www.martinmarietta.com | September/October 2017 The Conveyor 3 Safety San Antonio’s Rio Medina Quarry recently earned a gold-level Safety Excellence award in the large quarry category from the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). Led by Plant Manager Steven Smith, the team at the Central Texas Aggregates District operation continues a year of great success; in the spring, the site received its second consecutive Diamond Honor Award. “This team is highly focused on actively engaging in upstream activities,” said Central Texas Aggregates District Regional Vice President-General Manager Chance Allen. “Their commitment to participating in behaviorbased safety while working diligently to make safety improvements has provided a clear path to success.” Silver-level NSSGA safety winners include Helotes Quarry in Texas, Cedarville Quarry in Ohio, 3 Bells Sand & Gravel in Colorado, and New Harvey Sand and Linn County Sand in Iowa. All won in the small quarry category. North Carolina’s Onslow Quarry won silver among medium-sized operations. FIRST: The NSSGA also recently recognized its annual Environmental Excellence award recipients. To find out which Martin Marietta teams are among this elite group, turn to page 6. Texas Quarry Earns Top Safety Honors from the NSSGA The award winners named here exemplify safety – one of the five core values recently unveiled as part of Martin Marietta’s new Mission, Vision and Values. The others are integrity, excellence, community and stewardship. To learn more about these values, as well as the company’s mission and vision statements, visit the Inside Martin > Our Company section of myPortal or the “About Us” section of the corporate website (www.martinmarietta.com). The team at Rio Medina Quarry. The following Martin Marietta locations won bronze-level recognition in the small quarry category: ■ The Mideast Division’s Waverly Sand, Cloverdale Quarry, Carmel Sand & Gravel, Belmont Sand & Gravel, Franklin Sand & Gravel, Troy Sand & Gravel, Xenia Sand & Gravel, Petersburg Sand & Gravel and Spring Valley/Cook Road Sand & Gravel. ■ The Mid-Atlantic Division’s Fuquay Quarry and American Stone. ■ The Rocky Mountain Division’s Fountain Pit, 3 Bells Crushing and 35th Avenue Sand & Gravel. Bronze-level winners among medium-sized operations include Benson, Statesville and Mallard Creek quarries in North Carolina, San Pedro Quarry in Texas and North Indianapolis Mine in Indiana. Stamper Mine in Missouri was a bronze winner in the large quarry category. The NSSGA’s Safety Excellence Awards were created in 1987 to promote safe working conditions and practices and to annually honor individual operations with exemplary safety records among member companies. The awards recognize individual operations that have gone the longest duration without a reportable injury in their size category, based on data provided by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Gold awards were presented at the NSSGA’s Legislative & Policy Forum/Fall Board Meeting in Washington, D.C., in late September. ▼
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