…
Shoveling snow burns 432
calories per hour?
Using a snow
blower burns 324
calories per hour.
A new Harvard University
study found drinking 2 cups
Park Co. Maple Syrup Fair
Feb 22-23 at the Fairgrounds
Les Miserable
May 3 & 4
Danville, IL, High School
See next issue of T.O. for details
Please call Lori McAdams at 9033
to list any upcoming events
For those of you who may ulize the WeCare clinic and would like to see the results and
past history of your blood lab results or setup up an appointment online you can do so by
vising their website at:
hps://www.wecaretlc.com/clinic
Then enter the following informaon:
Group ID: HS1001
User ID: Your complete social security number plus the le$er F or M for gender and the
year of your birth.
Example 333445555M1962
of cocoa a day for 30 days
Password: For first me users enter your last name in all CAPITAL le$ers. This will direct
improved memory in older
you to a new screen asking you to change your password (which will be case sensive)
adults.
If this doesn’t work for you call 1-800-941-0644, select opon 2
-AARP
December 2013 Retirements
a journey...not a destination
Mike
Buckley
Bonnie
Myers
(50yr 6mo)
(34yr 8mo)
(30yr)
(34yr 7mo)
(32yr 7mo)
(39yr 2mo)
Mike
Wrighthouse
Shelly
Swi&
Kathy
Jones
Sue
Ward
Main Office
Ronnie
Stevens
(13yr 9mo)
Steve
Frodge
Machining
Cleaning Room
Met Lab
(42yr 6mo)
672.5
Rosa
Stonebraker
(40yr 4mo)
Gene
Nally
(28yr 5mo)
(40yr 4mo)
Ralph
Cross
(42yr 2mo)
Foundry
Ken
Smith
(13yr 2mo)
Ralph
DeFlorio
(32yr 6mo)
Pete
Bodine
(39yr 6mo)
Monty
Abernathy
(29yr 10mo)
(50yr 8mo)
Best
Wishes
To
All !
Total Years of
Service:
Gary
Valangeon
Bob
Edwards
Bill
Borst
(38yr 4mo)
Plumbing, Engineering, Environmental, Facili6es
Years
of Connued Service
George E. Curs
Douglas K. Lambert
9/14/1964
10/21/1968
Bob D. Hannon
George E. Vredenburgh II
Wade Coffee Harrison II
Daniel G. Jordan
7/1/1972
12/17/1973
Rex K. Stone
James R. Bolin
Jimmy Roberts
Randy A. Davis
Lee Roy Bunch
Willard L. Askren
Randy Chester Dotson
Richard L. Holtkamp
Steven W. Swank
Mark K. Lambert
Danny Bender
Geoffrey H. Curs
1/9/1989
2/13/1989
3/18/1981
4/15/1981
Susan M. Anderson
Todd D. Freeman
2/27/1989
3/27/1989
William S. Talbo3
Charles A. Swanson
4/26/1981
5/27/1981
Brent S. Wallace
Anthony R. Crane
4/3/1989
6/5/1989
9/4/1974
9/9/1974
Tim W. Ware
Dan J. Clawson
8/5/1981
9/15/1981
Richard Lee Zeigler
Beth A. Askren
7/10/1989
8/28/1989
1/8/1975
5/28/1975
Kris K. Sorters
John D. Allen
8/3/1983
5/29/1984
Ron E. Lockhart
Rick R. Beedle
9/24/1989
3/19/1990
9/8/1975
1/9/1976
Randy R. Marks
Jeff D. Pycke
10/14/1985
1/6/1986
Larry D. Smith
Patricia E. Abernathy
5/16/1990
5/21/1990
6/3/1974
8/15/1974
2/4/1981
2/9/1981
Patsy M. Edmonson
Timothy J. Walters
5/11/1976
3/3/1977
Samuel Edward Bowen
Darell A. Wilson
5/12/1986
6/23/1986
Jerry D. Gray Jr.
Tracey M. Lamie
12/17/1990
4/29/1991
Ma3hew L. Coats
Rick L. Hollis
9/15/1977
10/3/1977
Timothy M. Hays
Steven D. Estes
8/1/1986
8/18/1986
Trevor H. Curs
Wade C. Harrison III
6/1/1991
6/1/1991
Terry R. Epperson
Valerie J. Gray
11/15/1977
1/10/1978
John W. Foster
Kerry D. Randles
2/24/1987
5/4/1987
Stefan Drambarean
Robert S. Harrison
1/1/1992
5/26/1992
6/1/1992
2/1/1993
Vick P. Meagher
William R. McMurtrie
4/19/1978
10/4/1978
Randy R. Cushman
Roger S. Beedle
5/20/1987
7/28/1987
Tami M. Mason
Jackie S. Holtkamp
Monte D. Mickle
Dennis R. Holycross
5/15/1979
5/21/1979
William David Hollander
Garre3 E. Thomas
8/13/1987
8/24/1987
Paul E. Scheurich
Vincent Price
3/22/1993
3/29/1993
Jimmy D. Picke3
Jackie E. Anderson
6/6/1979
6/13/1979
Howard E. Lindley
David R. Picke3
9/14/1987
11/16/1987
Sandra K. Swi<
Jamie L. Stafford
4/26/1993
5/10/1993
Carri G. Swi<
Jeffery A. Brown
8/1/1979
8/6/1979
Gary H. Schmid
Lance R. Weigle
2/15/1988
4/5/1988
Joseph B. Mediate Jr
Leslie R. Groleau
Rod A. Garlin
Lynne A. Lanham
1/8/1980
5/8/1980
Todd E. Mason
Jerald L. Howard
8/8/1988
8/23/1988
Thomas W. Shoaf
Gregory D. Odle
8/16/1993
8/16/1993
Ricky A. Rothrock
Pamela S. Brown
8/23/1988
11/28/1988
David E. Stafford
Kelly R. White
9/20/1993
10/6/1993
Robert W. Thompson
Mark S. Mi3on
11/24/1980
1/20/1981
Benjamin L. Weiss Jr
6/1/1993
8/1/1993
11/15/1993
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