April 28, 2011
Coopersburg, PA. The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) announced the winners of PSSMA Safety Awards for Outstanding Plant Annual Safety Experience and Outstanding Plant Annual Safety Improvement during 2010. Award winning Plants are named below:
Outstanding Plant Annual Safety Experience:
Over 425,000 Annual Manhours: –
Graphic Packaging International New Philadelphia, Ohio Plant
300,000-425,000 Annual Manhours (Tie)
Bemis Co Crosset, Arkansas Plant
Exopack LLC Sibley, Iowa Plant
180,000-300,000 Annual Manhours
Graphic Packaging International Arcadia, Louisiana Plant
Less than 180,000 Annual Manhours (Tie)
Graphic Packaging International Quincy, Illinois Plant
Greif Packaging LLC Omaha, Nebraska Plant
Outstanding Plant Annual Safety Improvement:
Over 425,000 Annual Manhours
Mid-America Packaging Pine Bluff, Arkansas Plant
300,000-425,000 Annual Manhours
Hood Packaging Corporation Hamlet, North Carolina Plant
180,000-300,000 Annual Manhours
Hood Packaging Corporation Wilmington, Ohio Plant
Less than 180,000 Annual Manhours
Greif Packaging LLC Omaha, Nebraska Plant
Multiwall Safety Performance Remains at Record Low during 2010
PSSMA Members attained an overall recordable incidence rate of 2.5% in 2010, matching the previous year’s record low performance over the past twenty years, reflective of continuing high emphasis on safety in all aspects of
operations. PSSMA conducts an annual survey of safety performance of US multiwall plants and distributes that information to multiwall plant management as a tool to achieve continuous improvement of safety performance.
2010 PSSMA SAFETY AWARD WINNERS







