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Safety Award Winners Honored at IBS
The 13 winners of the third annual Safety Award For Excellence (SAFE) Awards were announced at a Jan. 21 ceremony at the Las Vegas Hilton during the 2009 International Builders’ Show.
The SAFE awards honor the achievements of builders and trade contractors who have developed and implemented high-quality construction safety programs, as well as those government officials who have made successful efforts to advance safety in the home building industry.
“Safety can be a thankless job — it’s one of those occupations where, if we don’t hear about you, then you’re doing your job well,” Buck Roberts, NAHB Construction Safety and Health Committee chairman, told the audience at the ceremony. “Congratulations to all the winners from the National Association of Home Builders for your commitment to promoting safety in the home building industry.”
Joe Robson, chairman-elect of NAHB; Colin Campbell, Construction Safety and Health Committee vice chair; and Ray Rhodes, committee second vice chair, also made remarks at the awards.
The 2008 SAFE Award winners honored at the show were:
Single-Family Builder Safety Program of the Year
11 to 100 home starts per year
- Hobbs, Inc. — New Canaan, Conn.
Greater than 100 but less than 500 home starts per year
- Winchester Homes, Inc. — Bethesda, Md.
Greater than 500 home starts per year
Specialty Trade Contractor Safety Program of the Year
Less than 50 employees
- County Line Framing (CLF) — Calimesa, Calif.
50 employees or more
- WestCor Companies — Las Vegas
Remodeler Safety Program of the Year
- Kramer Enterprises, Inc. — Kalispell, Mont.
Innovative Safety Program/Idea of the Year
- Winchester Homes, Inc. — Bethesda, Md.
Light Commercial Contractor Safety Program of the Year
- Bayview Construction Corporation — Stuart, Fla.
Home Builder Safety Professional of the Year
- Rocky Cochran, Pardee Homes — Las Vegas
Associate Member Safety Program of the Year
- Sanford and Hawley, Inc. — Unionville, Conn.
Federal and State Plan OSHA Official of the Year
- Ernie Miller, Arizona Division of Occupational Safety & Health
Leadership in Construction
- Bob Masterson, Ryland Homes — Calabasas, Calif.; Mike Thibodeaux — Wimberley, Texas
Nominations and a call for entries will open on Aug. 31 for the 2009 awards and will run through Nov. 4. The award ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 19, 2010 in Las Vegas during the International Builders’ Show. For more details on applying for the awards, click here.
NAHB provides members and others in the residential construction industry — including non-English and limited English-speaking employees and trade contractors — with information, guidance and access to training resources to help them protect employees' health and safety.
A variety of safety resources and guidebooks, including the NAHB-OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook: English-Spanish Edition, can be purchased through www.builderbooks.com.
For more information on the SAFE awards or NAHB safety training programs, e-mail Lindsay Cather at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8163.
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