The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA), the leader in promoting quality and excellence in the sheet metal and air conditioning industry, recently announced the winners of its Annual Safety Excellence Awards. The recognition program stems from SMACNA’s yearly safety survey and celebrates members who report the lowest injury and illness rates and who continue to adopt a safety culture along with safe practices on the jobsite.
“Nothing is more important to SMACNA than the health and safety of our members and their employees,” says Vince Sandusky, SMACNA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Safety Excellence Awards. You should feel proud of what you’ve accomplished as low injury and illness rates speak volumes to your best-in-class performance within the industry.”
27 member companies received the 2021 Safety Excellence Award for overall safety performance based on people-hours worked and OSHA incidence rates as reported in the annual safety survey. Award winners in Canada were recognized based on performance as measured against Canadian safety programs which are conducted on a provincial basis rather than the national OSHA program in the U.S. Detailed results from the U.S. survey can be found in the SMACNA Safety Statistics Profile report due out later in the summer.
The average OSHA incident rate (1.91) was the lowest reported rate in the lifespan of the survey and the reported experience modification rate (EMR) of 0.78 was slightly lower than last year (0.79). An EMR below 1.0 is generally considered on the positive side of the “average” EMR for the entire construction industry.
First place winners will be presented with the award during SMACNA’s Annual Convention in October. All others will receive the award via mail over the summer. Award winners include:
Over 500,000 hours
TCM Corp – Portland, Oregon
Baker Group – Ankeny, Iowa
Control Air Enterprises LLC – Anaheim, California
400,001-500,000 hours
Streimer – Portland, Oregon
Integrated Facility Services – Fenton, Missouri
MG McGrath, Inc. – Maplewood, Minnesota
300,001-400,000 hours
General Sheet Metal – Clackamas, Oregon
Mall City Mechanical – Kalamazoo, Michigan
Peck Hannaford & Briggs Co. – Cincinnati, Ohio