A strong safety culture has made an Algoma district logging contractor a repeat winner at the Workplace Safety North (WSN) annual awards.
Fleming’s Trucking and Logging of Hilton Beach will be back at the podium this fall to accept more awards from the North Bay-based occupational health and safety association.
Fleming’s will receive two awards at WSN’s upcoming annual general meeting and awards dinner in North Bay, Sept. 28. The company will take home the President’s Award in the forestry category and be recognized for safety excellence in the category of small firms of less than 50 employees.
The company will join another repeat winner, ACCO Brands Canada from Mississauga.
“It’s important to recognize the efforts of workplaces that make health and safety a priority,” said Candys Ballanger-Michaud, WSN president-CEO. “They lead the way and set the tone for their sectors. That’s why these businesses deserve special recognition, for demonstrating their strong commitment to ensuring that every worker goes home safe and healthy each day. The award winners are positive role models for Ontario businesses to make workplace health and safety an integral part of every job and every work day.”
Top scoring firms in Ontario forestry, mining, paper, printing, and converting, and small business will be officially presented at the awards gala.
“All submitted assessments are automatically considered for the President’s Award, and scoring is based on the self-assessment in combination with statistical performance over the past two calendar years,” she added.
By category, this year’s President’s Award Winners are:
Forestry – Fleming’s Trucking and Logging Inc., Hilton Beach
Mining – Cementation Canada Inc., North Bay
Paper, Printing and Converting – ACCO Brands Canada Inc., Mississauga
Small firms (less than 50 full-time employees) – Fleming’s Trucking and Logging Inc., Hilton Beach
Earlier this year, Fleming’s and 21 other companies received a Workplace Excellence Award, recognizing workplace excellence in health and safety. They include:
- ACCO Brands Canada Inc., Mississauga
- Alamos Gold Young-Davidson Mine, Matachewan
- Alex MacIntyre & Associates Limited, Kirkland Lake
- Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd., New Westminster
- Cementation Canada Inc., North Bay
- DeBeers Canada Inc., Timmins
- Domtar Inc., Dryden
- Fleming's Trucking and Logging Inc., Hilton Beach
- Goldcorp Porcupine Gold Mines, South Porcupine
- J.S. Redpath Limited, North Bay
- Kidd Operations - a Glencore Company, Timmins
- Kirkland Lake Gold Inc., Kirkland Lake + winner of International Mines Rescue Competition 2016
- Label Supply, Whitby
- Lac Des Iles Mine Ltd., Thunder Bay
- Lake Shore Gold Corp., Timmins
- Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc., North Bay
- SCR Mining and Tunnelling L.P., Val Caron
- Shuniah Forest Products Limited, Thunder Bay
- Technica Mining, Lively
- Wallbridge Mining Company Limited, Lively
- Wellington Wood Products (1972) Ltd., Mount Forest
- Weyerhaeuser, Kenora
