News Release

April 28, 2011

PSSMA Announces Multiwall Industry Safety Awards

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.

 

Photos of winners taken during the PSSMA Safety Awards Presentation on April 14, 2011 are shown below:

2010 PSSMA SAFETY AWARD WINNERS