ARPM, MAPP serve up safety awards at 2024 EH&S Summit

INDIANAPOLIS—In the world of workplace best practices, safety is perhaps the most noble topic to share—because everyone wins.

And the Association for Rubber Product Manufacturers and the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors understand this completely.

Each year at the Environmental, Health and Safety Summit, the organizations serve up their safety awards in two categories: Safety Achievement Awards and Safety Best Practices Awards.

This year's awards ceremony took place in Indianapolis Sept. 8.

In the achievement category, companies submit their OSHA-300 log of work-related injuries and illnesses, and ARPM and MAPP use a formula to calculate the incident rate.

Gold Achievement Awards are indicative of no occupational injuries or illnesses. The silver category recognizes no occupational injuries or illnesses involving lost work days, and honorable mention awards worksites with the lowest incident rates, based on the total number of employees.

In the best practices category, safety and HR professionals are asked to submit their "best practices in safety within their facility."

Topics that are considered for the awards include employee safety training; safety committees; safety audits and walk-throughs; emergency training; safety metrics; and equipment and mold-change safety.

Members of ARPM and MAPP then vote on the best practices, considering creativity, the ability to replicate the practice in other facilities and sustainability.

The following companies took home awards in 2024. Not all companies are pictured, as some companies did not have representatives at the ceremony.

Gold Awards (ARPM)

• Zeon Chemicals L.P., Hattiesburg, Miss.
• Moldtech L.L.C., Lancaster, N.Y.
• Mechanical Rubber Products Co. Inc., Warwick, N.Y.
• Mechanical Rubber Ohio L.L.C., Strongsville, Ohio
• Blachford RP Corp., King's Mountain, N.C.

Honorable mention (ARPM)

• Hamilton Kent L.L.C., Winchester, Tenn.
• Cascade Gasket and Manufacturing Co. Inc., Auburn, Wash.

Gold Awards (MAPP)

• Plastikos Medical, Erie, Pa.
• Plastikos Inc., Erie, Pa.
• Micro Mold Co. Inc., Erie, Pa.
• Demgy Chicago L.L.C., Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Silver Awards (MAPP)

• Centro, Valley City, N.D.
• Centro, Waterloo, Iowa
• Team 1 Plastics, Albion, Mich.
• Sussex IM, Sussex, Wisc.
• Omega Plastics, Clinton Township, Mich.
• MedBio, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Intertech Medical, Denver, Col.

Honorable Mention (MAPP)

• Asyst Technologies L.P., Kenosha, Wisc.
• Polygon Composites Technology, Walkerton, Ind.

First Place (ARPM)

• Hamilton Kent L.L.C., Winchester, Tenn.

Second Place (ARPM)

• Zeon Chemicals L.P., Hattiesburg, Miss.

Third Place (ARPM)

• Blachford RP Corp., King's Mountain, N.C.

First Place (MAPP)

• Plastikos Inc., Erie, Pa.

Second Place (MAPP)

• Dorel Juvenile Group Inc., Columbus, Ind.

Third Place (MAPP)

• Asyst Technologies L.P., Kenosha, Wisc.