Resolute-LP Engineered Wood and LP 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 Roseburg Forest Products Company of Coquille, Oregon, for the Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Award.
Resolute-LP Engineered Wood, which produces I-joists at its mill in Quebec, won its award in the category for companies with three or fewer mills. The company posted a 0.00 WIR for 2019. LP, a producer of engineered wood products in the U.S., Canada and South America, earned top honors among companies with four or more mills, with a 2019 average Weighted Incident Rate (WIR) of 3.64.
The Larouche, Quebec, Resolute-LP Engineered Wood mill's "I-Joist Clamp for Web to Flange Separation" equipment innovation and the Coquille, Oregon, Roseburg Forest Products Company mill's "Laser Walkway" took top honors in the Innovation in Safety Award entries.
2019 Award Winners
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Resolute-LP Engineered Wood—Larouche, Quebec: Equipment-Based Innovation Winner: I-Joist Clamp for Web to Flange Separation
Roseburg Forest Products Company—Coquille, Oregon: Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Winner: Laser Walkway
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LP
(Companies with four or more mills) |
3.64 |
0.66 |
Resolute-LP Engineered Wood
(Companies with three or fewer mills) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 1st |
Boise Cascade Company—
Medford, Oregon |
|
0.27 |
0.27 |
| 2nd |
Boise Cascade Company—
Chester, South Carolina |
|
0.27 |
0.27 |
| 1st |
LP—Swan Valley | Minitonas, Manitoba |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 2nd |
Norbord—Barwick, Ontario
|
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 1st |
LP—Wilmington, North Carolina |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| 2nd |
LP—Red Bluff, California
|
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Boise Cascade Company—Chester, South Carolina |
|
1.64 |
0.52 |
| LP—Two Harbors, Minnesota |
|
0.24 |
0.24 |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products, LLC—White City, Oregon |
|
0.85 |
0.85 |
Boise Cascade Company—
Chester, South Carolina
81% Improvement |
0.73 |
3.88 |
0.27 |
| 0.73 |
0.52 |
0.27 |
LP—
Two Harbors, Minnesota
100% Improvement |
0.00 |
0.69 |
0.00 |
| 0.00 |
0.69 |
0.00 |
Boise Cascade Wood Products, LLC—
White City, Oregon
113% Improvement |
1.26 |
0.59 |
0.71 |
| 1.26 |
0.59 |
0.71 |
|
Boise Cascade Company
Roxboro, North Carolina
|
IJ |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Calvert Co., Inc.
Vancouver, Washington
|
Glulam |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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LP
Newberry, Michigan
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Peace Valley OSB
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Red Bluff, California
|
IJ |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Swan Valley
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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LP
Two Harbors, Minnesota
|
OSB |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
LP
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
LVL |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Norbord Inc.
Barwick, Ontario
|
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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Resolute-LP Engineered Wood
Saint-Prime, Quebec
|
IJ |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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