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2022 Excellence in Safety Award Winners




Sacramento
- The California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) announced its 2022 Excellence in Safety Awards winners recently at its Education Conference  in La Jolla, California. These awards acknowledge the exceptional work and contributions to safety in regard to leadership, innovation, commitment, and impact beyond the plant. 

 

“The awards celebrate well deserved recognition for individuals and facilities among the CalCIMA Membership for their accomplishments protecting employee health and safety. The companies and persons who have earned the awards have visibly demonstrated and proactively taken steps to improve safety for their employees,” said Meghan Neal, Environment Safety & Health Manager at P.W. Gillibrand Co. and co-chair of the CalCIMA Safety & Health Committee. “Their collective efforts have created a culture of safety that is worthy of recognition. The Safety Awards provide the perfect opportunity to acknowledge those achievements,” said Neal.

 

The Excellence in Safety Awards honor different categories of mines and plants, such as aggregate, asphalt and concrete, as well as a special recognition award. The winners are:

 

Large Aggregate Mine: Big Rock Aggregate Facility - Granite Construction Co., Inc. in Llano, CA

Small Aggregate Mine: Highway 175 Quarry - Granite Construction Co., Inc. in Lakeport, CA

Asphalt Plant: Bradshaw Asphalt Concrete Plant - Granite Construction Co., Inc. in Sacramento, CA. 

 

There are also individual winners who have demonstrated that they prioritize and practice safety every day. The winners are:

 

Safety Professional Award: Dean Browning, Holliday Rock

Safety Professional Award: Josh Peterson, Granite Construction

    

The Safety Awards were presented by Meghan Neal of P.W. Gillibrand. Safety Award winners are chosen based on an essay describing what’s occurring at the plant, and a panel of judges from CalCIMA’s Safety and Health Committee review and choose the winners.

 

“We are proud of all the Excellence in Safety Award recipients. It is a great testament to their dedication, commitment, and ingenuity in meeting the demands of safety while producing aggregates, minerals, concrete, and asphalt,” said Robert Dugan, CalCIMA CEO/President. “We are an essential yet challenging business. Each and every one of our recipients personifies the commitment to getting our workers home to their families at the end of each day.”

 

Congratulations to all the winners!

 

CalCIMA is the state trade association for aggregate, concrete, asphalt, and industrial mineral producers that provide the materials to build roads, bridges, rail, homes, schools, hospitals, and water systems. Members produce construction materials from over 500 operations throughout the state.



2021 Excellence in Safety Award Winners




Sacramento - The California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) announced its 2021 Excellence in Safety Awards winners. These awards acknowledge the exceptional work and contributions to safety in regard to leadership, innovation, commitment, and impact beyond the plant.

“Safety has to be Job No. 1 in our industry. We’re proud to prioritize the safety of our workers, from training and tools, to our operational plans focused to ensure all workers are in a safe environment,” said Robert Dugan, President and CEO of CalCIMA. “We continuously work to improve our methods of communication between workers, inspections around plants and quarries, and review general preventative measures. Likewise, we are proud to honor these teams as shining examples of diligence to embrace the obligation to send every employee home to their families at the end of their shift each day.”

The Excellence in Safety Awards honor different categories of mines and plants, such as aggregate, asphalt and concrete. The winners are:
Large Aggregate Mine - United Rock’s Irwindale Quarry (Irwindale, CA)
Small Aggregate Mine - Granite Construction’s Solari Sand & Gravel (Arvin, CA)
Asphalt Plant - Granite Construction’s Desert Cities Asphalt Plant (Indio, CA)
Asphalt Plant - Granite Rock Co.’s Peninsula Road Materials (Redwood City, CA)
Concrete Plant - Granite Rock Co.’s Santa Cruz Concrete (Santa Cruz, CA)
Special Recognition Award - Martin Marietta’s Tehachapi Cement Plant (Tehachapi, CA)

There are also individual winners who have demonstrated that they prioritize and practice safety every day. The winners are:

Outstanding Safety Leadership Award - Stephanie Lovell, A.R. Wilson Quarry Business Manager (Aromas, CA)
Safety Professional Award - Adam Winter, ES&H Manager, Gillibrand Industrial Sands, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA)
Safety Professional Award - Daisy Kwan, Safety Engineer, Granite Rock Co. (Watsonville, CA)

The Safety Awards were presented by Meghan Neal, Director of Environmental, Health and Safety at PW Gillibrand. Safety Awards were chosen based on an essay describing what’s occurring at the plant, and a panel of judges from CalCIMA’s Safety and Health Committee review and choose the winners.

