Safety first.
Jay Kimura, plant manager for The Andersons facility on Industrial Boulevard in Mocksville, stresses that every day.
And last Friday, production was shut down so that firefighters and rescue squad personnel could conduct confined space rescue training. Some 28 men and women, some volunteers and some paid, from the Mocksville and Clemmons fire departments and Davie County Rescue Squad, took part in the training. “We can buy all the equipment in the world, but if we don’t have people with training, it’s no good,” said Mocksville Fire Chief Frank Carter.
He said it took a couple of years to coordinate the training, designed to help teach workers how to treat and rescue injured people from a confined space. The Andersons has a multi-story production facility, which includes some silos and plenty of close-knit, confined spaces.