FMA is pleased to announce FMA members receiving Safety Awards this year! Open to all FMA Business members, the program acknowledges metal fabrication companies for achieving safety records better than the OSHA recordable rate for their NAICS codes. The awards will be presented at a reception dinner at the 14th annual FMA Safety Conference, April 26-27, 2022, in Lakeville, Minnesota.

Sponsored by CNA, the conference will be in person where attendees can connect with other safety personnel and company management from across the country and learn about the latest safety regulations, machine safety best practices, response plans, and more.

Rusty Demeules Award

This award honors long-time former FMA volunteer Rusty Demeules’ passion for creating safe work cultures and is presented to one company each year that best exemplifies a dedication to safety. The 2022 Rusty Demeules Award for Safety Excellence will be presented to T. J. Snow Co, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for its employee-responsible and integrity-driven approach to making safety a way of life and not a buzzword. The company’s innovative practices have led to great safety stats that they can be proud of.

The 2022 Safety Award of Honor is presented to companies having perfect safety records — no recordable injuries or illnesses for calendar year 2021.

Companies receiving the 2022 Safety Award of Honor are (in no particular order):

• 651 Vanner Inc — Hilliard, Ohio 

• Action Stainless & Alloys — Houston 
• Action Stainless & Alloys — Springdale, Ark. 
• Action Stainless & Alloys — Rock Hill, S.C. 
• BTD Manufacturing Inc — Lakeville, Minn. 
• Chicago Tube & Iron — Romeoville, Ill. 

• Chicago Tube & Iron — Milan, Ill. 
• Chicago Tube & Iron — Fond du Lac, Wis. 
• Chicago Tube & Iron — Owatonna, Minn. 
• Chicago Tube & Iron — Power — Romeoville, Ill. 
• Feralloy Corporation — Gallatin Division — Ghent, Ky. 

• Feralloy Corporation — Midwest Division — Portage, Ind. 
• Horizon Metals Inc — Berea, Ohio 
• Mayville Engineering Co Inc — Wautoma, Wis. 
• Nova Group Inc — Napa, Calif. 
• Nt’l Recreation Systems-Lakeland Ctr-Plant 1 — Lakeland, Fla. 

• Olympic Steel — Gary, Ind. 
• Olympic Steel — Buford, Ga. 
• TJ Snow — Chattanooga, Tenn. 

The 2022 Safety Award of Merit is presented to companies posting an injury and illness incidence rate for calendar year 2021 that is better than the published Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) rate by 10% or greater, based on their North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

Companies receiving the 2022 Safety Award of Merit are (in no particular order):  

• Atlas Metal Works LLC — South Windsor, Conn. 
• BTD Manufacturing Inc — Detroit Lakes, Minn. 
• BTD Manufacturing Inc — Operations Lakeville, Minn. 

• BTD Manufacturing Inc — Operations Dawsonville, Ga. 
• Buhler Aeroglide — Carey, N.C. 
• Chicago Tube & Iron — Indianapolis 
• Chicago Tube & Iron — Fabrication — Romeoville, Ill. 
• Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC — Columbus, Ohio 

• Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC — Walbridge, Ohio 
• Defiance Metal Products — Keller Warehouse — Defiance, Ohio 
• Defiance Metal Products — North 66 — Defiance, Ohio 
• Defiance Metal Products — Seneca — Defiance, Ohio 
• DeWys Manufacturing — Marne, Mich. 

• Dupps Company — Germantown, Ohio 
• Eberl Iron Works Inc — Buffalo, N.Y. 
• Feralloy Corporation — Midwest Division — Portage, Ind. 
• GH Metal Solutions — Airport Rd — Fort Payne, Ala. 
• GH Metal Solutions — Williams Ave — Fort Payne, Ala. 

• Johnson Bros Metal Forming Co — Berkeley, Ill. 
• Laystrom Manufacturing — Chicago 
• Mayville Engineering Co Inc — Beaver Dam West — Beaver Dam, Wis. 
• Mayville Engineering Co Inc — Mayville North — Mayville, Wis. 
• Mayville Engineering Co Inc — Neillsville, Wis. 

• Mayville Engineering Co Inc — Vanderbilt North — Vanderbilt, Miss. 
• Metal Pros LLC — Wichita, Kan. 
• Olympic Steel — Bettendorf, Iowa 
• O’Neal Manufacturing Services — Greensboro, N.C. 
• O’Neal Manufacturing Services — Houston 

• O’Neal Manufacturing Services — Pittsburgh 
• O’Neal Manufacturing Services — Indianapolis 
• O’Neal Manufacturing Services (Iowa Laser) — Cedar Falls, Iowa 
• Re:Build Optimation Technology LLC — Rush, N.Y. 
• SafeRack LLC — Andrews, S.C. 

• Tampa Tank & Welding — Gibsonton, Fla. 

The 2022 Safety Award — Honorable Mention is presented to companies posting an injury and illness incidence rate for calendar year 2021 that is at least equal to but less than 10% better than the published BLS rate based on their NAICS code. 

Companies receiving the 2022 Safety Award — Honorable Mention are (in no particular order):  

• Action Stainless & Alloys — Carrollton, Texas 
• Dero-Lakeland Ctr, Plant 2 — Lakeland, Fla. 

Most Improved Award  

The 2022 Most Improved Safety Record will be awarded to Chicago Tube & Iron — Milan, Illinois, for being the Safety Awards winner with the greatest percentage of improvement over the prior year.

“On behalf of FMA, I am delighted to announce the 2022 winners of the FMA Safety Awards,” said Edward Youdell, president and CEO of FMA. “This year’s safety award-winning organizations have faced the added challenge of building both their safety programs and cultures through another year of impact and forced pivots brought on by the pandemic. The winning companies continue to impress and perform in what has been a complicated year with ever-changing CDC, state-by-state, and local community guidelines. I congratulate them all for their hustle, innovation, compassion, and incredible patience as they have stayed committed to both the most important and fundamental daily goal; returning their employees to their homes and families safely.”  

Congratulations to this year’s Safety Award winners. FMA is looking forward to celebrating your safety achievements this spring!