The Metal Building Manufacturers Association annually recognizes metal building systems manufacturers which show exceptional commitment to assuring workplace safety. Safety Awards were presented at the MBMA Spring Meeting held May 6-8 on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
“A total of 46 plant facilities participated in MBMA’s Quarterly OSHA Injury Statistics Program,” states Charles Praeger, Assistant General Manager of MBMA. “Awards were presented based on our analysis of the submitted data.”
MBMA re-vamped their long-standing Safety Awards Program in 2010. The new program is patterned after OSHA safety rules. Their previous program had run from fourth quarter to third quarter each year. The Steering Committee changed this to an annual award based on a calendar year. “After the committee toughened the standards, we saw a drop in award winners last year,” says Praeger, “but this year the number of award winners is up substantially.” In 2010, just five plant facilities won the award for Superior Overall Safety Record. For 2011, 17 companies won this award, and there were 53 winners overall, up from 36 a year ago. MBMA also created new awards that would recognize those firms who had achieved the greatest percentage in improved safety performance in various categories.
From the 46 manufacturing facilities nationwide that submitted data, a total of 53 awards were presented. Of that total, some awards were given to multiple locations within the same company. MBMA patterned the awards program to conform to OSHA safety standards. MBMA’s criteria, though, stipulates that winning firms must have work-related accident and illness rates that are significantly below OSHA-reported averages for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 332311, which is Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing.
For the Superior Overall Safety Record under the new rules of the Award Program, the goal is to surpass 50 percent and greater than the national average for SIC Code 3448. For this past year, the national average for recordable cases was 5.6 incident rate, up from the previous year of 3.3 for “Prefabricated Metal Buildings and Component Manufacturing.” A fatality precludes any awards for individual plant or company. A plant without a fatality within a company can qualify for an award.
In addition to recognizing a company in the Superior Overall Safety area, MBMA created a number of Safety Improvement Awards that recognize performance improvements in one of three categories:
• Achievement of a 20 percent Reduction in OSHA Work Case Occurrences plus Reduction in Restricted Duty Cases in 2011 over 2010;
• Achievement of a 20 percent Reduction in Other Recordable Cases in 2011 over 2010; and
• No Recordable Cases in 2011.
Awards were presented at the following levels to individual plant locations:
Superior Overall Safety Record
AMERICAN BUILDINGS COMPANY
Eufaula, Alabama
El Paso, Illinois
La Crosse, Virginia
BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jackson, Tennessee
San Marcos, Texas
CBC STEEL BUILDINGS
Lathrop, California
CHIEF BUILDINGS
Grand Island, Nebraska
DEAN STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.
Thomasville, Georgia
Cedartown, Georgia
Fort Myers, Florida
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Atwater, California
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Caryville, Tennessee
NUCOR BUILDING SYSTEMS
Waterloo, Indiana
Brigham City, Utah
RUFFIN BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Oak Grove, Louisiana
SCHULTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, L.P., Hockley, Texas
2011 IMPROVED SAFETY AWARD: Reduction in OSHA Work Case Occurrences and Restricted Duty Cases
AMERICAN BUILDINGS COMPANY
Eufaula, Alabama
La Crosse, Virginia
BEHLEN BUILDING SYSTEMS Columbus, Nebraska
BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
San Marcos, Texas
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Evansville, Wisconsin
Visalia, California
CHIEF BUILDINGS
Grand Island, Nebraska
DEAN STEEL BUILDINGS, INC
Cedartown, Georgia
Fort Myers, Florida
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Atwater, California
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Airway Heights, Washington
Caryville, Tennessee
NUCOR BUILDING SYSTEMS
Brigham City, Utah
SCHULTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, L.P.
Hueytown, Alabama
TYLER BUILDING SYSTEMS, L.P.
Tyler, Texas
2011 IMPROVED SAFETY AWARD: 20 percent Reduction in OSHA Other Recordable Cases
BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jackson, Tennessee
St. Joseph, Missouri
Arlington, Washington
Rainsville, Alabama
CBS STEEL BUILDINGS
Lathrop, California
CHIEF BUILDINGS
Rensselaer, Indiana
Grand Island, Nebraska
DEAN STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.
Cedartown, Georgia
Fort Myers, Florida
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Caryville, Tennessee
Monticello, Iowa
Airway Heights, Washington
NUCOR BUILDING SYSTEMS
Waterloo, Indiana
PINNACLE STRUCTURES, INC.
Cabot, Arkansas
SCHULTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, L.P.
Hockley, Texas
UNITED STRUCTURES OF AMERICA, INC.
Houston, Texas
2011 IMPROVED SAFETY AWARD: No Recordable Cases
DEAN STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.
Thomasville, Georgia
Cedartown, Georgia
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Atwater, California
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MBMA has served metal building systems manufacturers and suppliers for 55 years. Its membership represents more than $1.6 billion in annual steel shipments and accounts for approximately 39 percent of the total non-residential, low-rise construction market in the United States. MBMA provides engineering leadership through the many research programs that it sponsors annually, often in coordination with major universities and engineering schools throughout North America. This research is used to improve the performance, efficiency and quality of metal building systems and to elevate the technology used to produce them.
