Gribbins Insulation - A Year of Safety Success

Feb. 29, 2012 - PRLog -- From the State of Indiana to Marathon Petroleum to EHS Today magazine, the past year brought numerous awards and recognition to Gribbins Insulation’s extensive safety program and outstanding safety record.  Gribbins’s core values of integrity, safety, quality, productivity, and innovation form the foundation for all the company’s decisions, and these awards recognize the company’s commitment to those values.  As emphasized by Jim Gribbins, President and Founder, “There is absolutely no task that is so important that we might consider sacrificing safety, to even the slightest degree, in an effort to perform the task.”  

The Gribbins safety program includes new hire orientation, monthly random quizzes, behavior-based safety reviews, and monthly audits, as well as an extensive incentive program that rewards employees for participating in the safety process and reporting incidents.  The weekly Toolbox Talks are published on the Gribbins website, Facebook page, and Twitter, and Gribbins employees may go online to review incentive point totals and redeem their points from our online catalog.  To learn more about the Gribbins safety program, please visit:  www.gribbins.com/safety/

National Safety Council - CEOs Who Get It
On January 31, 2012, the National Safety Council (NSC) selected Mr. Gribbins as one of the 2012 CEOs Who Get It, along with the CEOs of Dow Chemical and Georgia-Pacific.  The 2012 roster of nine individuals represents national and international organizations of all sizes from a wide variety of industries. The NSC chose these leaders based on their understanding of the value of safety, and their commitment to work with employees at all levels to ensure safety remains everyone’s focus and responsibility. The NSC determined that four common elements exist among all of the organizations recognized: strong executive leadership and active employee engagement, implementation of safety management systems, continuous reduction of risk, and constant measurement of safety performance.  Profiles of the CEOs Who Get It are featured in the February 2012 issue of Safety+Health magazine, as well as at the NSC website.  Read more: http://www.nsc.org/safetyhealth/Pages/212CEOsWhoGetItJimG...

Highlights of other prestigious awards:

The Indiana Construction Association, the Indiana branch of the AGC (Associated General Contractors), honored Gribbins Insulation with the Gold Summit Safety Award along with eight other contractors for the fourth consecutive year at their annual membership meeting in Indianapolis on November 17, 2011.  From these nine recipients, Gribbins was also chosen by the ICA Selection Committee for their highest safety award, the Pinnacle Safety Award, as the overall leader in construction employee safety in the entire state of Indiana.  Gribbins received this award previously in 2009.  

The Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), an association of large construction users including Procter & Gamble and Duke Energy, chose Gribbins Insulation as a winner of the Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE) Award during the national conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 8, 2011.  Applications were accepted from CURT members throughout the United States and Canada.  

EHS Today magazine named Gribbins one of the 2011 America’s Safest Companies at the award ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2011, along with only twelve other companies, including Fluor Enterprises and Caterpillar Inc.  Gribbins was the second smallest company honored.  Read more: http://ehstoday.com/safety/management/americas_safest_com...

On October 26, 2011, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., the National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee (NMAPC) gave the Zero Injury Safety Awards to companies with zero recordable injuries at jobsites in 2010.  Gribbins was recognized for work at three different NMA jobsites, representing over 194,000 hours worked without injuries.

In summary, Gribbins Insulation’s awards over the past year include:
•Construction User’s Roundtable (CURT) Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE) Award
•EHS Today’s list of the 2011 America’s Safest Companies
•Indiana Construction Association (ICA) Gold Summit Award
•Indiana Construction Association (ICA) Pinnacle Award
•Indiana Governor’s Workplace Safety Award for Overall Safety in Construction
•Marathon Petroleum Company Illinois Refining Division Manager’s Contractor Safety Excellence Award
•Metro Indianapolis Coalition for Construction Safety (MICCS) Safety Achievement Award
•National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee (NMAPC) Zero Recordable Injury Certificate of Merit – for three different jobsites
•National Safety Council 2012 CEOs Who Get It – for Jim Gribbins
•The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC) Thomas J. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Construction Safety

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Founded in 1985, Gribbins Insulation is an industrial and commercial mechanical insulation contractor headquartered in Southern Indiana. With six satellite locations throughout Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois, Gribbins serves the insulation needs of the Midwestern United States. Visit the company website for more information: http://www.gribbins.com/