SC&RA Recognizes Outstanding Safety Records with Annual Awards

(June 7, 2016) - SC&RA honored a number of companies and individuals with awards for superior safety records during the 2016 Annual Conference, April 26-30, at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Fla.

CRANE & RIGGING

Ten SC&RA member companies received the Crane & Rigging Zero Accidents Award because they did not have a single recordable accident or injury in 2015:

• AmQuip Crane Rental, LLC, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Anglemyer Crane Rental, Azusa, Calif.
• Bollmeier Crane, Madison, Ill.
• BOSS Crane & Rigging, Longview, TX
  Custom Service Crane, Inc., Fisher, Ill.
• Gatwood Crane Service, Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
• JJ Curran Crane Company, Detroit, Mich.
• JK Crane, Kenvil, N.J.
• Stevenson Crane Service, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.
• Waggoner Equipment Rental, LLC, Wood River, Ill.

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Twenty-one SC&RA member companies won a Crane & Rigging Safety Award due to their superior safety records of achieving an incident rate of less than or equal to 2.1 plus an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of 1.0 or less:

• AmQuip Crane Rental, LLC, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Anglemyer Crane Rental, Azusa, Calif.
• Atlas Industrial Contractors LLC, Columbus, OH.
• Bollmeier Crane, Madison, Ill.
• BOSS Crane & Rigging, Longview, TX
• Bragg Companies – Crane Service, Long Beach, Calif. 
• Custom Service Crane, Inc., Fisher, Ill.
• Deep South Crane & Rigging, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA
• Emmert International, Clackamas, Ore.
• Gatwood Crane Service, Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
• International Industrial Contracting Corporation, Sterling Heights, Mich.
• J.F. Lomma, Inc., South Kearny, N.J.
• JJ Curran Crane Company, Detroit, Mich.
• JK Crane, Kenvil, N.J.
• M&R Constructors, Inc., Richmond, Va.
• Maxim Crane Works, L.P., Monroeville, Pa.
• Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. / Southern Crane, Raleigh, N.C.
• Sterett Crane & Rigging, Owensboro, Ky.
• Stevenson Crane Service, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.
• TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc., Houston, Tex.
• Waggoner Equipment Rental, LLC, Wood River, Ill.

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Four SC&RA member companies earned a Crane & Rigging Safety Improvement Award by reducing their incidence rate over the previous year’s contest entry:

• AmQuip Crane Rental, LLC, Philadelphia, Pa. 
• JJ Curran Crane Company, Detroit, Mich.
• Maxim Crane Works, L.P., Monroeville, Pa.
• Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. / Southern Crane, Raleigh, N.C.

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Sixteen Crane Operator Safety Awards were presented to certified crane operators from six different companies who exhibit exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man-hours and recording zero accidents and incidents: 

• Barnhart, Memphis, Tenn. – Allen Graham
• Custom Service Crane, Inc., Fisher, Ill. – Derek Malcom, Johnnie Morgan, Mathew Dittbenner and Shawn Shelby
• Dun-Rite Specialized Carriers, Bronx, N.Y. –  Lynard Smith
• JK Crane, Kenvil, N.J. –  Otto Gauweiler
• Magnum Crane Service, Federal Way, Wash. – Adrian Burger and Nick Pederson
• Mountain Crane Service, Salt Lake City, Utah – Jordan Patterson, Craig Hall, Parker Chapman, Chad Pruett, Jordan Goff, Jack Roberts and Jerry Stothers

TRANSPORTATION

Six SC&RA member companies received a Transportation Mileage Category Award for having the lowest accident frequency rate in different mileage categories in 2015:

• Over 100 Million Miles – Landstar Transportation Logistics, Inc., South Jacksonville, Fla.
• Over 50 Million Miles – Bennett Motor Express, McDonough, Ga.
• 5 Million to 20 Million Miles – LeFebvre & Sons, Inc., Elk River, Minn.
• 1.5 Million to 5 Million Miles – Barnhart, Memphis, Tenn.
• 501,000 to 1.5 Million Miles – Bragg Companies – Heavy Transport, Long Beach, Calif.
• 100,000 to 500,000 Miles – Precision Heavy Haul, Inc., Tolleson, Ariz.

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Nine SC&RA member companies received a Fleet Safety Award for obtaining an Accident Frequency Rate of  less than 0.45 during all of 2015:

• Anderson Trucking Service, Inc. – St. Cloud, Minn.
• Bulldog Hiway Express – Charleston, S.C.
• Emmert International – Clackamas, O.R.
• George Young Company – Swedesboro, N.J.
• KMX International – Hamburg, Pa.
• Maxim Crane Works, L.P. – Monroeville, Pa.
• Midwest Specialized Transportation, Inc – Rochester, Minn.
• Miller Transfer – Rootstown, Ohio
• White Brothers Trucking Company – Wasco, Ill.

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Six SC&RA member companies received a Transportation Zero Accidents Award for having no recordable accidents:

• Bragg Companies – Heavy Transport, Long Beach, Calif.
• Emmert International – Clackamas, O.R.
• KMX International – Hamburg, Pa.
• Bulldog Hiway Express – Charleston, S.C.
• George Young Company – Swedesboro, N.J.
• Precision Heavy Haul, Inc., Tolleson, Ariz.

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Four SC&RA member companies earned a Fleet Safety Improvement Award by showing a reduction in their accident frequency rate for miles traveled, compared to their previous year accident frequency rate:

• Barnhart, Memphis, Tenn.
• George Young Company – Swedesboro, N.J.
• Keen Transport, Inc. – New Kingstown, Pa.
• Midwest Specialized Transportation, Inc – Rochester, Minn.

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Seven professional drivers from four companies were recognized with a Million Miler Award for accumulating a minimum of one million consecutive miles of safe driving within the industry:

• Anderson Trucking Service, Inc., St. Cloud, Minn. – Mike McKee
• Landstar Transportation Logistics, Inc., South Jacksonville, Fla. – Randy Ladd
• Miller Transfer, Rootstown, Ohio – Rodney Massie, Fred McDaniel II, Robert Bowles and Richard Salzer
• Silk Road Transport, Inc., Arkport, N.Y. – Gregory Aguglia

Eleven drivers from seven companies received a Driver Safety Award for accumulating five years of accident-free driving:

• Barnhart, Memphis, Tenn. – Clint Anderson
• Berard Transportation, New Iberia, Louis. – Roy Courville
• Chellino Crane, Joliet, Ill. – Keith Chellino, Jeff Ginter and Justin Clark
• Dun-Rite Specialized Carriers, Bronx, N.Y. – Lynard Smith and Mario Hernandez Medoza
• Great Lakes Heavy Haul, Byron Center, Mich. – Rodger Ward
• Precision Heavy Haul, Inc., Tolleson, AZ – Cary Stoneberger
• Silk Road Transport, Inc., Arkport, N.Y. – Dan Haswell and Gregory Aguglia