Thank you to everyone who submitted their entries for the 2011 BCRMCA Safety Awards. We are proud to recognize leadership in health and safety and help promote safe practices, procedures, behaviors and/or attitudes in the workplace.
Congratulations to these safety leaders:
Performance Award
Part 1 - for producer members (all plants total, year over year performance) who have reduced the lost time
accidents from the previous year
Category 1 - 0-49,999 hours; the winner is Independent Concrete Ltd.
Category 2 - 50,000-99,000 hours; the winner is Interoute Construction Ltd.
Part 2 - for individual ready-mix plants with no lost time accidents:
ABC Precast & Ready Mix Ltd.
Associated Ready Mix
B A Blacktop (Cranbrook)
Cardinal Concrete Ltd.
Chetwynd Redi Mix
Cowichan Valley Concrete Ltd.
Cumberland Ready Mix Ltd.
H & J Ready Mix
Independent Concrete Ltd.
Interior Ready-Mix Ltd.
Nelson Ready Mix
Skandia Concrete
Part 3 - for the producer member with the best 5 year safety record - Cumberland Ready-Mix Ltd.
Innovation Award
The winner of the 2011 Innovation Award is Independent Concrete Ltd. for their work with the Langford Fire Rescue on confined space accident recovery. The Fire Rescue crew conducted simulations of actual medical emergencies, extracting personnel from a mixer drum and a silo mancage. All parties involved felt that by conducting these simulations, they are better prepared to react if such a situation ever arises. Congratulations Independent Concrete Ltd. for taking the extra steps to protect your employees and promote safety in the workplace.
President's Award
BCRMCA President, Frank Antonio, presented the 2011 President's Award for Safety to Gastaldo Concrete Pumping Ltd. in recognition of Gastaldo's exceptional leadership, effort and service as a safety champion for the BC concrete industry. In addition to their collaborative work on BCRMCA's Concrete Pumping Committee, Paolo and Luigi Gastaldo have volunteered their time to train over 100 new WorkSafeBC Prevention Officers on concrete pumps and BC's concrete pumping industry.
