NSSGA announces Safety, Environmental and Community Relations Excellence Awards
National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) on Feb. 14 announced the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of NSSGA’s Safety, Environmental and Community Relations Excellence Awards, in addition to the association’s top honor – The Stars of Excellence for operations that accumulate Gold Awards in Safety, Environmental or Community Relations during a five-year period.
The awards program recognizes aggregates operations throughout the United States and Canada for their extraordinary commitment to safety, for their superior performance as environmental stewards and for their community involvement and support activities that have enhanced the image of the aggregates industry during 2010-2011. The Stars of Excellence and all Gold Awards in each category will be presented at NSSGA’s 2012 Annual Convention in Charlotte at the Westin Charlotte hotel on March 12.
Two Stars of Excellence
Pioneers Aggregates
CalPortland
DuPont, Wash.
Gold Award Winners
Safety
Safety Excellence Award Winners
| Tilcon Connecticut Inc.,
an Oldcastle company |
Southington Sand & Gravel | Small | Southington, Conn. |
| Martin Marietta Materials | Helotes Plant | Medium | San Antonio, Texas |
| Martin Marietta Materials | New Braunfels Quarry | Large | New Braunfels, Texas |
Safety Sterling Award Winners
| Iddings Quarry, Inc. | Small | Mifflinburg, Pa. |
| Dalrymple Holding Corp. | Medium | Pine City, N.Y. |
| Specialty Granules Inc. | Large | Hagerstown, Md. |
Environmental
| Arena Sand & Gravel | Lehigh Hanson | Garwood, Texas |
| Ball Ground Quarry | Lafarge | Nelson, Ga. |
| Bridgeport Quarry | Lehigh Hanson | Chico, Texas |
| Center Hill Quarry | CEMEX | Center, Fla. |
| Lacey’s Spring Quarry | Rogers Group, Inc. | Lacey’s Spring, Ala. |
| Littleton Quarry | Aggregate Industries | Littleton, Mass. Gold |
Community Relations
| Riverdale/Pompton Lakes Quarry | Tilcon New York Inc., Riverdale, N.J. and
an Oldcastle®company |
Riverdale and Pompton Lakes, N.J. |
| Gator Sand Mine | CEMEX | Davenport, Fla. |
| Pioneer Aggregates | CalPortland | DuPont, Wash. |
| Searcy Quarry | Vulcan Materials Company | Judsonia, Ark. |
| McCook Quarry | Vulcan Materials Company | McCook, Ill. |
| SMI Ostrander Quarry | The Shelly Company, an Oldcastle® company | Ostrander, Ohio |
| West Nyack Quarry | Tilcon New York Inc.,
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