SALT LAKE CITY - Over 80 Utah organizations will be receiving safety awards for safety excellence in the workplace. The Utah Safety Council's Awards Program will be held in conjunction with the Utah Safety Council Annual Meeting on Aug. 26 at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the largest safety recognition program in the state to honor organizations for safety excellence.
Utah Safety Council Safety Awards are given to reward quality in occupational safety and health programs as measured by outstanding safety performance. Organizations are recognized for improvements in lost time and total case incidence rates and/or maintaining rates that are consistently below the average for their industry as benchmarked against national averages compiled by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition to extremely stringent performance requirements, applicants for these awards must have functioning safety programs that include a formal written safety and health plan, emergency plans, safety inspections, safety training and employee safety committees. This year's awards will be presented to Utah companies representing a yearly average of over 56 million employee hours worked. Numerous individuals will also be recognized for outstanding safety accomplishments.
Recognitions include: the Award of Merit, the Award of Honor, the Utah Labor Commission's Arches Award, the Perfect Record Award, the Utah Safety Council's Occupant Protection Award, the Achievement in Safety by an Organization Award, the Individual Achievement in Safety Award and the Professional Driver of the Year Award.
Organizational and Individual Award Recipients
Achievement in Safety by an Organization
Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
Utah Labor Commission Arches Award
Okland Construction Company
Individual Achievement in Safety
Gary McCloskey - URS Corporation
Professional Driver of the Year
Ronald Lloyd- Barney Trucking Company
Diane Gillies - Utah Valley Paratransit
Award of Honor
Firestone Building Products Co.
Award of Merit
* Anderson Engineering Company, Inc.
* Ames Construction, Inc.
* Arnold Machinery Company
* ATK Aerospace Systems
* ATK Space Systems
* Autoliv Brigham Facility
* Battelle Memorial Institute
* Boart Longyear - Salt Lake City Manufacturing
* Bodell Construction Company
* Brahma Group, Inc.
* Cache Valley Electric
* CCI Mechanical, Inc.
* Cephalon, Inc.
* Coates Electrical and Instrumentation, Inc.
* Daw Construction Group
* Delta Fire Systems, Inc.
* DP Industrial, Inc.
* Dunkin & Bush, Inc.
* Easton Technical Products
* Garkane Energy Cooperative, Inc.
* GE Healthcare Surgery Campus
* GE Healthcare Surgery Field
* GENCO ATC Hershey/Ogden
* Geneva Rock Products, Inc.
* Gramoll Construction Company
* HHI Corporation
* Hales Sand & Gravel
* Hunt Electric, Inc.
* Kern River Gas Transmission - Fillmore District
* Komatsu Equipment Company
* L-3 Communications
* Layton Construction Company
* Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc.
* Mechanical Service & Systems, Inc.
* Mellor Engineering
* Monsanto, Soda Springs, Idaho Site
* Morton Salt - Grantsville Facility
* Murray City Corporation
* Nicholas & Company, Inc.
* NOV - Intelliserv
* Nestle Prepared Foods
* PacificCorp Energy
* Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co.
* Preferred Paving
* R&O Construction
* Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
o Bingham Canyon Mine
o Copperton Concentrator
o Engineering Services
o Power Plant
o Refinery
o Smelter
o Tailings and Water Services
* Rocky Mountain Power
* Science & Technology Corporation
* Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District
* Superior Air Handling
* Staker Parson Companies
* Sysco Intermountain
* Tesoro SLC Refinery
* URS Corporation
* USANA Health Sciences
* Wadsworth Brothers Construction
* Wasatch Electric
* Western Metals Recycling
* Western Rock Products
* W.W. Clyde & Co.
Perfect Record Award
* Anderson Engineering Company, Inc.
* Battelle Memorial Institute
* Cerrowire
* Champion Industrial
* Chevron Salt Lake Refinery
* Coates Electrical and Instrumentation, Inc.
* Coldsweep, Inc.
* Dalbo Tank Service
* DP Industrial, Inc.
* Firestone Building Products Company
* GENCO ATC Hershey/Ogden
* Geneva Nitrogen
* Gramoll Construction Company
* HHI Corporation
* Holcim Devils Slide Plant
* Hunt Electric, Inc.
* Kern River Gas Transmission - Fillmore District
* Mechanical Service & Systems, Inc.
* Mellor Engineering
* Monsanto, Soda Springs, Idaho Site
* NV Energy, Inc.
o Fort Churchill Power Station
o Tracy Power Station
* PacifiCorp Energy
o Blundell Plant
o Carbon Plant
o Currant Creek Power Plant
o Gadsby Plant
o Lake Side Power Plant
o Little Mountain Power Plant
o Olmstead Hydro Plant
* Preferred Paving
* Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
o Tailings and Water Services
o Power Plant
* Sandy City Public Works
* Science & Technology Corporation
* Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District
Sustaining Members
1. Innovative Flexpak
2. Savage Services Corporation
3. Ute Indian Tribe
Contributing Members
1. American Equipment, Inc.
2. Associated Food Stores
3. Ceramatec
4. Green Construction, Inc.
5. Industrial Supply Company, Inc.
6. Kiewit/Herzog/Parsons
7. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
8. Lone Peak Conservation
9. Million Air Salt Lake City
10. Mistras Services
11. Spudnik Equipment
12. Strategic Insurance Agency
13. United Parcel Service
14. Utah Business Insurance Co.
Occupant Protection Award
* Aspen Logistics
* Cottonwood Improvement District
* Discover Financial Services
* Intermountain Healthcare Courier Service - Dixie Office
* Intermountain Healthcare Courier Service - Murray Office
* JT3
* Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
o Bingham Canyon Mine
o Copperton Concentrator
o Power Plant
o Refinery
o Smelter
o Tailings and Water Services
The mission of the Utah Safety Council is to promote safety and health by providing education, services and products. The scope of our programs and services cover occupational safety training and compliance, driver improvement training and education, as well as home and community safety and educational programs. For more information, visit our website www.utahsafetycouncil.org.
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