August 2020 Volume 2

ASSOCIATION NEWS

The Forging Industry Association (FIA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Safety Award winners. The 14 award winners represent the top performing facilities in FIA’s 2019 Occupational Injury & Illness Survey, which collected data for several safety categories. Congratulations to the 2019 FIA Safety Award Winners

2019 FIA Safety AwardWinners Group IV (more than 326 employees) First Place:

FRISA Forjados S.A. de C.V., Santa Catarina Plant

Second Place:

Scot Forge Co. Spring Grove Division

Group III (176-325 employees) First Place:

American Axle &Manufacturing, Inc. Malvern Manufacturing Facility

Second Place: Third Place:

Modern Forge Companies, LLC AAM-Oxford Manufacturing Facility

Group II (81-175 employees) First Place:

Columbus McKinnon Forge Operations, Chattanooga TNDiv.

Second Place: Third Place:

Scot Forge Co., Clinton Div. Anchor-Harvey Components, LLC

Group I (up to 80 employees) First Place:

Solmet Technologies, Inc. Asahi Forge of America Asahi Bluegrass Forge Ringmasters Mfg. Finkl Steel-Composite

First Place: First Place: First Place:

Second Place: Third Place:

Schaefer Equipment (AWabtec Company) In addition, one facility from each group was also recognized with an Improvement Award.These facilities showed the greatest improvement in their DART (days away from work, work restrictions, and job transfer cases) rates as compared to their previous three-year averages. Companies recognized with Improvement Awards include FRISA Forjados S.A. de C.V., Santa Catarina Plant (Group IV); American Axle &Manufacturing, Inc. Malvern Manufacturing Facility (Group III); Mercer Forge Corp. (Group II); and Ringmasters Mfg. and Midwest Tool &Cutlery Co. MTCC-Forge Division (Group I). To determine the Safety Award winners, FIA placed all facilities that participated in the survey into one of four groups based on number of employees. The facilities in each group with the lowest recordable incident rates were eligible for awards, provided their DART rates were less than the group average. These rates were calculated using data fromOSHA FormNo. 300 or CanadianWorkers’ Compensation Reports. The Occupational Injury & Illness Survey is part of FIA’s dynamic benchmarking platform. The platform enables participants to log in at any time and customize reports to show only the information they need, which helps streamline the benchmarking process. Congratulations to all of the 2019 Safety Award Winners. For more information on the Safety Awards or to participate in the 2020 Occupational Injury & Illness Survey and become eligible for the 2020 Safety Awards, please contact JimWarren at jwarren@forging.org. ■

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