PotlatchDeltic Corporation and Norbord Inc. won Safest Company Awards in their respective categories while the coveted Innovation in Safety Award went to two winners: Resolute-LP Engineered Wood of Larouche, Quebec, for the Equipment-Based Innovation Award, and Boise Cascade Company of Thorsby, Alabama, for the Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Award.
PotlatchDeltic Corporation, which produces plywood at its mill in Idaho, won its award in the category for companies with three or fewer mills. The company posted a 0.47 WIR for 2020. Norbord Inc., an international producer of wood-based panels, earned top honors among companies with four or more mills, with a 2020 average Weighted Incident Rate (WIR) of 4.90.
The Larouche, Quebec, Resolute-LP Engineered Wood mill's "Miniature Nester" equipment innovation and the Thorsby, Alabama, Boise-Cascade Company mill's "Lock-Out Simulator Training Board" took top honors in the Innovation in Safety Award entries.
2020 Award Winners
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Resolute-LP Engineered Wood—Larouche, Quebec: Equipment-Based Innovation Winner: Miniature Nester
Boise Cascade Company - Thorsby EWP—Thorsby, Alabama: Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Winner: Lock Out Simulator Training Board
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Norbord Inc.
(Companies with four or more mills) |
4.90 |
0.84 |
PotlatchDeltic Corporation
(Companies with three or fewer mills) |
0.47 |
0.47 |
| 1st |
PotlatchDeltic Corporation—
St. Maries, Idaho |
|
0.47 |
0.47 |
| 2nd |
Murphy Plywood Company—
Rogue River, Oregon |
|
0.94 |
0.94 |
| 1st |
LP Brasil—Ponta Grossa, Brazil |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 2nd |
LP Chile S.A.—Lautaro, Chile
|
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 1st |
LP—Red Bluff, California |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 2nd |
Anthony Forest Products Company, LLC—Washington, Georgia
|
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| RoyOMartin—Chopin, Louisiana |
|
2.24 |
0.54 |
| Norbord Inc.—Nacogdoches, Texas |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Boise Cascade Company—White City, Oregon |
|
1.82 |
0.91 |
PotlatchDeltic Corporation—
St. Maries, Idaho
97.6% Improvement |
19.37 |
0.83 |
0.47 |
| 2.98 |
0.83 |
0.47 |
Norbord Inc.—
Joanna | Kinards, South Carolina
100% Improvement |
6.43 |
0.70 |
0.00 |
| 0.63 |
0.70 |
0.00 |
LP—
Red Bluff, California
100% Improvement |
18.30 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 1.83 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Anthony Forest Products Company, LLC
Washington, Georgia
|
Glulam |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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LP Brasil
Ponta Grossa, Brazil
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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LP Chile S.A.
Lautaro, Chile
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Red Bluff, California
|
IJ |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Tomahawk, Wisconsin
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Two Harbors, Minnesota
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Norbord Inc.
Grande Prairie, Alberta
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Norbord Inc.
Guntown, Mississippi
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Norbord Inc.
Joanna | Kinards, South Carolina
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Norbord Inc.
Nacogdoches, Texas
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Resolute-LP Engineered Wood
Larouche, Quebec
|
IJ |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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