NSSGA announces safety, environmental, community-relations awards

The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of its Safety, Environmental and Community Relations Excellence Awards, in addition to its top honor — The Stars of Excellence for operations that accumulate multiple gold awards over 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 2011-2012. The Stars of Excellence and all Gold Awards in each category will be presented at NSSGA’s 2013 Annual Convention in San Antonio, at the Grand Hyatt on Mon., March 18.

Two Stars of Excellence recipients
• Center Hill Quarry, Cemex, Center Hill, Fla.
• Cottonwood Facility, Granite Construction, Salt Lake City
• Lacey’s Spring Quarry, Rogers Group, Inc., Lacey’s Spring, Ala.

Safety Excellence Gold Awards
• Tilcon Connecticut Inc., Southington Sand & Gravel, Small,Southington, Conn.
• Vulcan Materials Co., Cleveland Quarry, Medium, Cleveland, Tenn.
• Martin Marietta Materials, Kentucky Avenue Mine, Large, Carmel, Ind.

Sterling Safety Gold Awards
• Iddings Quarry Inc., Small, Mifflinburg, Pa.
• VantaCore Partners, Medium, Philadelphia
• Rogers Group Inc., Large, Nashville, Tenn.

Environmental Excellence Gold Awards
• Accokeek Sand and Gravel, Aggregates Industries, Brandywine, Md.
• Acton Quarry, Dufferin Aggregates, Acton, Ontario
• Black Rock Quarry, Vulcan Materials Co., Black Rock, Ark.
• Columbus Quarry, Lafarge, Midland, Ga.
• Cottonwood Facility, Granite Construction, Salt Lake City
• San Pedro Quarry, Martin Marietta Materials, San Antonio

Community-Relations Excellence Gold Awards
• Center Hill Mine, Cemex, Center Hill, Fla.
• Flamboro Quarry, Dufferin Aggregates, Hamilton, Ontario
• Lacey’s Spring Quarry, Rogers Group Inc., Lacey’s Spring, Ala.
• Milton Quarry, Dufferin Aggregates, Milton, Ontario
• Mosport Pit, Dufferin Aggregates, Orono, Ontario

NSSGA Chairman of the Board Ron Summers, CalPortland Co., said, “I congratulate each of these operations for their commitment to outstanding corporate citizenship and support of their communities. They remind us of the important role the aggregates industry plays in ensuring a greater quality of life and in contributing to a sustainable America.”

“Every day, our members demonstrate their commitment to the aggregates industry and their communities in promoting safe and healthy working conditions, recognizing the importance of environmental stewardship and maintaining active community relations programs with their neighbors,” said NSSGA President and CEO Gus Edwards.