Safety awarded: more than 500 of the 685 plants that entered the contest won awards

Concrete Producer, The, Nov, 2004 by Rick Maidens, Mike Taylor

Asheville, N.C.

Southern Illinois Concrete Products

Mt. Vernon, Ill.

Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries Inc.

Elizabethtown, Louisville, Ky.; Knoxville, Tenn.

Wieser Precast Inc.

Williamsburg, Iowa

2003 Safety Awards of Excellence

Chase Precast

North Brookfield, Mass.

Foley Products Co.

Newnan, Winder, Ga.

Gillespie Precast LLC

Chesterton, Md.

Hancock Concrete Products Co.

Cannon Falls, Minn.

Hanson Pipe & Products Inc.

Montgomery, Ala.; Como, Miss.

Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries Inc.

Hermitage, Tenn.

Superior Concrete Co.

Auburn, Maine

Utility Vault Co.

Pleasonton/Livermore, Calif.

Wieser Concrete Products Inc.

Maiden Rock, Wis.

2003 Distinguished Safety Awards

Jensen Precast

North Las Vegas, Nev.

Modern Precast Concrete

Ottsville, Pa.

Rose Concrete Products Inc.

Scott City, Mo.

Rotondo Precast

Telford, Pa.

Smith-Carolina Corp.

Reidsville, N.C.

2003 Safety Awards of Merit

Amcor Precast

Nampa, Idaho

Americast-Valley Blox Inc.

Ashland, Va.

Carolina Precast Concrete Inc.

Dunn, N.C.

E.C. Babbert Inc.

Canal Winchester (Lancaster), Ohio

Eastern Illinois Precast Inc.

Charleston, III.

Hancock Concrete Products Co Inc.

Hancock, Minn.

Hanson Pipe & Products Inc.

Deland, Fla.; Summerville, S.C.; Tacoma, Wash.

Jensen Precast

Fontana, Calif.

Utility Vault-Oldcastle Precast

Wilsonville, Ore.

The Clear Flow Co.

Waynesboro, Va.

Safety is Key to Pipe Producers' Success

The American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA) presented its annual safety awards in Atlanta in February. Plants were categorized according to hours worked in 2003. Listed below are the winners of three of the awards.

Group First Place Awards were determined by the best average incidence rate (incidence rate lost-time incidence rate / 2). In case of a tie, the group winner was determined by the facility with the larger number of days since its last lost-time injury.

"The success of our industry is determined by the performance of our most valuable resource--our employees," says ACPA. "Efficient production and maximum profit require we have skilled employees on the job. Injuries result in persons working at reduced capacity, and create a need to fill skilled positions with less experience. Safe production is our key to success."