SCA announces 2012 Safety Awards

APRIL 18, 2013 — The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) announced the winner of its 2012 Safety Awards at its recent General Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C. which was attended by more than 90 representatives from the shipyard industrial base from across the U.S.

SCA’s safety awards enhance operations and improve safety through recognition and promotion of accident prevention.

SCA conducts quarterly Injury and Illness Surveys. Blinded data is aggregated to display a representative picture of the industry. That picture, over the past 10 years, displays a steady decline in recordable incident rates. In 2011, SCA’s total recordable incident rate (TRIR) was 5.16, well below the industry at-large rate of 7.8.

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY

Companies are eligible for this award if they submit the SCA Injury & Illness survey for all four quarters, have zero fatalities throughout the year, and have a recordable TRIR rate below the SCA aggregate.

Austal USA
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.
Jeffboat
Signal International
Campbell Transportation Co., Inc.
Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp.
Southwest Shipyards, LLC

Bill Pfister accepts the Excellence in Safety Award for Austal USA

Chris Bollinger accepts the Excellence in Safety Award for Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.

Ronnie Waiz and Roy Martin accept the Excellence in Safety Award for Jeffboat 

Carl Wegener accepts the Excellence in Safety Award for Signal International

AWARDS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY

Companies are eligible for this award if they submit SCA Injury & Illness surveys each queater, have zero fatalities throughout the year, and reduce their year-on-year TRIR by ten percent or more.

Gladding-Hearn

Peter Duclos accepts the Improvement in Safety Award for Gladding-Hearn

RECIPIENTS OF BOTH AWARDS

Conrad Shipyards, LLC
Detyens Shipyard, Inc.
Marine Hydraulics International
BAE Systems Ship Repair
BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards

Terry Frickey accepts both Excellence and Improvement in Safety Awards for Conrad Shipyard LLC

D. Loy Stewart Jr. accepts the Excellence and Improvement Awards for Detyens Shipyard, Inc