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TTMA honors safe manufacturers

July 1, 2011
ITS impossible to place a dollar value on plant safety. But TTMA honored the trailer manufacturing industry's top facilities for keeping employees safe.

ITS impossible to place a dollar value on plant safety. But TTMA honored the trailer manufacturing industry's top facilities for keeping employees safe.

The annual TTMA plant safety awards are mere pieces of wood and metal, but they are of significant value to those whose policies and procedures prevented injuries.

TTMA presents two sets of awards each year — one for general trailer manufacturers and a separate set specifically for tank trailers. Because larger plants by nature have more exposure for potential injuries, awards are segmented by plant size: Category A for plants with more than 750,000 man-hours per year, Category B for plants with 350,000-750,000 man-hours, and Category C for plants with under 350,000 man-hours.

For trailer industry in general were Great Dane Trailers won Category A for its plant in Brazil, Indiana; Trail King Industries finished first in Category B; and Road Systems Inc won Category C.

Winners for tank trailer manufacturers were Walker Transport for its Category A plant in New Lisbon, Wisconsin; the Category B winner was Heil Trailer International's facility in Athens, Tennessee; and the Category C winner was Trans-Tech Industries of Southwest Harbor, Maine.

Vanguard National was the winner of TTMA's Most Improved Plant award. The van trailer manufacturer's plant is in Monon, Indiana.  ♦

About the Author

Bruce Sauer | Editor

Bruce Sauer has been writing about the truck trailer, truck body and truck equipment industries since joining Trailer/Body Builders as an associate editor in 1974. During his career at Trailer/Body Builders, he has served as the magazine's managing editor and executive editor before being named editor of the magazine in 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin.