Chairman's Safety Awards

NYC Transit President Larry Reuter accepts the Outstanding Agency Achievement Award from MTA Chairman Peter S. Kalikow.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority honored the winners of the seventh annual Chairman’s Safety Award program at a ceremony on the Northeast Balcony of Grand Central Terminal on May 25.

The awards recognize excellence in safety throughout the family of MTA agencies for the year 2003 in three categories:

Outstanding Agency achievement in Safety for the agency with the most improved rate of employee lost-time and restricted-duty incidents
Sustained Achievement in Safety for the agency that has achieved a decrease in the rate of employee lost-time and restricted-duty incidents during the award year and has shown the most sustained improvement over the past five years
Group Excellence in Safety for the top-ranked work group from each agency that demonstrates the commitment and dedication of the employees at each agency to safety.

New York City Transit won the Outstanding Agency Achievement in Safety award. The Sustained Achievement in Safety Award went to Long Island Rail Road for achieving a decrease in the rate of employee lost-time and restricted duty incidents.

Six Group Excellence in Safety Awards recognized the top-ranked work group from each agency for its employees’ demonstration of commitment and dedication to safety.

WINNERS

MTA Metro-North Railroad
Brewster Mechanical Department, Maintenance Facility
Al Cecere, Facilities Director - Harlem Line
John Militano, Brewster Facility Manager
George Barbarossa, Brewster Shop Safety Committee
Robert Fuda, Brewster Shop Safety Committee
Daniel Howles, Brewster Shop Safety Committee
Ray Snyder, Brewster Shop Safety Committee
Russ Snyder, Brewster Shop Safety Committee
112 additional members of the work group

MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Central Maintenance Safety Committee
Martha Walther, Vice-President, Operations
Gerard Potschantek, Chief Maintenance Officer
Ted Nicholas, Director, Central Maintenance
James Toborg, Superintendent, Central Maintenance
Tim Murphy, Superintendent, RI Maintenance & Central Services
Patrick Parisi, Director, Fleet Operations
Victor Cardella, Superintendent, Fleet Operations
Ernie Hansen, Manager, Fleet Operations & Quality Assurance
Ben Johnson, Project Manager, Fleet Operations
69 additional members of the work group

MTA Long Island Bus
CNG Safety Outreach Program
Gary Forry, Manager of Warranty Administration
Thomas Pearsall, Senior Manager of Transportation Safety & Training
Francis X. Ryan, Senior Director of Operations Planning & Support
MTA New York City Transit
Division of Station Operations, ‘B’ Sub-Division
Thalia Panton, Assistant Chief Station Officer
Linda White, General Superintendent
Thomas Czerniachowicz, General Superintendent
Debra Jean-Louis, General Superintendent
Randall Richardson, General Superintendent
Theo Hueston, Zone Superintendent
Kelvin Marajh, Zone Superintendent
Maria Branch, Zone Superintendent
JoAnn Gundersen, Zone Superintendent
Tom Dimopoulos, Director of Station Safety
Over 200 additional members of the work group

MTA New York City Transit
“Pockets of Excellence,” Department of Buses
John Walsh, Chief Maintenance Officer,
Central Maintenance Facility
John Hein, General Manager, Bronx Division
James Ruggiero, General Manager (part-year),
Queens Division
Robert Balsamo, General Manager (part-year),
Queens Division
Joseph Smith, General Manager, Manhattan Division
William Livingston, Assistant Chief Maintenance Officer, Central Maintenance Facility
Michael Murphy, Assistant Chief Maintenance Officer, Support Fleet Services, Central Maintenance Facility
Darryl Irick, Assistant General Manager,
Kingsbridge Depot, Bronx Division
James Anderson, Assistant General Manager,
Mother Clara Hale Depot, Bronx Division
John Casey, Assistant General Manager,
Queens Village Depot, Queens Division
Henry Sullivan, Assistant General Manager,
Manhattanville Depot, Manhattan Division
Over 3,000 additional members of the work group

MTA Long Island Rail Road
Communications Department
Christopher Calvagna, Principal Engineer – Communications
John Bruce, Engineer – Communications Construction
Raymond Purr, Engineer – Communications Maintenance
David Weyhreter, Engineer – Communications Design
139 additional members of the work group

HONORABLE MENTIONS

MTA Metro-North Railroad
Grand Central Terminal Department

MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Triborough Bridge Engineering Project Team TB-64A
Internal Security Department

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Maintenance Team Safety Program
Operations Organizational Development and Training Unit

MTA New York City Transit
Maintenance of Way Signals Division-RC2918
Department of Subways, RTO Subdivision A
Division of Car Equipment, Maintenance and Overhaul Shop Superintendents

MTA Long Island Rail Road
Transportation Supervisor Group Seven
Maintenance of Equipment Department – Fleet Cleaning Group
Maintenance of Equipment Department
Stores Department