Press Releases – GreenWood

GreenWood, Inc. Earns Safety Award for 15th Consecutive Year

Written on 07/08/2025. Posted in Press Releases.

We are pleased to announce that we have earned the McGriff Workplace Safety Excellence Award for achieving excellence in safety performance throughout the company. This prestigious award recognizes only those companies who achieve outstanding overall safety performance based on workers’ compensation policy loss ratio, workers’ compensation experience modification (EMR), and BLS/DART/OSHA recordable incident rate. GreenWood is the only company to achieve this level of recognition for a 15th consecutive year.

“We are proud to recognize GreenWood for this unprecedented achievement,” says Warren Blanchard of McGriff Insurance Services. “This award reflects the company’s commitment to safety and the well-being of their employees. Every year, GreenWood earns this award for consistently achieving impressive results.”

Mike Simmons, GreenWood’s Director of Safety, adds, “Our daily goal is to work safely without any occurrences. Through our company-wide ‘always aware’ safety program, we ensure that every task is performed safely for the protection of our employees. That’s our number one priority at all times.”

GreenWood Employees Earn Maintenance Technology Certifications

Written on 04/15/2025. Posted in Press Releases.

As a company, we believe that employee training is essential for the growth and success of both the organization and our employees. This pertains to opportunities available with our Learning Management System (LMS) and those through professional organizations. Several members of Team GreenWood successfully completed advanced maintenance technology training courses recently and earned their respective certifications, including the following:

Frank Ponton
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT), Dynamic Balancing

Trent Bailey
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)

Jeremy Farley
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT)

Bryan Rachels
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT); Infrared Thermography (IRT CAT-1)

Tamp McClellan
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT)

Toney McCallum
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT); Dynamic Balancing, Vibration Level 1, Bearing/Power Transmission Failure Analysis

Hunter Edison
Airborne/Structure Ultra-Sound Level 1, Dynamic Balancing

Carl Randolph
Dynamic Balancing

Jerry Grindle
Machine Lubrication Technician (MLT-1)

Richard Reese
Machine Lubrication Technician (MLT-1)

Jake Livingston
Dynamic Balancing

Thelby Reed
Dynamic Balancing

Congratulations for these accomplishments!

GreenWood Scores 99.82 Safety Rating

Written on 04/08/2025. Posted in Press Releases.

Through our association with Captive Resources (CRI), we recently completed a successful risk control assessment which is a structured process for evaluating, prioritizing, and mitigating potential safety risks. We are proud to announce that we achieved an overall score of 99.82, ranking us as having one of the safest programs in the industry.

The assessment process involves an in-depth review of risk control policies and procedures compared to industry best practices. The risk control assessment helps identify strength and improvement opportunities that are used to create action plans that improve our overall best-in-class “always aware” safety program. This is one of the many ways we make GreenWood a safe place to work!

GreenWood Inc. Earns Highwire Platinum Safety Award

Written on 09/10/2024. Posted in Press Releases.

GreenWood, Inc. is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Highwire Platinum Safety Award for its continuous project work at Merck in Elkton, Virginia. This prestigious award is a reflection of GreenWood’s ongoing commitment to safety and outstanding results each year at this project. GreenWood’s “Always Aware” safety program is integrated with Merck’s safety standards to create an exceptionally safe work environment for all employees. The Platinum Safety Award is the highest honor awarded by Highwire.

The Highwire Safety Assessment reviews a company’s historic safety performance and current safety management systems. The program includes a thorough, objective and consistent evaluation of company performance so that clients and contractors can identify, monitor, and manage risk smarter. The results provide a strong indicator of how a contractor values safety and serves a reliable predictor of future performance. GreenWood received an average of 99 out of 100 for every trade category with zero discrepancies, and no identified weaknesses.

“This recognition by Highwire points to the foundation of our safety standards and the over-arching program that is designed to maintain a safe work environment while protecting employees,” says Mike Simmons, Safety Director for GreenWood, Inc. “Our teams work hard to be safe which is core to our safety culture and is our top priority in all the work we perform every day.”

Highwire is the Contractor Success Platform for asset owners, general contractors, and facilities managers. The world’s most admired organizations — including Skanska, Merck, and Bond Brothers — use Highwire to ensure their contracting partners deliver great work, on budget and on schedule, by collaborating with them to dynamically mitigate safety, financial, quality and sustainability risks throughout every project lifecycle.

CPR and First Aid Training Held for GreenWood’s Home Office Team

Written on 07/09/2024. Posted in Press Releases.

The team at GreenWood’s home office recently completed a CPR and First Aid training course led by Greenville Health & Safety. The course covered the key aspects of CPR with hands-on instruction along with mock scenarios that taught proper first aid applications so that employees know how to respond and care for medical emergencies at work. GreenWood personnel also experienced instructor-led training for automated external defibrillator (AED) usage. This type of training is conducted as part of GreenWood’s “Always Aware” safety program which emphasizes the health, safety, and well-being of all employees at the job site, office, or at home. At GreenWood, we believe that employees who think and act safely…are safe!

GreenWood, Inc. Earns the McGriff Workplace Safety Excellence Award for 14th Consecutive Year

Written on 07/02/2024. Posted in Press Releases.

GreenWood recently earned the McGriff Workplace Safety Excellence Award for achieving excellence in safety performance throughout the company. Only companies who achieve outstanding overall safety performance based on workers’ compensation policy loss ratio, workers’ compensation experience modification (EMR), and BLS/DART/OSHA recordable incident rate are eligible for this recognition. This marks the 14th consecutive year that GreenWood has received this award – an accomplishment no other company has achieved.

“We are proud of GreenWood’s commitment to safety which is evident in their safe work practices,” says Warren Blanchard, McGriff Insurance Services. “This type of recognition is well deserved for a company that consistently achieves these impressive results year after year.”

GreenWood Accounting Team Welcomes Mona Lopez

Written on 07/01/2024. Posted in Press Releases.

Mona Lopez recently joined GreenWood’s home office accounting team in Greenville, South Carolina where she is responsible for processing the weekly payroll, daily cash management, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. She also handles client billings according to established schedules. Mona brings an extensive background within the financial field that spans accounting workflows for accounts payable, contract labor payment, financial statement preparation, budgeting and cash controls. She has spent the past 25 years in various financial roles in numerous market sectors since earning her Bachelor of Arts degree.

GreenWood Earns R Stamp Recertification

Written on 06/28/2024. Posted in Press Releases.

GreenWood has completed a recertification for The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI) R symbol stamp for the repair and/or alteration of boilers, pressure vessels, and other pressure-retaining items. With this certification, only qualified and certified fabricators will perform alterations and repairs. The R stamp is available only to companies who have successfully completed rigorous weld joint testing and whose QC system covers repairs according to established guidelines. We are proud to have the R stamp certification and affiliation with the NBBI as an ongoing credential of our team’s capabilities.

Syensqo Project Reaches 1.5 Million Safe Hours

Written on 05/14/2024. Posted in Press Releases.

Our project at Syensqo in Augusta, Georgia recently celebrated 1.5 million safe work hours without a lost time event. What a great accomplishment for this team! GreenWood provides supplemental maintenance, turnarounds, operations support, and capital construction services for this specialty polymers plant. The prevention of incidents, injuries, and illnesses is the hallmark standard for GreenWood’s “Always Aware” safety program. Celebrating these accomplishments recognizes the hard work and dedicated focus our team puts on safety every day.