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Russell Honored with a 2010 Incident Rate Excellence Award
April 23, 2010
Russell Construction was recently awarded an Incident Rate Excellence Award from the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council during their 57th Annual Professional Development Conference and Expo, which was held in Dubuque, Iowa, April 21-23, 2010. The award was presented for outstanding achievement in accident prevention during the 2009 calendar year.
Russell Construction was one of over 170 businesses, industries and government agencies in Illinois and Iowa to receive an award for promoting active safety programs and reducing OSHA recordable injuries among their employees. To qualify for this award, applicants had to demonstrate an incident rate lower than the national average for their specific industry.
Iowa-Illinois Safety Council is a chapter of the National Safety Council and is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. The mission of the Council is to educate society to adopt safety, health and environmental practices and to provide high quality, value added training and services.
As a company dedicated to safety excellence, Russell Construction has been recognized by numerous safety organizations, such the Master Builders of Iowa (MBI), the Association of General Contractors (AGC) and SafetyXChange. SAFE. It’s how we do business.