“Safety awards are important to those who embrace their positive safety cultures. They not only value their people, but recognize that paying attention to safety is an important key to business systems,” said safety awards judge Terry Tyson of Insight Services and Presentations. “It results in higher safety, less waste, and high employee morale. People want to work for companies that are safe to work at, and that will attract higher quality candidates. We need to care about our people because we don’t hire robots.”

CalCIMA is the state trade association for aggregate, concrete, asphalt, and industrial mineral producers that provide the materials to build roads, bridges, rail, homes, schools, hospitals, and water systems. Members produce construction materials from over 500 operations throughout the state.

 

Excellence in Safety
2020 Award Winners

Awards Criteria

 
 

Excellence in Safety Award Recipients


2022         
Safety Professional Award        Josh Peterson, Granite Construction
Safety Professional Award        Dean Browning, Holliday Rock
Small Aggregate                       Granite Construction's Highway 175 Quarry
Large Aggregate                       Granite Construction's Big Rock Aggregate Facility
Asphalt Plant                             Granite Construction's Bradshaw Facility

2021
Safety Leadership Award           Stephanie Lovell  A.R Wilson Quarry 
Safety Professional Award         Adam Winter Gillbrand Industrial Sands
Safety Professional Award         Daisy Kwan – Granite Rock Co.
Small Aggregate                        Granite Construction's Solari Sand & Gravel
Large Aggregate                        United Rock's Irwindale Quarry

Asphalt Plant                             Granite Construction's Desert Cities Asphalt Plant
Asphalt Plant                             Granite Rock Co's Pennisula Road Materials 
Concrete Plant                           Granite Rock Co's Santa Cruz Concrete

Special Recognition                   Martin Marietta's Tehachapi Cement Plant


2020

Safety Leadership Award         Ted Nicholas - Bradshaw Plant
Safety Professional Award -
Honorary COVID-19 Award      Ronnie Romiti - Central Concrete
Safety Professional Award       Jason Stevenson - 7-11 Materials
Safety Professional Award       Dana Bednarik - Granite Construction

Large Aggregate Mine              Granite Construction's Vernalis Aggregate Plant
Small Aggregate Mine              CalPortland's Rocky Canyon Aggregates
Industrial Mineral Mine             Omya, Inc.'s Sentinel Quarry
Concrete Plant                         Syar Concrete's Vallejo Plant

2019
Safety Professional Award         Julio Cazares - Stevens Creek Quarry
Safety Leadership Award          Cynthia Escobar - Graniterock's Quail Hollow Quarry

Large Aggregate Mine                Graniterock's Arvin Aggregate Facility
Small Aggregate Mine                Graniterock's Quail Hollow Quarry
Ready Mixed Concrete               Right Away Redy Mix's Pleasanton Plant
 

2018
Safety Professional Award         Juan Hernandez – Lhoist North America
Small Aggregate                         Granite Construction's Handley Ranch Quarry
Large Aggregate                         Vulcan Materials Company's Corona Stone
Industrial Mineral                        Lhoist North America’ Natividad Plant                                    
Ready Mixed Concrete               Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc.’s San Jose Plant

2017
Safety Leadership Award            John Davis  Catalina Pacific Concrete, CalPortland
Safety Leadership Award            Ameet Bodhankar  Lhoist North America - Natividad Plant
Safety Professional Award          Gregory "Buzz" Biles – Granite Construction, Inc.
Small Aggregate                         Vulcan Materials Company's Azusa Rock Quarry
Large Aggregate                         Cemex's Lytle Creek Aggregates Quarry
Industrial Mineral                         Lhoist North America’ Natividad Plant

Cement                                       
Ready Mixed Concrete               Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc.’ Bode San Francisco Plant

