BATON ROUGE, LA
– October 26, 2007: The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance, Inc. (GBRIA) announced the winners of its 2007 Contractor Safety Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at a banquet held on Oct. 25 at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge, LA.
Approximately 300 guests attended the event, which featured the guest actor, comedian and engineer, "Technically Funny," Mr. Don McMillan, who is a $100,000 Star Search winner, has appeared on The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and many other shows. Mr. McMillan has also appeared in numerous television commercials and films including Air Bud III, Partycrashers and Star Trek Voyager to name just a few.
The award program was established in 1996 under the leadership of Hal G. Ginn, Plant Manger of DSM Copolymer at the time, in an effort to recognize excellent safety performance by contractors working in industrial facilities. Ginn played an instrumental role as the chair of GBRIA in raising safety standards and expectations in industry in the area. The winning companies each year have demonstrated a level of safety excellence that includes thousands and millions of hours worked without injury, a commitment by management to educate workers, and a culture where accidents do not happen.
The following companies were announced as GBRIA’s 2007 winners. In the category of Manufacturing and Industrial Building Construction and Maintenance General Contractors, first place awards were presented to Performance Contractors in the Small and Medium size contractors and Turner Industries Group, LLC in the large contractor category. In the category of Construction and Maintenance Specialty Trade Contractors, Midwest Cooling Tower Services Inc. was awarded first place in the small contractor category. A tie for first place was awarded to Petrin Corporation and Triad Electric & Controls, Inc. in the medium contractor category and in the large category another tie for first place awards were presented to Industrial Specialty Contractors and Protherm Services Group. In the category of Technical Support Contractors, first place awards were presented to John L. Lowery & Associates, Inc. in the small and medium size category and to SGS Petroleum Service Corporation in the large size category. The top award, the "2005 Hal G. Ginn Safety Excellence Award", was earned by Turner Industries Group, LLC for the best overall performance.