Steel Service is extremely proud to announce we received the 2017 American Institute of Steel Construction Safety Award with Honor. Our DART rate for the entire 2017 year was a zero. DART stands for “days away, restricted or transferred.” This safety metric helps employers determine how many workplace injuries and illnesses required employees to miss work, perform restricted work activities or transfer to another job within a calendar year. Calculating the DART rate allows executives, supervisors and safety personnel to identify safety issues in the workplace.

This is a huge honor to receive in the fabricator category. Steel Service places safety at the highest category in our plant. We are extremely proud of this award and our employees for doing their part to remain safe.

This year we decided to host a toy drive at our office. We encouraged employees to donate toys for the children at Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital. The toys will be distributed by Santa to the children who are patients and will be at the hospital during the Christmas Holiday. Our employees stepped up big time and brought it so many items.  All the sweet babies that are at the hospital during Christmas will appreciate all the gifts so much. Thank you to everyone who donated towards this great cause for the Children’s Hospital located here in Jackson!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

This past week, Steel Service attended Turner Construction’s Annual Subcontractors Award Ceremony in Houston, Texas.  Steel Service received the “Award of Excellence” for the work they completed at Lawson Middle School. This regional award is given to contractors who were nominated by Turner personnel. To be nominated for this award, the contractor has to go above and beyond in their respective roles to help the project become successful. Only a handful of contractors are chosen each year and Steel Service was one of the few recognized.

This is a huge honor for Steel Service to receive. We enjoyed working with Turner Construction and look forward to more projects with them in the future.

Steel Service celebrated the Quarter 2 lunch with a cook-out for our employees.  Hamburgers and hot dogs were served as we celebrated milestone anniversaries and we also celebrated 1 Year with 0 lost time accidents.

1 year of employment at Steel Service during Quarter 2 of 2017:

• Shane Frazier
• Julian Monks
• Chance Thames
• Kennon Young

5 years of employment at Steel Service during Quarter 2 of 2017:

• Tic Tac

10 years of employment at Steel Service during Quarter 2 of 2017:

• Jhamus Hill

15 years of employment at Steel Service during Quarter 2 of 2017:

• Mat Moudy

Thank you as always to our employees. Steel Service would not be successful without each one of you.

Steel Service is pleased to announce we had 15 supervisors complete their Supervisor Safety Training on April 19^th. The training course was conducted by Professional Safety Services in Flowood, MS.

The supervisors were recognized at our Quarter 2 lunch on July 13, 2017. Steel Service is committed to safety being our #1 priority and we are pleased with our supervisors on doing their part keeping themselves and their fellow co-workers safe.

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We are honored to have been chosen as the recipient for the 2016 Long Term Achievement Award at the annual Flowood Chamber Top of the Community Awards.  Steel Service has been in business for almost 50 years and Flowood is a great community for businesses to grow and prosper. We are proud to be able to provide quality structural steel to local Jackson area General Contractors, Home Builders, Manufacturers and Citizens. If you need a ballpark built or just a piece of steel to fix a falling down deer stand, stop by our office and we will help you complete your next project!  We can’t wait to see what the next 50 years brings us, our employees and our community. Thank you again!

Steel Service University had another successful graduation for 2016.  The program graduated 8 certified fitter/welders. These employees dedicated themselves to the 36 week program that included classroom time and on the job training. The program is certified and can actually be counted toward college credit hours. These employees worked very hard and should be extremely proud of their accomplishments.  We can’t wait to watch your success grow in the company!

The following employees graduated with their certified fitter/welder certificates:

• Samuel Lee Atkins
• Calvin Lee Brooks
• John Bryan Dennis
• Ethan Allan Hamilton
• Bradley Stephen Sims
• Donovan Jontae Johnson
• Justin Lee Myers
• Stephen Tyler Ragan

This 2016 graduating class also had three students receive the Outstanding Student Achievement Award. Those three students are:

• Samuel Lee Atkins
• Calvin Lee Brooks
• Bradley Stephen Sims

Again, congratulations to our 2016 graduates!

Big Iron BBQ competed in the ABC Mississippi Chapter and AIA Mississippi BBQ competition that benefited the Warrior Bonfire Program. It was a great event and Big Iron BBQ took home 1st place in the rib category. We can’t wait to compete again!

Steel Service hosted our annual health fair on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. There were a variety of screenings available for our employees and we want to say thank you to each of the vendors and employees who took time to participate.

Steel Service had 7 employees graduate from their certified FITTER/WELDER program on November 3rd, 2015. The dedication these employees showed not only to work, but to this class is something we are very proud of and the employees should be extremely proud as well! The FITTER/WELDER program is a certified class and can actually be counted towards college credit hours. Anyone that is employed with Steel Service can take the class. The classes last 6 months and include classroom time as well as on the job training. Congratulations to these employees! We look forward to watching your success grow within the company!

The 2016 Steel Service University class kicked off on April 12, 2016. The students will take a 36 week course and if completed successfully, will graduate in November of 2016. We are very excited to see these employees grow in their skills and learn on the job training right at their place of employment.