2016 MCAA Safety Advantage Award Winners

Words: Dan KamysThe MCAA presented its 2016 Safety Advantage Awards to six companies on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, during the MCAA Midyear Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. [caption id="attachment_13940" align="alignleft" width="640"]Left to right: Bob Gates, Gates Construction Company, Inc.; Mike Cook, Gates Construction Company, Inc.; Mike Sutter, MCAA Chairman; Danks Burton, Pinnacle Masonry, Inc. Left to right: Bob Gates, Gates Construction Company, Inc.; Mike Cook, Gates Construction Company, Inc.; Mike Sutter, MCAA Chairman; Danks Burton, Pinnacle Masonry, Inc.[/caption] Safety Advantage Awards are presented based on a mason contractor’s incident rate. Awards were presented to the top companies with greater than 100,000 hours worked by all employees, and the top companies with less than 100,000 hours worked by all employees. The winners were: Greater Than 100,000 Hours First Place: Gates Construction Co., Inc., Mooresville, N.C. Second Place: Fenimore-Blythe, Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas Less Than 100,000 Hours First Place (4-Way Tie): C & S Co., Inc., Pittsfield, Mass.; Grant Contracting Co., Inc., Fenton, Mo.; Molter Corp., Tinley Park, Ill.; and Pinnacle Masonry, Inc., Cary, N.C. The goal of the MCAA Safety Advantage Awards is to help draw attention to the need and benefits of performing safely. Visit www.masoncontractors.org/safety/awards for more information.
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