Crane & Rigging Safety Awards were given to 22 SC&RA members.
At the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association’s Annual Conference in April, the association recognized a number of companies and individuals who demonstrated an outstanding commitment to safety. Below are highlights of the crane and rigging-related awards.
Crane & Rigging Zero Accidents Awards were given to 13 member companies that did not record a single accident or injury in the past year:
- Anglemyer Crane Rental, Azusa, Calif.
- Bollmeier Crane, Madison, Ill.
- Burkhalter, Columbus, Miss.
- Chellino Crane Inc., Joliet, Ill.
- CJ Drilling, Inc., Dundee, Ill.
- Connelly Crane Rental Corp., Detroit, Mich.
- Dobson Industrial, Inc., Bay City, Mich.
- Gatwood Crane Service, Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
- Sautter Crane Rental, Philadelphia, Penn.
- Stevenson Crane Service, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.
- Tri-State Crane & Rigging, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Viant Crane, LLC, Superior, Wis.
- Waggoner Equipment Rental, LLC, Wood River, Ill.
Crane & Rigging Safety Awards were given to 22 member companies with superior safety records achieving an incident rate of less than or equal to 1.8, plus an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of 1.0 or less:
- Anglemyer Crane Rental, Azusa, Calif.
- Bollmeier Crane, Madison, Ill.
- BOSS Crane & Rigging, Longview, TX
- Burkhalter, Columbus, Miss.
- Chellino Crane Inc., Joliet, Ill.
- CJ Drilling, Inc., Dundee, Ill.
- Connelly Crane Rental Corp., Detroit, Mich.
- Dobson Industrial, Inc., Bay City, Mich.
- Emmert International, Clackamas, Ore.
- Fagioli, INC., Manvel, TX
- Gatwood Crane Service, Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
- Imperial Crane Services, Inc., Bridgeview, Ill.
- J.F. Lomma, Inc., South Kearny, N.J.
- NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Services, Acheson, Alberta, Canada
- Sautter Crane Rental, Phil., Penn.
- Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. / Southern Crane, Raleigh, N.C.
- Stevenson Crane Service, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.
- Superior Rigging & Erecting Company, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
- Tri-State Crane & Rigging, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Viant Crane, LLC, Superior, Wis.
- Waggoner Equipment Rental, LLC, Wood River, Ill.
- W.O. Grubb Crane Rental, Inc., Richmond, Va.
Four SC&RA member companies earned a Crane & Rigging Safety Improvement Award by reducing their incidence rate over the previous year’s contest entry:
- Emmert International, Clackamas, Ore.
- George Young Companies, Swedesboro, N.J.
- J.F. Lomma, Inc., South Kearny, N.J.
- Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. / Southern Crane, Raleigh, N.C.
Crane Operator Safety Awards were presented to 29 certified crane operators from eight different companies who exhibited exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man-hours and recording zero accidents and incidents:
- Burkhalter, Columbus, Miss. – Richard Brown, Scott Carpenter, Chris Cooper, Troy Clayton, Shane Floyd, Jasper Gardner, Herbert Mooney, James Shackleford, and Donnell Spencer
- Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Milwaukee, Wis. – Brad Freckmann
- Deep South Crane and Rigging, LLC, Baton Rouge, La. – Jarett Guidry, DJ Materne, Roger Materne, Chris Reed, and Carlton Richardson
- Dutcher-Phipps Crane & Rigging Company, Monahans, TX – Ramon Jurado, Robert Ramos, and Jason Shifflet
- J.F. Lomma, Inc., South Kearny, N.J. – Bruce Courtney and Al Unbekant
- JJ Curran Crane Company, Detroit, Mich. – Collin Campbell, Todd Fondaw, Vince Palazzalo, Aaron Parsons, and Trever Weber
- JK Crane, Kenvil, N.J. – Thomas Moorhead
- Tri-State Crane & Rigging, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Brett Libbert and Nate Lucas.
