Past Recipients

2023 EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY AWARD WINNERS

     


2022 EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY AWARD WINNERS

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2021 EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY AWARD WINNERS

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2020 EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY AWARD WINNERS

EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY AWARD RECIPIENTS

2023
Large Aggregate                     United Rock Product's Irwindale Quarry
Small Aggregate                     Granite Construction's Handley Ranch Quarry
Asphalt Plant                           Vulcan Materials Company's Roseville Hot Mix Asphalt Plant
Concrete Plant                        Central Concrete / Vulcan Materials Company's Pinole Concrete Plant
Safety Leadership                   Robert Butler, Holliday Rock
Safety Professional                 Michael Herges, Graniterock

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                                 
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