ASCC Honors Safety Awards Recipients at Denver Conference

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Concrete contractors with exemplary safety records for 2013 were recognized by the Safety & Risk Management Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Missouri, at the association's Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.

W. Burr Bennett Awards for Safety Excellence were given to specialty contractor PROCON Concrete Specialists, Rocky Mount, Virginia, and general contractor, Walbridge, Detroit, Michigan. These safety awards are presented in partnership with CNA, Chicago, Illinois, to contractors that place the highest priority on safety. Entries are judged on three years of safety performance indicators, values and trends; a self-assessment checklist of company safety practices and detailed descriptions of safety plans and culture.

Additional safety awards based on the incident rate for 2013 were presented to general and specialty contractors in four categories.

General contractors receiving the Outstanding Safety Achievement Award for the lowest incident rate were Walbridge, Detroit, Michigan (over 250,000 work hours); T.B. Penick & Sons, San Diego, California (100,000 — 250,000 work hours) and DIVCON Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington, (under 100,000 work hours).

Specialty contactors receiving the Outstanding Safety Achievement Award were Christman Constructors, Inc., Lansing, Michigan (over 250,000 work hours); Briegan Concrete Contractors, Apex, North Carolina (100,000 — 250,000 work hours) and Trademark Concrete Systems, Oxnard, California (under 100,000 work hours).

Fifty-two contractors received safety awards for zero lost time due to accidents and 46 contractors were recognized for having lowered their incident rate from the previous year. Seventy-four contractors received certificates for achieving an incident rate below the national average.

Three companies were recognized for outstanding fleet safety records: Brak-Hard construction Co. LLC, Dodge City, Kansas, 459,000 miles with zero accidents; Bottorff Construction, Atchison, Kansas, 957,482 miles with zero accidents and L. Keeley Construction Co., Sauget, Illinois, 2,800,000 miles with zero accidents.