PPC Safety Boxboard Awards Recognize Outstanding Records

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Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), Springfield, Mass., USA, recently presented seventeen safety awards to member companies for hours worked without employee injuries. These Safety Boxscore Awards, presented during PPC's Outlook and Strategies Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, were based on the cumulative number of hours worked without an OSHA recordable injury. Companies are eligible for multiple awards throughout the year.

"The top award, the Chairman's Safety Award, for finishing the year with the most hours worked without an OSHA recordable injury, was presented to Warneke Paper Box Co. of Denver, Colo. Warneke finished 2009 having accumulated, since July 2005, 381,903 hours worked without incurring an OSHA injury.

The 125,000-Hour Milestone Award Winners were Bert-Co (Pulaski, Tenn.), CardPak Inc. (Solon, Ohio), Diamond Packaging (Rochester, N.Y.), Menasha Packaging (Neena, Wis.), Thoro Packaging (Corona, Calif.), and Zumbiel Packaging - Beverage and Consumer Divisions (Cincinnati, Ohio). The 250,000-Hour Milestone Award Winners were CardPak Inc. and Southern Champion Tray (Mansfield, Texas). The 375,000-Hour Milestone Award Winners were Southern Champion Tray and Warneke Paper Box Co. Bert-Co, CardPak Inc., Southern Champion Tray, Warneke Paper Box Co., and Winston Packaging (Winston Salem, N.C.) were Twelve Month Award winners.