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Idaho Sand & Gravel Company Honored with ARTBA Safety Award

October 26th, 2009

NAMPA, Idaho –Idaho Sand & Gravel Company and its employees were recognized for their outstanding safety programs at the 2009 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina.

CNA, a leading national insurance firm, and the ARTBA Foundation developed the program to promote worker safety and health as core values of the construction industry. To qualify for the award, Idaho Sand & Gravel Company demonstrated an OSHA recordable incident rate lower than the industry average. They were then invited to make a presentation before a panel of industry professionals who judged the company’s safety programs based on corporate safety culture, operational safety plans, and worker training programs.

“The first line of our mission statement is to champion world-class safety,” said Garry Mattson, general manager for Idaho Sand & Gravel Company. “We have a company-wide goal to achieve Target Zero—One Day at a Time.  Because of our employees’ commitment to safety, we can proudly say that we have over 1.5 million man-hours worked and nearly 5 years without a lost time incident.”

Awards were presented in three categories, based on the number of employee hours worked during the previous year. Idaho Sand & Gravel earned the award for 500,000 or fewer hours worked. Three other firms were recognized with the ARTBA award.

ABOUT IDAHO SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY:

Since 1972, Idaho Sand & Gravel Co. has worked to be the Preferred Source of quality rock products, asphalt, paving, and construction services throughout Southwestern Idaho.  The company employs over 180 people from its locations in Nampa and Jerome, Idaho.  From the roads you drive on to the parks you play in, you can count on the team at Idaho Sand & Gravel to deliver quality products and projects in a safe, timely, and efficient manner.  Idaho Sand & Gravel is part of the federation of Staker Parson Companies which includes Jack B. Parson Companies, Idaho Concrete Company, Intermountain Stone, and Western Rock Products.