2015 Safety Advantage Award Winners

Words: Dan KamysThe Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) presented the MCAA Safety Advantage Awards to six companies on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 during the MCAA Midyear Meeting in Key West, Fla. The MCAA 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 Stone Cold Masonry Phoenix SECOND PLACE Brazos Masonry, Inc. Waco, Texas LESS THAN 100,000 HOURS FIRST PLACE (3-Way Tie) Cantarella & Son, Inc. Pittsfield, Mass. Legacy Masonry, LLC Waco, Texas Molter Corporation Tinley Park, Ill. SECOND PLACE A. Horn, Inc. Barrington, Ill. 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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