Safety Innovation Awards Criteria

• Eligibility

  PCA member companies and vendors to member companies are eligible to submit entries.
  
  All types of plants and facilities qualify. In addition to full- production cement plants, grinding-only facilities, slag operations, and distribution terminals are also eligible.  More than one project may be submitted by the same firm, and multiple entries are encouraged. Projects must have been completed in 2019.

• Entry Materials

  1. 1. Entry form 
  2. 2. Project description 
     1. Please use NEUTRAL language that does not identify your company in this section (including state, city, etc). Judges are given this section and all identifying language must be redacted prior to judging. 
  3. 3. At least 2 high-resolution photos (jpeg format, 300 dpi)
     1. Include both close-up and farther away pictures to illustrate project specifics and also how it fits into the overall plant.

• Judging Criteria

  Entries will be judged by members of the Occupational Health and Safety Committee and other independent cement industry experts. Criteria include:

  • Innovation

  • Effectiveness

  • Risk Prevention

  • Ease of use by plant personnel/contractors

  • Ease of construction/implementation

  • Solves a difficult or persistent safety problem in the cement industry

  Each winning facility will receive a check for a Celebration for Safety.