Itasca, IL – The National Safety Council awarded 16 companies Safety Leadership Awards and 2 companies Superior Safety Performance Awards in March. Safety Leadership recipients have achieved 5 consecutive years and Superior Safety Performance recipients have achieved 10 consecutive years without an occupational injury or illness resulting in lost employee work days or death.

In 2008, work injuries cost the nation $183 billion. There were an estimated 4,303 unintentional work deaths. Companies that motivate and inspire safe behavior are able to reduce workplace injuries and deaths and improve their bottom lines. When employees are encouraged and recognized for safe behavior, companies can build strong corporate safety cultures.

Safety Leadership Awards and Superior Safety Performance Awards are part of the council’s Safety Motivation and Recognition Award Program. Congratulations to the following 18 companies:

Safety Leadership Award

Northeast

• Watermark, Lowell, MA

South

• Diamond Innovations, Deerfield Beach, FL
• IAP Worldwide Services, Patent and Trademark Office Support Services, Cape Canaveral, FL
• CH2M HILL, Georgetown Project, Georgetown, TX
• CH2M HILL OMI, Central Region, Temple, TX
• OCI Chemical Corp., USPC, Decatur, AL
• URS Washington Division, DuPont Louisville Works, Louisville, KY
• Veolia Water, Crossville Wastewater, Crossville, TN

Midwest

• Monsanto, Clarion Soybean Production Plant, Clarion, IA
• Nooter Construction Co., St. Louis, MO
• Retail Construction Services, Lake Elmo, MN

West

• CH2M HILL, Eldorado, NM

International

• Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd, Goth Machhi Plant Site, Sadiquabad, Pakistan 
• Jacobs Engineering India Private Ltd, Home Office Operations, Singapore
• Jacobs Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd, Exxon Mobile Alliance Project, Singapore
• Jacobs Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd, Home Office Operations, Singapore

Superior Safety Performance Award

• CH2M HILL, Georgetown Project, Georgetown, TX
• Retail Construction Services, Lake Elmo, MN

The National Safety Council (www.nsc.org) saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads through leadership, research, education and advocacy.