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March 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine
Clearing the way
Saving us from slips and falls
The U.S. Postal Service has nothing on
these guys. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor
gloom of night stops KSL Services grounds
crews from making sure Laboratory roads,
sidewalks and parking lots are cleared of
snow. And they've been especially busy
this winter.
Rodger Martinez uses a fourwheel
drive, all-terrain vehicle to clear a
sidewalk leading into the National Security
Sciences Building. Photo by Dixon Wolf
Rodger Martinez is one of about
100 KSL Services employees who work in
shifts plowing Laboratory roads and removing
snow from sidewalks, walkways, and
parking lots.
KSL conducts snow-removal operations
on 161.2 miles of roads and streets around
the Lab and nearly 25 miles of sidewalks,
including handicap accessible ramps. In
addition, KSL crews clear 10,528 parking
slots, including the open-air slots at the two
parking garages at Technical Area 3.
"Any way you want to serve it up, for
motorists, for pedestrians, it's all about
safety," said John Keene of KSL Services.
"Everyone who is out there shoveling snow
is doing so to prevent someone from slipping
and falling.
"The guys on the plows are looking to
prevent traffic accidents. They really take
ownership of the snow-removal operations.
They take personal responsibility."
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