Nominations are now open for the 2022 Liberty Mutual Safety Innovation Award in Construction, which recognizes innovative approaches for reducing or eliminating hazards that lead to injuries and pain for construction workers. The nominated intervention can take many forms, including a new tool, an evidence-based technology, a new work practice or a novel safety and health program. It could also be a grassroots or media campaign focused on reaching smaller contractors or segments of the construction workforce at higher risk. Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance in partnership with CPWR, the award includes a $15,000 cash prize for the winning individual … Read more
The Boldt Company Wins Top Safety Awards in California
The Boldt Company has received the California Construction Employer’s Association highest safety awards for 2020. The firm’s Sacramento office was recognized with an Excellence in Safety Award and the President’s Safety Award from the association, marking the fifth time the company has earned safety awards from CEA. The Boldt Company has also achieved a safety accomplishment of logging seven consecutive years without a lost-time injury and nearly 300,000 hours worked without a recordable injury. Boldt safety leaders credit the achievement to initiatives developed over recent years including: Expanding safety personnel on jobsites in San Francisco and Sacramento Incorporating Lean philosophies … Read more
American Society of Concrete Contractors Recognizes Winners of Safety Awards
Concrete contractors with exemplary safety records for 2019 were recognized by the Safety & Risk Management Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Missouri, at the association’s Annual Conference this fall. Burr Bennett Awards for Safety Excellence were given to specialty contractor Wayne Brothers, Inc., Davidson, North Carolina and general contractor Donley’s Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. These awards are presented in partnership with CNA, Chicago, 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 … Read more
Electrical Contracting Company Honored for Exemplary Safety across Nation
The National Electrical Contractors Association recently awarded Rosendin with 12 Safety Achievement Awards. NECA’s annual award program is an elite safety recognition that highlights electrical companies with excellent safety and health programs whose injury and fatality rates are lower than the industry standard. Three Rosendin offices were honored with NECA’s 2020 Safety Achievement of Zero Injury for working a full calendar year without any recordable incidents. Those offices are located in Aiea, Hawaii; Sacramento and San Francisco, California. Nine Rosendin offices were selected for NECA’s 2020 Achievement in Safety Excellence, a premier recognition program for the highest level of safety … Read more
SEAA Member Companies Receive Safety Excellence, Craft Training Awards
The Steel Erectors Association of America announces the recipients of the 2020 Safety Excellence Award and Craft Training Recognition Award. “SEAA members represent all sizes of structural steel erectors, many of them with exemplary training and safety practices,” said Bryan McClure, chairman of SEAA’s Safety and Education Committee. “We are pleased to establish this recognition of companies that are doing the hard work of preparing and protecting their employees. These awards demonstrate how SEAA members are shaping our industry for a better future,” he said. For both awards, World Class was issued to the highest achieving companies. Premier is the … Read more