MBMA Recognizes Metal Building Systems Manufacturers for Safety in the Workplace

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) annually recognizes metal building systems manufacturers which show exceptional commitment to assuring workplace safety. The 2013 Safety Awards recently were presented at the MBMA Spring Dinner Meeting.

“A total of 47 plant facilities participated in MBMA’s Quarterly OSHA Injury Statistics Program,” states Charles Praeger, Assistant General Manager of MBMA. “Awards were presented based on our analysis of the submitted data.”

MBMA and its members are committed to the safety of everyone who works in the metal building systems industry. The organization has had a long-standing Safety Committee and Safety Awards Program, which was revamped in 2010 so that it is patterned after OSHA safety rules. “Our members are focused on the safety of their employees and MBMA is very happy to recognize them with these awards,” says Praeger.

From the 47 manufacturing facilities nationwide that submitted data, a total of 20 awards were presented. Of that total, some awards were given to multiple locations within the same company. MBMA patterned the awards program to conform to OSHA safety standards. MBMA¹s criteria, though, stipulates that winning firms must have work-related accident and illness rates that are at least 50% below OSHA-reported averages for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 332311. For the incident rate award, the industry average is 6.6 as reported in the NAICS Code 332311. Therefore, MBMA¹s minimum starting point was 3.3.

The Superior Overall Safety Record, under the rules of the Safety Awards Program, was awarded to those plants that achieved no recordable injuries or incidences for the 12-month period, which is a significant achievement.

A fatality precludes any awards for an individual plant or company. A plant without a fatality within a company can qualify for an award. In addition to recognizing a company in the Superior Overall Safety area, MBMA has Safety Improvement Awards that recognize performance improvements.

Awards were presented at the following levels to individual plant locations:

2013 Superior Overall Safety Record ­ In recognition of having no recordable incident rate

BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA INC.
San Marcos, Texas

DEAN STEEL BUILDINGS INC.
Cedartown, Ga.

DEAN STEEL BUILDINGS INC.
Thomasville, Ga.

RUFFIN BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.
Oak Grove, La.

2013 Safety Performance Award ­ In recognition of having achieved an incident rate equal to 50 percent or better than the industry average as reported by OSHA

AMERICAN BUILDINGS COMPANY
Eufala, Ala.
El Paso, Ill.

BEHLEN BUILDING SYSTEMS
Columbus, Neb.

BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA INC.
Rainsville, Ala.
St. Joseph, Mo.
Jackson, Tenn.
Laurinburg, N.C.

GULF STATES MANUFACTURERS
Starkville, Miss.

KIRBY BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.
Portland, Tenn.

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.
Atwater, Calif.
Lexington, Tenn.
Houston

NUCOR BUILDING SYSTEMS
Brigham, Utah

SCHULTE BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.
Hueytown, Ala.
Hockley, Texas

SBC BUILDING SYSTEMS LLC
Ambridge, Pa.