NRMCA Names Winners of Annual Safety Award

NRMCA has named Scott Holcombe of S&W Ready Mix Co., LLC, a subsidiary of Titan Americas, and Altaview Concrete, a Summit Materials Company, as recipients of its 7th Annual Safety Awards. Mr. Holcombe (seen here) is the plant manager for both the Murrells Inlet and Georgetown Plants in South Carolina. Altaview Concrete is headquartered in Salt Lake City. Both were named 2023 award recipients for tireless work and commitment of safety leadership in the industry.

NRMCA’s Annual Safety Award acknowledges the significant contribution that safe work practices give to the growth and success of individuals and individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry as a whole. The award is presented to an individual or company whose actions represent the very highest in the advancement of safety in the ready mixed concrete industry. The award program is generously sponsored by the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB).

S&W Senior Safety Manager Jamie Williams wrote, “Mr. Holcombe’s leadership as a member of our inaugural safety committee, chairing the South Carolina division’s safety committee and leading his plant by example, have resulted in the company’s more than 30% reduction in OSHA recordable injuries and his plant going more than seven years without a lost time accident. His leadership is also evident in the people that work for him and they embody safety culture from top to bottom. Scott is meticulous with his safety training and inspections.”

The Altaview Concrete award submission included the following from Ready Mix Division Safety Manager Chance Densley, “Altaview Concrete’s elite team of drivers, batch personnel, sales, quality assurance and leadership has been a leader in safety for the last 38 years." Examples of the improvements in an already great safety program include:

• Reduction of accidents/incidents…Continuously under the NRMCA industry standard;
• Reduced incident rate: 2020 TRIR 1.49; 2021 TRIR .57; 2022 TRIR .29; and
• Reduced highway accidents by 42% from 2020 to 2022 and currently on trend to be down by 80% from the last two years; 4,816,076 miles driven in 2022.

The winners will be honored at the awards presentation ceremony during the 2023 NRMCA ConcreteWorks in Nashville, TN.

For more information, contact Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org.