Implementing recognition and reward programs not only honor individuals and teams for outstanding performance, but also reinforce desired behaviors. Below you will find three examples of creative and innovative programs currently in place at Ryder locations that can be used to increase the focus on safety across our network.

Wall of Fame: Haverty's Furniture
Winning strategies in both sports and business have many principles in common – a commitment to excellence, a passion for results, and the will to excel. At Haverty’s Furniture in Atlanta, Georgia, the Ryder team takes this philosophy to heart when it recognizes employees for long term service. As employees reach an annual service milestone, their name and years of service are printed on a sports jersey, then framed and prominently displayed on the Wall of Fame. In addition to service recognition, this same approach can be utilized to recognize outstanding safety milestones, such as collision free miles, injury free years, etc.

For more information about Haverty’s Wall of Fame, contact Randy Young.

Race for Safety: Home Depot
Because the Home Depot team in Atlanta, Georgia knows that the safest accident is one that never happens, they have implemented a creative NASCAR-themed program to help reduce injuries, reward safe working habits, and build safety awareness. In the program, each week supervisors and shift managers can award employees who demonstrate safe behavior with Race 4 Safety cards. The cards are entered in a weekly drawing for the chance to win $10 gift cards. Weekly employee winners are recognized in front of their teams for the safe practice that was observed. Weekly winners are also entered in monthly drawings for two $25 gift cards. In addition, each respective shift that achieves 90 days accident free receives a shift luncheon. To learn more about this program, contact John Wheeler, Safety Manager.

Ring of Honor: Home Depot
The team at Ryder managed Home Depot Import Distribution Center in Corsicana, Texas is going above and beyond to ensure that warehouse employees are recognized for outstanding safety behavior. The location’s “Safety Ring of Honor” immortalizes Ryder’s appreciation of the personnel who have shown leadership in safety during the previous twelve months. Photographs and award certificates for those Ring of Honor winners hang on the walls of the location’s cafeteria, serving as a constant reminder to drive home safety success. For more information about this program, contact Waylon Hargrove, Group Logistics Manager, or Brian Donahue, Customer Logistics Supervisor.

These are the associates, pictured with Waylon Hargrove, Group Logistics Manager, who to date are the Ryder “Safety Ring of Honor.”

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