ST. LOUIS, MO - Concrete Contractors with exemplary safety records were recognized by the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., at the association's Annual Conference, September 13, in Charlotte, N.C.

C.F. Jordan, El Paso, Tex., and Walbridge Concrete Services, Detroit, Mich., received the inaugural W. Burr Bennett Awards for Safety Excellence, presented by the ASCC, in partnership with CNA, Chicago. The awards recognize one general contractor and one specialty contractor that place the highest priority on safety. Award entries were judged on three years of safety performance indicators, values and trends; a self-assessment checklist of company safety practices; and detailed descriptions of safety plans and culture.

Additional awards, based on the incident rate for 2006, were presented to general and specialty contractors in four categories. The incident rate represents the number of lost workday cases from the OSHA 300 log, times 200,000, divided by the number of work hours in a calendar year.

General contractors that won the Best Safety Achievement Award for the lowest incident rate were Webcor Builders, Hayward, Calif. (over 250,000 work hours); EllisDon Services, Inc., Charleston, S.C. (100,000 to 250,000 work hours); and Scale Construction, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (less than 100,000 work hours).

Specialty contractors winning the Best Safety Achievement Award were Bartley Corp., Ashton, Md. (over 250,000 work hours); Walbridge Concrete Services, Detroit, Mich. (100,000 to 250,000 work hours); and Trademark Concrete, Anaheim, Calif. (less than 100,000 work hours).