The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced the winners of the Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards, which recognize outstanding safety performance in the manufacturing of portland cement, the core ingredient used in all forms of concrete. Presented at the third annual Cement and Concrete Fly-In event, the nine winners were selected from 98 cement facilities across the country.
“Safety is the most important job we all have,” says Tom Beck, PCA chairman and president of Continental Cement. “Doing everything possible to assure that our employees go home in the same condition as they arrived is paramount, and we’re proud to highlight these top safety performers.”
The 2019 PCA Chairman’s Safety Performance Award winners are:
Category: Less than 206,980 hours
Lehigh Hanson Inc., Logansport, Ind.
CEMEX USA, Demopolis, Ala.
LafargeHolcim US, Theodore, Ala.
Category: 206,981–284,621 hours
CEMEX USA, Clinchfield, Ga.
The Monarch Cement Company, Humboldt, Kan.
Ash Grove Cement Company, Durkee, Ore.
Category: 284,622–514,083 hours
Martin Marietta, New Braunfels, Texas
Lehigh Hanson Inc., Permanente Plant Cupertino, Calif.
CEMEX USA, Victorville, Calif.
