2013 MCAA Safety Advantage Award winners

Words: Mason ContractorsThe Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) presented the MCAA Safety Advantage Awards to five companies on Friday, October 4, 2013 during the MCAA Midyear Meeting at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida.

The MCAA Safety Advantage Awards are presented based on a mason contractor’s incident rate. Awards were presented to the top companies with greater than 100,000 hours worked by all employees, and the top companies with less than 100,000 hours worked by all employees.

The winners were:

Greater than 100,000 hours

First Place

Stone Cold Masonry
Phoenix

Second Place

Brazos Masonry, Inc.
Waco, Texas

Less than 100,000 hours

First Place

A. Horn, Inc.
Barrington, Ill.

Grant Contracting Co., Inc.
Fenton, Mo.

Spencer Brickwork, Inc.
St. Louis

The goal of the MCAA Safety Advantage Awards is to help draw attention to the need and benefits of performing safely. Visit www.masoncontractors.org/safety/awards for more information.
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