2010 Safety Innovation Awards
June 2, 2010 by Heidi Hughes
Filed under Featured
2010 Safety Expo Innovator of the Year Award – This year’s event featured an unprecedented number of Innovation Award submissions. The Safety Advisory Council reviewed and scored each individual entry. The entries were narrowed down to 10 final candidate and one Innovator of the Year award recipient. The 2010 Safety Innovator of the Year was presented to Lindsy Barto with Masonry Tec for the JackVac 360 Masonry Chop Saw, a compact innovative 14″ masonry chop saw with an integrated dust collection vacuum system. for additional information of the JackVac, please visit www.jacvac.com or email lbarto@masonrytec.com or call 951-288-3926 – this product also received recognition for Most Innovative Product (MIP) at the World of Concrete.
Pictured: Lindsy Barto, Masonry Tec
Nine candidates received Best of Show recognition:
Ladder Safety Guard (patent pending)
Guardian Fall Protection and XS Platforms
State Compensation Insurance Fund – Back Connections®
Sundt Construction – Floor Hole Protector
Tuff Built Products, Inc. – Tuff Step
Western Water Construction – Safety Sweep Program
Pictured from left to right: Steve Heller, State Fund; Andy Bull, CH Bull Co.; Jim Persons, Western Water Constructors, Inc.
The Safety Advisory Council and the 2010 Safety Expo thanks all of the candidates and congratulates each and every submission for the time and effort spent on compiling entries, and to share procedures, ideas, and specific products that improve safety and safe practices in the workplace to your industry colleagues and peers.
In the Fall of 2010, the application and form for 2011 Safety Innovation Award Entries will be available for distribution.
