Federal-Mogul Honors 73 Facilities with Health and Safety Awards

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 15 Federal-Mogul Corporation
honored 73 of its facilities for providing an environment for
employees where health and safety is the number one priority of daily
operations.  The health and safety awards honor the outstanding achievements
of these facilities for their performance during the year 2000.
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    "There is no higher priority than the health and safety of our employees,"
said Frank Macher, chief executive officer.  "I am a firm believer that a
great health and safety record is a sign of a well-managed plant."
    The company has a goal of zero injuries and illnesses and has established
a program to measure the health and safety performance at each location.  One
of the measurements used is the "safety score," which combines the incidence
rate, lost-time accident rate and severity rate.  A safety score of 100
represents zero injuries and illnesses.  Facilities can qualify for awards in
five categories.
    The Best of the Year Award is given to the facilities from each of three
categories with the highest safety scores for the year.  Honored with the Best
of the Year Award for a location that has worked one million hours or more
were the facilities in Puebla, Mexico, with a safety score of 89; Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, and Van Wert, Ohio, both with a safety score of 85.  The winners
among facilities working less than one million hours all had safety scores of
100.  The winning locations that worked a minimum of 100,000 hours but less
than one million hours during the year were Tepotzotlan, Mexico; Glasgow,
Scotland; and Kilmarnock, Scotland.  For locations that have worked less than
100,000 hours for the year the winners were Iracemapolis, Brazil, and
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
    Federal-Mogul's Quarterly Consecutive Hours Award is given to the location
that holds the record for the most consecutive hours worked while maintaining
a safety score of 100.  The first quarter award was presented to Prospecton,
South Africa, with 596,766 hours worked.  Chivasso, Italy, won the second
quarter award with 324,909 hours worked.  Puebla, Mexico, won this award for
the third and fourth quarters, working 891,443 consecutive hours with zero
injuries and illnesses.
    Federal-Mogul has added a new award this year, the Sustained Excellence
Award.  This award is presented to facilities that maintained a minimum safety
score of 90, with at least 100,000 hours worked, for two consecutive years.
The 2000 Sustained Excellence Awards were presented to the Powertrain Systems
facilities in Flowery Branch, Georgia, and Uslar, Germany, and the friction
manufacturing facilities in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Mondovi, Italy.
    Federal-Mogul also recognized eight facilities, which achieved a milestone
of one year and one million or more hours worked without a lost-time injury.
The plants honored included: Avilla and Frankfort, Indiana; and Orangeburg,
South Carolina (Friction Products), with one million hours; Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, with 1.4 million hours; Scottsville, Kentucky, and Sparta,
Tennessee, with 1.5 million hours; and Michigan City, Indiana, and Pontotoc,
Mississippi, with two million hours.
    In an effort to foster continuous improvement, Federal-Mogul established
the Significant Improvement Awards.  This award is presented in three
categories, Gold, Silver and Bronze, and is based on the facility's current
safety score, as well as previous year's scores.
    The Gold Significant Improvement Award is presented annually to locations
that have a safety score that exceeds a baseline of 50 and its last three
consecutive year's safety scores.  The winners of the 2000 Gold Significant
Improvement Award are: Avilla, Frankfort, South Bend and Logansport, Indiana;
Smithville and Gordonsville, Tennessee; Grand Haven and Sparta, Michigan;
Orangeburg, South Carolina (Powertrain Systems); Schofield, Wisconsin;
Tepotzotlan and Vallejo, Mexico; Pontoise and Le Pont de Claix, France;
Chapel-en-le-Frith, England; Gdansk, Poland; and Marienheide, Germany.
    The Silver Significant Improvement Award is given to locations that have a
safety score greater than 50 and exceed their last two consecutive year's
safety scores.  The winners of the 2000 Silver Significant Improvement Awards
are: Brighton, Massachusetts; Cambridge, Ohio; Cambridge, Canada; Diadema,
Brazil; Hampton and Winchester, Virginia; Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Orangeburg,
South Carolina, Friction Products; Puebla, Mexico; Sevierville and Smithville,
Tennessee; Barcelona, Spain; Mondovi and Casarza Ligure, Italy; Coventry,
England; Dresden, Germany; Kostelec nad Orlici, Czech Republic; Nass, Ireland;
and Prospecton, South Africa.
    The Bronze Significant Improvement Award is given to locations that have a
safety score greater than 50 and exceed their previous year's safety scores.
The winners of the 2000 Bronze Significant Improvement Award are: Indianapolis
and LaGrange, Indiana; Windsor and Vaughan, Canada; Ann Arbor, Michigan,
research and development center (Sealing Systems); Allentown, Boyertown and
Exton, Pennsylvania; Chicago and Skokie, Illinois; Dallas and El Paso, Texas;
Huntington Beach, California; Liberty, South Carolina; Maryville, Missouri;
Maysville, Kentucky; Naucalpan, Mexico; San Luis, Argentina; Tullahoma,
Tennessee; Solon and Van Wert, Ohio; Waupun, Wisconsin; Glasgow and
Kilmarnock, Scotland; Ilminster and Slough, England; Izmit, Turkey; and Noyon,
France.
     Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, Federal-Mogul Corporation is an
automotive parts manufacturer providing innovative solutions and systems to
global customers in the automotive, small engine, heavy-duty and industrial
markets.  The company was founded in 1899.  Visit the company's web site at
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