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Thermoforming Institute Safety Award Winners for 2003

Distinguished Safety Awards:

Buckell Plastic Company, Inc., Lewistown, PA

Gregstrom Corporation, Woburn, MA

Kaddas Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Plastic Concept, Huntington, CA

Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Mazomanie, WI

ThermoFab Corporation, Shirley, MA

Achievement Safety Awards:

Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Maumelle, AR

Transparent Container Corporation, Chicago, IL

Transparent Container Corporation, Conyers, GA

Merit Safety Awards:

The Fabri-Form Co., Byesville, OH

High Sierra Plastics, Bishop, CA

Kintz Plastics Inc., Howes Cave, NY

Placon Corporation, Madison, WI

Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Oxford, NC

Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Cross Plains, WI

Prent Corporation, Janesville, WI

Transparent Container Corporation, Bensonville, IL

Special Recognition Safety Awards:

Innovative Plastech, Inc., Batavia, IL

Transparent Container Corporation, Berkeley, IL

Special Ti Awards for the Most Improvement Seen in Injury Rates 2002 to 2003

DART Incidence Rate (days away from work, remained at work but had job transfer or restriction)

            #1 = Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Mazomanie, WI

            #2 = Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Maumelle, AR

Total Recordable Incidence Rate, INCI, (all recordable cases)

            #1 = Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Mazomanie, WI

            #1 = ThermoFab, Shirley, MA

Severity Rate, SEVR, (days away from work, on job transfer or restriction)

            #1 = High Sierra Plastics, Bishop, CA

            #2 = Plastic Ingenuity Inc., Maumelle, AR

Listed below are the four recognition award categories:

	Distinguished Safety Awards recognize member company work sites with no occupational injuries or illnesses, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) during the prior calendar year.
	Achievement Safety Awards are presented to work sites with no OSHA recordable occupational injuries or illnesses involving lost workdays during the prior calendar year.
	Merit Safety Awards are presented to work sites having a DART rate (days away from work, days of restricted work activity or job transfer) lower than the national average for the industry, and a reduction in their DART rate of at least 20 percent when compared to their previous rate.
	Special Recognition Awards are presented in recognition of the operation of those work sites with performance, which is better than the national average for their Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

SPI Website for further information: http://www.plasticsindustry.org/membersonly/public/workersafety/safetyawards.htm