The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association announces its 2020 Crane & Rigging Safety Awards, which recognize companies and individuals for exceptional safety practices.
Fourteen SC&RA member firms received one Crane & Rigging Zero Accidents Award for no reportable accidents. You are:
- A Crane Rental, LLC – Dravosburg, PA
- Bay Crane Service, Inc.- Long Island City, NY
- Bollmeier crane – Marissa, IL
- Connelly Crane Rental Corp. – Redford, MI
- Dobson Industrial, Inc.- Bay City, MI
- Edwards Moving & Rigging, Inc.- Shelbyville, KY
- Emmert International – Clackamas, OR
- Gatwood Crane Service, Inc.- Arlington Heights, IL
- JJ Curran Crane Company – Detroit, MI
- JK Crane – Kenvil, NJ
- NexGen Crane & Rigging – Hamilton, MS
- Sautter Crane Rental, Inc.- Philadelphia, PA
- Stevenson Crane, Rigging & Heavy Haul, Inc. – Bolingbrook, IL
- Wagoner Equipment Rental LLC – Wood River, IL
Edwards Moving & Rigging has received the Crane & Rigging Zero Accidents Award and the Crane & Rigging Safety Award.
28 SC&RA member companies received Crane & Rigging Safety Awards Because of their superior safety records, they achieve an incident rate of 1.6 or less, an employee compensation change rate of 1.0 or less, zero (0) deaths during the current program year, and a frequency of incident costs of 1.0 or less.
- A Crane Rental, LLC – Dravosburg, PA
- Anglemyer Crane Service – Azusa, CA.
- Barnhart – Memphis, TN
- Bay Crane Service, Inc.- Long Island City, NY
- Bollmeier crane – Marissa, IL
- Bragg Company – Long Beach, CA.
- Headquarters Rent-A-Crane, Inc.- Hammond, IN
- Connelly Crane Rental Corp. – Redford, MI
- Deep South Crane and Rigging, LLC – Baton Rouge, LA
- Dobson Industrial, Inc.- Bay City, MI
- Edwards Moving & Rigging, Inc.- Shelbyville, KY
- Emmert International – Clackamas, OR
- ENTREC – Acheson, Alberta, Canada
- Gatwood Crane Service, Inc.- Arlington Heights, IL
- Imperial Crane Services, Inc.- Bridgeview, IL
- JJ Curran Crane Company – Detroit, MI
- JK Crane – Kevil, NJ
- Maxim Crane Works, LP – Wilder, KY
- NexGen Crane & Rigging – Hamilton, MS
- Phoenix Crane Rental – Mableton, GA
- Sautter Crane Rental, Inc.- Philadelphia, PA
- Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc./Southern Crane – Raleigh, NC
- Stevenson Crane, Rigging & Heavy Haul, Inc. – Bolingbrook, IL
- Taylor Crane & Rigging, Inc. – Coffeyville, KS
- TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc.- Houston, TX
- WO Grubb Crane Rental, Inc.- Richmond, VA
- Wagoner Equipment Rental LLC – Wood River, IL
- Wilkerson Crane Rental, Inc.- Lexana, KS
A SC&RA member firm earned one Crane & Rigging Safety Improvement Award by reducing the incident rate compared to the competition entry of the previous year:
- Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc./Southern Crane – Raleigh, NC
And finally, 76 people received Crane Operator Safety Awards. This award is given to certified crane operators who perform exemplary work by accumulating 10,000 consecutive hours of work and not recording any incidents or accidents during this time. The winners represent nine different member companies:
- Blue Hat Crane, LLC – Kansas City, KS: Patrick Radke, Ernest Endsley II, Jack Hoyt, Nick Potter, Earl Ray, and Jeffery Stegner
- Central Rent-A-Crane, Inc.- Hammond, IN: Jerry Brown, John Cakora, Patrick Cale, Johnathan Felty, Ramey Michael, Branden Nimtz, Richard Oostman Jr., Jeffrey Rudolph, Paul Singleton, Nathan Smart, Gret Snider, Lawrence Sturgill, Ronald Termini
- Connelly Crane Rental Corp. – Redford, MI: Roy Armstead, Damian DuRussel, Randy Hayes, Jeff Horn, Bryan Hupcik, Jason King, Chad Meyer, Jeff Schnarr, Scott Shephard, Greg Tome, and Tony Weir
- Deep South Crane and Rigging, LLC – Baton Rouge, LA: John Blankenship, Matthew Broucher, James Dupuy, Jesse Hayes, Trey Nobles, Heath Perimon, Melvin Plunkett, Robert Stephens, Alfred Stewart, Zachary White
- ENTREC – Acheson, Alberta, Canada: Matthew Miller, Richard Patrick, Brian Pollock
- JJ Curran Crane Company – Detroit, MI: Norm Bush, Jake Lopez
- Mountain Crane Service – Salt Lake City, UT: Brent Adams, Riley Allen, Tony Christensen, Jacob Evans, Jens Helquist, Kasey McGee, Matthew Mitchem, Jared Neeley, Ryan Neff, Trent Poulsen, Drew Robinson, Chase Sorochuk, Doug Steinfeldt, Ronald White, Clay Woolsey, Beau Worthen
- TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc.- Houston, TX: Darryl Breland, David Bush, Juan Delarosa, Colvin Gaines, Timothy Labishak, Danny Martinez, Gregory Portier, James Prather, Jonathan Rodrigue, Donovan Short, Jeremy St. Pierre, Clint Strother, James Thibodaux, Paul Watkins
- Wilkerson Crane Rental, Inc.- Lexana, KS .: Kenny Burk
