Dan Aldrich This is Me

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1. 1. Tooele Transcript Bulletin On-line

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   Published on: 4/4/2006   Last Visited: 6/20/2006

   "It's just wanting to do it and volunteering to do it, telling them I'll go anytime they want me to go," said Dan Aldrich, EG&G mechanical technician, after he emerged from a TOCDF airlock at 4:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, following work to replace a pump. Aldrich was met and congratulated by a dozen co-workers, including representatives of EG&G management, who presented him with a plaque to commemorate his achievement and a $1,000 bonus check.
   ...
   Aldrich, 58, has been known for years as "Ironman Dan," because virtually since the start of TOCDF chemical weapons destruction operations in 1996, he has led plant employees in the number of these "DPE" entries. DPE and its accompanying equipment weigh 75 pounds and two workers are assigned as a team to work up to two hours to complete their tasks.
   
   More than 100 TOCDF workers have recorded at least 100 individual DPE entries, but to highlight what kind of accomplishment it is for a worker to reach 1,000, the next nearest TOCDF worker on the list has 547.
   
   "A lot of guys might have gotten 1,000 entries," Aldrich noted, "but the ones who had the most a few years ago have moved on.
   ...
   "DPE is not something that everybody enjoys, and Dan's a unique individual in that he actually made a goal to reach 1,000.

2. 2. Tooele Transcript Bulletin On-line

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   Published on: 4/4/2006   Last Visited: 5/23/2006

   "It's just wanting to do it and volunteering to do it, telling them I'll go anytime they want me to go," said Dan Aldrich, EG&G mechanical technician, after he emerged from a TOCDF airlock at 4:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, following work to replace a pump. Aldrich was met and congratulated by a dozen co-workers, including representatives of EG&G management, who presented him with a plaque to commemorate his achievement and a $1,000 bonus check.
   ...
   Aldrich, 58, has been known for years as "Ironman Dan," because virtually since the start of TOCDF chemical weapons destruction operations in 1996, he has led plant employees in the number of these "DPE" entries. DPE and its accompanying equipment weigh 75 pounds and two workers are assigned as a team to work up to two hours to complete their tasks.
   
   More than 100 TOCDF workers have recorded at least 100 individual DPE entries, but to highlight what kind of accomplishment it is for a worker to reach 1,000, the next nearest TOCDF worker on the list has 547.
   
   "A lot of guys might have gotten 1,000 entries," Aldrich noted, "but the ones who had the most a few years ago have moved on.
   ...
   "DPE is not something that everybody enjoys, and Dan's a unique individual in that he actually made a goal to reach 1,000.

3. 3. Tooele Transcript Bulletin On-line

   www.tooeletranscript.com/index - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/4/2006   Last Visited: 4/5/2006

   "It's just wanting to do it and volunteering to do it, telling them I'll go anytime they want me to go," said Dan Aldrich, EG&G mechanical technician, after he emerged from a TOCDF airlock at 4:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, following work to replace a pump. Aldrich was met and congratulated by a dozen co-workers, including representatives of EG&G management, who presented him with a plaque to commemorate his achievement and a $1,000 bonus check.
   ...
   Aldrich, 58, has been known for years as "Ironman Dan," because virtually since the start of TOCDF chemical weapons destruction operations in 1996, he has led plant employees in the number of these "DPE" entries. DPE and its accompanying equipment weigh 75 pounds and two workers are assigned as a team to work up to two hours to complete their tasks.
   
   More than 100 TOCDF workers have recorded at least 100 individual DPE entries, but to highlight what kind of accomplishment it is for a worker to reach 1,000, the next nearest TOCDF worker on the list has 547.
   
   "A lot of guys might have gotten 1,000 entries," Aldrich noted, "but the ones who had the most a few years ago have moved on.
   ...
   "DPE is not something that everybody enjoys, and Dan's a unique individual in that he actually made a goal to reach 1,000.