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The Safety Contest has for years been a safety

performance and incentive/award program aimed to

foster safe practices at ready mixed concrete plants

across the nation. Prior to 1993, NRMCA annually

sponsored a safety contest that gathered industry

accident data and recognized member companies that

had commendable safety records. The original contest,

based on company-wide production criteria, made

it difficult for large, multi-plant ready mixed producers

with an outstanding safety record to be recognized. In

1996, the Safety Task Group of NRMCA’s Operations,

Environment and Safety Committee redesigned the

contest to its current form. Over the past few years,

the program has grown to become NRMCA’s most

popular award recognition program.

In November 2008, the Safety Task Group redesigned the form and included the same information found on the Safety Benchmarking Form. This way plants only had to submit data one time per year and all on one form. Concrete Producer magazine cosponsors the NRMCA Safety Contest.

The Safety Contest is a per-plant contest open to all facilities operated by NRMCA member companies in good standing. Non-NRMCA member companies may also participate for $50/per plant.  Companies with more than one division were encouraged to distribute entry blanks to individuals responsible for keeping safety records at each plant location.

The NRMCA Safety Contest continues to fine tune the metrics and the contributing causes to accidents in the ready mixed concrete industry.  New this year, we are asking companies for vehicle accident data.  This is the first year for gathering vehicle accident data and will be used for benchmarking purposes only.  Vehicle accidents will not be factored into the winning submissions.  The vehicle accident column will be marked when there is a vehicle accident that does not fall under the definition of a DOT Recordable Accident. NRMCA thanks you in advance for going this extra step and including vehicle accidents. 

The data submitted are kept strictly confidential by the NRMCA. After verification of all data entry and calculations, NRMCA destroys the entry forms and specific company information.

The most recent OSHA Incident Rate for the Ready Mixed Concrete Industry.  The plants' incident rate will determine their level of "Excellence in Safety" Achievement. The level of achievement is based on the facilities' incident rate as it compares to the OSHA Incident Rate.

Practical example in which 5.5 is the latest incident rate for the RMC industry:

(This is just an example; the OSHA Incident Rate is based on industry injuries for a given year.)

A certificate of “Excellence in Safety” for the level of achievement is awarded to individual plants.

Previous Reports:

• 2011 Safety Contest Report and List of Winners

• 2010 Safety Contest Report and List of Winners

• 2009 Safety Contest Report and List of Winners