Manufacturing Sciences Corporation Receives Volunteer STAR Safety Award

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that Manufacturing Sciences located in Oak Ridge was chosen to receive the Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award.

"Manufacturing Sciences Corporation has met the evaluation standards required to receive this award by proving their ability to uphold an excellent safety record," said Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips, who presented the Volunteer STAR award yesterday at the company’s facility located at 804 South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. “It is evident Manufacturing Sciences Corporation is extremely dedicated to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.”     

The Volunteer STAR award is the state’s highest honor for workplace safety and health and a nationally recognized program. The Volunteer STAR is patterned after the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and recognizes the best of the best in the area of safety and health programming and performance.

“The safety culture at Manufacturing Sciences Corporation was one of the key assets considered in the GMIS acquisition of MSC. We are proud of the MSC team for receiving this honor and look forward to continuing this commitment to safety,” said Zane Wilson CEO of Global Medical Isotope Systems, parent company of MSC.  “They continue to set the standard for the rest of the company and I am happy to celebrate this achievement with them.”

Manufacturing Sciences Corporation’s Oak Ridge facility has 44 employees that manufacture various products from depleted uranium for medical, military, and other applications.  This is the site’s third time to receive the Volunteer STAR award. There are currently 37 Volunteer STAR sites in Tennessee.

A certificate of recognition is awarded to the STAR recipient, as is a flag that can be flown at the site. The company is also permitted to use the Volunteer STAR logo on its correspondence and company documents.

The standard for participation in the STAR program is the confirmation of a company’s safety and health program, which helps reduce accidents and injuries. The program also allows employers to be removed from programmed compliance inspection lists for a period of three years.

For more information on the Volunteer STAR award program and other TOSHA award programs contact the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration at (800) 325-9901.