2016
Safety Leadership Award            Ramiro Murillo – Lead Kilnman, Natividad Plant, Lhoist North America
Safety Professional Award          Brian Bigley – Safety Manager, Tehachapi Plant, Lehigh SW Cement
Small Aggregate                         CalPortland’s Garey Aggregate Plant
Large Aggregate                         Vulcan Materials Western Division’s Corona Quarry
Industrial Mineral                         Lhoist North America’ Natividad Plant,
                                                    Specialty Minerals, Inc’s Lucerne Valley Plant
Cement                                       Lehigh Southwest Cement’s Tehachapi Plant,
Ready Mixed Concrete               CalPortland’s Ontario Concrete Product Plants
                                                   Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc.’ Pleasanton Plant
 
2015
Safety Leadership Award            Brad RiechersGraniterock’s Southside Sand & Gravel
                                                    Gerardo ValenciaLhoist No. America’s Natividad Plant
Small Aggregate                         Lehigh Hanson’s Oakland Tidewater Plant
Large Aggregate                         Graniterock’s A.R. Wilson Quarry
Industrial Minerals                       L’Hoist No. America’s Natividad Plant
Cement                                       Lehigh SW Cement’s Tehachapi Plant
Ready Mixed Concrete               Lehigh Hanson’s San Luis Obispo Plant
 
2014
Safety Leadership Award            Paulo Machado, Cemex’s Modesto Ready Mix Plant
                                                    Gary Andrade, Graniterock’s Southside Sand & Gravel
Small Aggregate                         Graniterock’s Southside Sand & Gravel
Large Aggregate                         Lehigh Hanson’s Clayton Quarry
Industrial Minerals                       Lhoist’s Natividad plant
Cement                                       Lehigh Southwest Cement’s Tehachapi Plant
Ready Mixed Concrete               CalPortland’s Live Oak Ready Mix Plant
                                                    Lehigh Hanson’s Slaughterhouse Canyon
 
2013
Small Aggregate Mine                Calaveras Materials Inc.’s Merced Aggregate Mine
Large Aggregate Mine                Lehigh Hanson’s Irwindale Rock Plant
Industrial Mineral Mine               Lhoist North America’s Natividad Plant
Ready Mixed Concrete               Lehigh Hanson’s Paso Robles Plant
Cement                                       TXI Riverside Cement’s Crestmore Quarry

2012
Safety Leadership Award           Sherry RobertsonGranite Construction Co.’s Handley Ranch Quarry
Small Aggregate Mine                Santa Fe Aggregates’ Waterford Plant
Large Aggregate Mine                Lehigh Hanson’s Carroll Canyon Rock Plant
Industrial Mineral Mine               Elementis Specialties, Inc’s Hector Mine
Ready Mixed Concrete               CalPortland Construction’s Solvang Plant
 
2011 
Small Aggregate Mine                Teichert Aggregates' Hallwood Plant
Large Aggregate Mine                United Rock Products' Irwindale Plant
Industrial Mineral Mine               Specialty Granules, Inc.'s Ione Plant
Ready Mixed Concrete               CalPortland's West Los Angeles Plant
 
(2008-2010 awards given to plant managers)
 
2010 
Small Aggregate Mine                James O’Brien, Los Banos Plant Manager, Vulcan Materials, West Div.
Large Aggregate Mine                Randy Riberdy, Sun Valley Plant Manager, Vulcan Materials, West Div. 
Ready Mixed Concrete               Tom Bascue, Los Banos/Gustine Plant Manager, Vulcan Materials, WD
                                       
2009 
Small Aggregate Mine                Dean Browning, GM, Holliday Rock, Co., Inc.
Large Aggregate Mine                Greg Wilkerson, Corono Quarry Manager, Vulcan Materials, West Div.
                                                    Michael Cunningham, Perkins Plant Manager, Teichert Aggregates
Industrial Minerals                       Mike McGath, Hector Mine Manager, Elementis Specialties, Inc.
Ready Mixed Concrete                Lenny Price, Operations Manager, CalPortland 

2008
Small Aggregate Mine                Chuck Berry, Plant Operations Manager, Raisch Products
Large Aggregate Mine                Alan Armstrong, Corona Quarry Manager, CEMEX
Cement Plant                              Mike Robertson, Colton Plant Manager, CalPortland
Industrial Minerals                      Jerry Stacy, Plant Manager, Gladding, McBean Co.
                                                   Doug Mayger, General Manager, Specialty Minerals, Inc.
Ready Mixed Concrete               Ted Cordts, Colton Operations Manager, CalPortland