2010 Safety Award Winners

The annual NPCA Safety Awards program honors plants that make safety a top priority. Safety scores are based on the OSHA 300 log that plants submit with their awards application. This year, a record 150 plants entered the Safety Awards program, representing more than 10.3 million man-hours of labor. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average incident rate among all precast concrete plants is 5.4, while among NPCA member plants that rate is 4.3 percent, which is a 21 percent improvement on the industry.

Platinum Safety Awards

The Platinum Safety Award is presented to those plants with zero OSHA reportable/recordable injuries and illnesses in 2010. A total of 42 plants earned the platinum award, which represents the highest level of safety achievement.

• Category I: 0-60,000 hours
  • Concrete Step Units Inc., Scranton, Pa.
  • E.C. Babbert Inc. Lancaster Plant, Canal Winchester, Ohio
  • Firebaugh Precast Inc., Dacono, Colo.
  • Goldens Bridge Unit Step Co., Carmel, N.Y.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Mobile, Ala.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Deland, Fla.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, LaPlace, La.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Montgomery, Ala.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Salem, Va.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, San Antonio, Texas
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Birmingham, Ala.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Tualatin, Ore.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Wauregan, Conn.
  • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Gretna, Fla.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Tucker, Ga.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Littleton, Colo.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Marianna, Fla.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Medley, Fla.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc. – New England, Avon, Conn.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Newnan, Ga.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., San Antonio, Texas
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Hartford City, Ind.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Pembroke, Ga.
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Eastanoellee, Ga.
  • Precast Specialties Corp., Abington, Mass.
  • Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries Inc., Dayton, Ohio
  • U.S. Concrete Precast Group, Pleasanton Plant, Livermore, Calif.
  • Vaughn Concrete Products, Cheyenne, Wyo.
  • Wieser Concrete Products Inc., Portage, Wis.
  • Wieser Concrete Products Inc., Fond du Lac, Wis.
  • Category II: 60,001-120,000 hours
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Nampa, Idaho
    • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Richmond, Va.
    • Scituate Precast, Marshfield, Mass.
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Topeka, Kan.
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Brookshire, Texas
    • Gainey’s Concrete Products Inc., Holden, La.
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Houston, Texas
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Wilsonville, Ore.
    • Wieser Concrete Products Inc., Maiden Rock, Wis.
    • Category III: 120,001+ hours
      • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Telford, Pa.

Gold Awards

The Gold Safety Award is presented to the plant posting the best reportable-injury/illness incident rate (IR) in each production-hours category that do not qualify for the Platinum Award.

• Category I: 0-60,000 hours
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Concord, N.C.
  • Category II: 60,001-120,000 hours
    • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Houston, Texas
    • Category III: 120,001+  hours
      • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Auburn, Wash.

Silver Awards

The Silver Safety Award is presented to the plant with the second best reportable-injury/illness incident rate in each production-hours category.

• Category I: 0-60,000 hours
  • S & M Precast, Henryville, Ind.
  • Category II: 60,001-120,000 hours
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Pleasanton, Calif.
    • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Fredericksburg, Va.
    • Category III: 120,001+ hours
      • Concrete Systems Inc., Hudson, N.H.

Bronze Awards

The Bronze Safety Award is presented to the plant with the third-best reportable-injury/illness incident rate in each production-hours category.

Category I: 0-60,000 hours

• Oldcastle Precast Inc., Riverside, Calif.
• Category III: 120,001+ hours
  • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Ogden, Utah

Most Improved Awards

The Most Improved Safety Award is presented to the plant in each production-hours category that records the most improvement on its reportable-injury/illness incident rate from the previous year’s incident rate.

• Category I: 0-60,000 hours
  • E.C. Babbert Inc., Canal Winchester, Ohio
  • Category II: 60,001-120,000 hours
    • Hanson Pipe & Precast, Richmond, Va.
    • Category III: 120,001+ hours
      • Oldcastle Precast Inc., Auburn, Wash.