SC&RA announces Fleet Safety Awards

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) announced the winners of the Fleet Safety, Fleet Safety Improvement and Zero Accident awards during its Annual Conference, April 6-10, at the Omni Hotel at Champions Gate, Orlando, Fla. The contests are part of SC&RA's ongoing effort to encourage its motor carrier members to transport, lift and erect oversize/overweight items safely.

Five SC&RA member companies received a Fleet Safety Award for having the lowest accident frequency rate in different mileage categories:

• Over 50 Million Miles: Landstar System Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.
• 20 Million to 50 Million Miles: Bennett Motor Express, McDonough, Ga.
• 5 Million to 20 Million Miles: Riechmann Transport Inc., Granite City, Ill.
• 1.5 Million to 5 Million Miles: Unigroup Worldwide Specialty Flatbed, Fort Wayne, Ind.
• 100,000 to 1.5 Million Miles: Bridger Crane & Rigging, LLC, Boulder, Wyo.

Ten SC&RA member companies received a Zero Accident Award for having no recordable injuries during all of 2009:

• All Sunshine Crane Rental, Apopka, Fla.
• Bridger Crane & Rigging LLC., Boulder, Wyo.
• Emmert International, Clackamas, Ore.
• George Young Company, Swedesboro, N.J.
• George Young Installations P.R. Corp. Humacao, Puerto Rico
• Install, Inc. Sanford, N.C.
• Precision Heavy Haul, Inc, Tolleson, Ariz.
• Riechmann Transport, Inc., Granite City, Ill.
• Unigroup Worldwide-Specialty Flatbed, Fort Wayne, Ind.
• White Brothers Trucking Company, Wasco, Ill.

Eight companies earned a Fleet Safety Improvement Award by showing a reduction in their accident frequency rate for miles traveled, compared to their previous year accident frequency rate :

• All Sunshine Crane & Rigging LLC, Apopka, Fla.
• Bennett Motor Express, McDonough, Ga.
• Install, Inc., Sanford, N.C.
• Landstar Systems, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.
• LeFebvre & Sons, Inc. Elk River, Minn.
• McTyre Trucking Company Inc., Orlando, Fla.
• Riechmann Transport Inc., Granite City, Ill.
• W.O. Grubb Crane Rental Inc., Richmond, Va.