MBMA Announces Safety Award Winners

CLEVELAND - May 29, 2018 - PRLog -- www.mbma.com - The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) annually honors member companies that demonstrate exceptional performance in maintaining workplace safety. These awards are given to Building Systems members as well as Associate members for their performance during the previous calendar year. Safety awards for the 2017 year were presented at the 2018 MBMA Spring Meeting held May 2-4 in San Antonio, TX.

"We are committed to promoting workplace safety and these awards recognize those facilities that set an example for all of us," says Dan Walker, PE, general manager of MBMA. "For our building systems members in 2017, 45 plant facilities participated in MBMA's Quarterly OSHA Injury Statistics Program, logging over 11,000,000 hours on the job. Our associate member awards program, enacted in 2017, extends the focus on safety across the industry to our suppliers' manufacturing facilities as well."

MBMA members are dedicated to the safety of everyone who works in the metal building systems industry. As such, the organization is an advocate for safety programs that promote the well-being of everyone involved.  "MBMA members strive to make the metal building industry a very safe place to build a career. The benefits to effective safety initiatives are many and include boosting employee morale, improving operations, and mitigating insurance risks and exposure to OSHA audits. MBMA is pleased to recognize safety best practices through these awards," said Walker.

From the 45 manufacturing facilities nationwide that submitted data, 7 awards were presented. MBMA's award criteria stipulate that award recipient plants must have work-related accident and illness rates that are 50% or less than the OSHA-reported averages for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 332311 (prefabricated metal building and component manufacturing) compared to the prior year. Recipients of the 2017 Safety Performance Award achieved an incident rate of 1.6 or lower.

The MBMA Superior Safety Award was bestowed upon the four plants that achieved zero recordable cases for the 12-month period, which is a significant accomplishment. The Associate Member Awards went to three companies with facilities that achieved zero recordable cases for 2017, also a significant accomplishment.

Building Systems Member Awards

2017 Superior Safety Award – In recognition of having zero recordable incidents

• BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc.

 Laurinburg, NC

• Dean Steel Buildings

 Thomasville, GA

• Nucor Building Systems, Inc.

 Swansea, SC

• Package Steel Systems

 Sutton, MA

2017 Safety Performance Award – In recognition of having achieved an incident rate equal to 50% or less than the industry average as reported by OSHA

• American Buildings Company

 Eufaula, AL

• BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc.

 St. Joseph, MO

Annville, PA

Associate Member Awards

• Bay Insulation Systems

 Baton Rouge, LA; Brooklyn Heights, OH; Dallas, TX; Fridley, MN; Highpoint, NC

 Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Kansas City, MO; Sumner, WA; Louisville, KY

 Memphis, TN; Orlando, FL; Pensacola, FL; Raleigh, NC; Roanoke, VA

 San Marcos, TX; St. Louis, MO

• D.I. Roof Seamers

 Corinth, MS

• PDL Building Products

 Stockton, CA

North Olmsted, OH

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Founded in 1956, MBMA serves manufacturers and suppliers as it works to promote the metal building systems industry. For over 60 years, its membership has supplied high-quality buildings for use in commercial, retail, office, industrial, institutional and other end-uses. The association provides a wealth of useful information on its website, www.mbma.com, for anyone who works with or is interested in metal building systems. Resources include technical materials, research reports and design guides.