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PCA Facilities Recognized for Safety Achievement
May 20, 2010
The Fibre Box Association (FBA) and the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) recently recognized a total of 396 corrugated plants for safety achievements in 2009. At the highest level of safety recognition were five sheet plants and nine combining plants representing seven different companies.
To meet the safety criteria, plants had to report the fewest injuries or illnesses related to number of hours worked. This year, each of the winning plants reported the greatest number of hours worked with no reported cases or lost time accidents.
The Safety Excellence Award was presented to all sheet plants and combining plants who achieved no lost work days due to job-related injury or illness for the 2009 calendar year. Of the 244 plants, the following 31 PCA plants were recognized by the FBA/AICC for Safety Excellence:
May 20, 2010
The Fibre Box Association (FBA) and the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) recently recognized a total of 396 corrugated plants for safety achievements in 2009. At the highest level of safety recognition were five sheet plants and nine combining plants representing seven different companies.
To meet the safety criteria, plants had to report the fewest injuries or illnesses related to number of hours worked. This year, each of the winning plants reported the greatest number of hours worked with no reported cases or lost time accidents.
PCA's High Point, North Carolina, plant (70,000-100,000 hours) and Miami Gardens, Florida, plant (100,000-150,000 hours) were recognized as winners in the sheet plant category.
In addition, 14 PCA facilities were among the 138 plants recognized for achieving zero incidents in 2009 and received the FBA/AICC Perfect Plant Award:
| Colby, WI | Fairfield, OH | Franklin, WI | Garland, TX |
| Hanover, PA | Knoxville, TN | Opelika, AL | Pearl, MS |
| Richmond, VA | Rutherfordton, NC | South Gate, CA | Traverse City, MI |
| Watertown, NY | Windsor, CO |
The Safety Excellence Award was presented to all sheet plants and combining plants who achieved no lost work days due to job-related injury or illness for the 2009 calendar year. Of the 244 plants, the following 31 PCA plants were recognized by the FBA/AICC for Safety Excellence:
| Akron, OH | Allentown, PA | Arlington, TX | Chelmsford, MA |
| Denver, CO | Donna, TX | El Paso, TX | Edmore, MI |
| Fridley, MN | Gas City, IN | Golden Valley, MN | Goldsboro, NC |
| Harrisonburg, VA | Honea Path, SC | Jacksonville, FL | Los Angeles, CA |
| Middletown, OH | Minneapolis, MN | Muskogee, OK | Newberry, SC |
| Northglenn, CO | Northampton, MA | Olive Branch, MS | Omaha, NE |
| Phoenix, AZ | Plano, TX | Salt Lake Spec., UT | Salt Lake Cont., UT |
| Syracuse, NY | Vincennes, IN | Waco, TX |
