2014 MCAA Safety Advantage Award Winners

Words: Dan Kamys

2014 MCAA Safety Advantage Award Winners

By Tim O’Toole

The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) presented the MCAA Safety Advantage Awards to five companies on Friday, September 12, 2014 during the MCAA Midyear Meeting in Milwaukee.

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

Otto Baum Company, Inc.
Morton, Ill.

LESS THAN 100,000 HOURS

FIRST PLACE

Minahan Construction, Inc.
Uwchland, Penn.

Spencer Brickwork, Inc.
St. Louis

SECOND PLACE

Superior Masonry Builders, Inc.
Butler, Wisc.

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.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tim O’Toole is the Director of Marketing, Education, and Information Technology for the MCAA. He has a Masters in Business Administration from Webster University and has worked in the masonry industry since 2003.

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