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BUQUET & LEBLANC
In the early 1970s, Stuart and Patton
brought on Alfred C. Pickett, William T.
Firesheets and Christopher N. Stuart in
an effort to groom their successors. Since
1985, the company has been owned and
managed by Pickett, Firesheets, Stuart
(who retired in 2003), Gary Noel, and
Robert Bogan. In February 2000, David
Faulk, John Meek and Rob Liles became
the fourth generation of Buquet &
LeBlanc stockholders.
Safety and Health
Buquet & LeBlanc says it has developed a
safety and health program that embodies
“the proper attitudes towards injury and
illness-prevention on the part of supervi-
sors and employees.”
A successful safety program, it notes,
requires cooperation not only between
supervisors and employees, but also
between each employee and his or her
co-workers.
“The management of Buquet &
LeBlanc Inc. is concerned for and com-
mitted to the safety and well-being of
each individual employed by this compa-
ny and gives full support to those
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involved in enforcing the provisions of
this policy ass it relates to responsibilities
assigned to them,” it states. “A safe and
healthy work environment is conducive
to attaining the high work standards
Buquet & LeBlanc Inc. desires to provide.
“Our objective is a safety and health
program that will reduce the number of
injuries and illnesses to an absolute mini-
mum, not merely in keeping with, but
surpassing, operations similar to ours,”
the company adds.
To accomplish this objective, Corporate
Safety Manager Bob Lemoine has been
charged with:
■ Conducting a program of safety and
health inspections to find and eliminate
unsafe working conditions and practices
and to control health hazards
■ Training employees in safety practices
■ Developing and enforcing safety and
health rules
■ Providing necessary personal protective
equipment and instruction
■ Setting up a reward system for out-
standing safety and performance
■ Investigating accidents to find out what
caused it and to correct the problem
■ Enforcing the provisions of the compa-
ny’s drug program
■ Training employees as to the provisions
of Buquet & LeBlanc’s hazard communi-
cation program
■ Maintaining all required recordkeeping
requirements, and keeping abreast of all
state and federal changes
Quality Assurance
Buquet & LeBlanc says its customers
judge the company by quality, value and
performance. “In order to meet and ex-
ceed the high standards our customers
have come to expect from us, we need to
continually build our knowledge, capabil-
ities and innovative ability,” it says. “What
we learn is not only directed toward bet-
ter products and services, but also tow-
ards being more responsive, adaptive,
innovative and efficient.”
The company says its full-time quality
assurance officer devotes all of his time
to this process, managing the program
and spending a great deal of time at the
project sites. “He sets the high expecta-
tions ... and encourages all employees to
contribute, develop and learn,” it says. ■