| May 10, 2010
PSSMA Announces Multiwall Industry Safety Awards
Coopersburg, PA. The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association announced today the winners of PSSMA Safety Awards for Most Improved Safety Experience and Best Safety Experience during 2009. Award winning Plants are named below:
CATEGORY – MORE THAN 425,000 MANHOURS
OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE –
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORP. NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH
MOST IMPROVED EXPERIENCE –
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORP. NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH
CATEGORY – 275,000 TO 425,000 MANHOURS
OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE –
BEMIS CO. CROSSETT, AR
MOST IMPROVED –
BEMIS CO. VANCOUVER, WA
CATEGORY – 225,000 TO 275,000 MANHOURS
OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE (Tie) –
DRUMHELLER BAG CO. PEORIA, IL
EXOPACK SEYMOUR, IN
EXOPACK TIFTON, GA
MOST IMPROVED –
DRUMHELLER BAG CO. PEORIA, IL
CATEGORY – LESS THAN 225,000 MANHOURS
OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE (Tie) –
EXOPACK HAZLETON, PA
GRAPHICS PACKAGING QUINCY, IL
GREIF ROSEMOUNT, MN
MOST IMPROVED –
ENDPAK PACKAGING PICO RIVERA, CA
The industry recordable incidence rate improved to 2.5 in 2009. This is the lowest incidence rate on record for PSSMA members. In addition, the industry was successful in minimizing work-related accidents to 132 recordable cases, also the lowest on record.
Awards were presented during the 2010 PSSMA Production Managers’ Seminar in Nashville, TN, on May 6, 2010. Photographs of winners receiving awards are attached.
For more information:
Dick Storat
847-867-1521
dick.storat@pssma.org |
