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Outstanding Safety Performances honored at NeLMA Convention

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OUTSTANDING SAFETY PERFORMANCES
HONORED AT NELMA CONVENTION
 
An accident free year or outstanding safety performance is the direct result of the close and harmonious work among production employees, supervisors, and top management to reduce accidents, job related injuries, and provide safe working environments for employees.
 
Among the thirty-three Frequency Reports submitted by NELMA and NSLB member mills for the 2006 year competition, their employees worked a remarkable 1,757,879 accident free man hours!
 
In recognition of these outstanding accomplishments, the NELMA Risk Management Committee, by authorization of the Board of Directors, was pleased to present awards to the top winners of the 2006 Safety Award competition on Friday, March 30th during the recent NELMA convention in Boston.   Out-going Chairman, Luke Brochu of Pleasant River Lumber, announced the winners as in-coming Chairman, Tom Jenkins of Old Town Lumber, made the presentations.
 
The top winners represented entries from the Combined Operations category which includes man hours from both the sawmill and the planer mill. As always, entries for this competition are based on the “honor system”.
 
A complete list of winners and their category placements, along with awards photo’s, appears below. Certificates and hardhat decals for the individual honorable mention sawmill and planer mill categories will be sent to all winners in April.
 
 
 
 
2006 SAFETY AWARDS
TOP HONORS – COMBINED OPERATIONS
 

Division 1: 1-25,000 man hours

1st       Record Lumber – Oxford, ME
2nd      W.D. Cowls – North Amherst, MA
3rd       Barton Lumber Co. – Barnstead, NH
 
 
Division 2: 25,001 – 50,000 man hours
1st        Hammond Lumber – Belgrade, ME
2nd      Lamell Lumber Corp. – Essex Junction, VT
3rd       Lovell Lumber – Lovell, ME
 
 
Division 3: 50,001 – 100,000 man hours
1st       Old Town Lumber – Kenduskeag, ME
2nd      Limington Lumber – E. Baldwin, ME
3rd       Cersosimo Lumber – Brattleboro, VT
 
 
Division 4: 100,001 – 150,000 man hours
1st        King Forest Industries – Wentworth, NH
2nd       Madison Lumber Mill – W. Ossipee, NH
3rd        No entries
 
  
Division 5: 150,000+ man hours
1st           Robbins Lumber – Searsmont, ME
2nd          Moose River Lumber – Jackman, ME
3rd           Hancock Lumber – Pittsfield, ME         
NSLB     Potlatch Corporation – Bemidji, MN
 
 
Most Improved Safety Performance -
Combined Operations - 2006 over 2005   
Hancock Lumber – Pittsfield, Maine
 
 
 
HONORABLE MENTION
ACCIDENT FREE YEAR – SAWMILL
 
 
Division 1: 1 – 25,000 man hours
1st        Lamell Lumber – Essex Junction, VT
2nd      Cote & Reney Lumber – Grantham, NH
3rd       W.D. Cowls – North Amherst, MA                            
            M.B. Heath & Sons – North Hyde Park, VT
            Barton Lumber Company –Barnstead, NH
            Record Lumber – Oxford, ME
            Seacoast Mills – Brentwood, NH
 
Division 2: 25,001 – 50,000 man hours
1st        Old Town Lumber – Kenduskeag, ME
2nd       Hammond Lumber – Belgrade, ME
3rd        Cersosimo Lumber – Brattleboro, VT
 
Division 3: 50,001 – 75,000 man hours
1st        King Forest Industries – Wentworth, NH
2nd       Limington Lumber – East Baldwin, ME
3rd       Hancock Lumber – Ryefield, ME
 
Division 4: 75,001 – 100,000 man hours
1st       Robbins Lumber – Searsmont, ME
2nd      Irving Forest Products – Ashland, ME
3rd       Hancock Lumber – Pittsfield, ME
            Madison Lumber Mill – W. Ossipee, NH
 
 
Division 5: 100,001 – 150,000 man hours
1st        Moose River Lumber – Jackman, ME
2nd       Hancock Lumber – Bethel, ME
3rd        Fraser Timber – Masardis, ME
NSLB   Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill – Prentice, WI
NSLB   Potlatch Corporation – Bemidji, MN
 
 
 
Honorable Mention
Accident Free Year – PLANER MILL
 
Division 1: 1 – 25,000 man hours
1st        Cersosimo Lumber – Brattleboro, VT
2nd       Lovell Lumber – Lovell, ME
3rd        Lamell Lumber – Essex Junction, VT
             Barton Lumber – Barnstead, NH                                           
             W. D. Cowls – North Amherst, MA                           
             Hammond Lumber – Belgrade, ME                          
             Record Lumber – Oxford, ME                                              
             Seacoast Mills – Brentwood, NH
NSLB  Hedstrom Lumber – Grand Marais, MN
 
     
Division 2: 25,001 – 50,000 man hours
1st       Moose River Lumber – Jackman, ME
2nd      Limington Lumber – East Baldwin, ME
3rd       King Forest Industries – Wentworth, NH
            Madison Lumber Mill – W. Ossipee, NH                               
            Mill River Lumber – North Clarendon, VT
 
Division 3: 50,001 – 75,000 man hours
1st       Old Town Lumber – Kenduskeag, ME
2nd      Hancock Lumber – Pittsfield, ME
3rd       None
 
Division 4: 75,001 – 100,000 man hours
1st        Hancock Lumber – Bethel, ME         
2nd      Hancock Lumber – Ryefield, ME
3rd       Robbins Lumber – Searsmont, ME
 
Division 5: 100,000+ man hours
1st       Fraser Timber – Masardis, ME
2nd      Fraser Timber – Ashland, ME
3rd       None
NSLB - Menominee Tribal Enterprises – Neopit, WI
NSLB - Potlatch Corp. – Bemidji, MN