Nomination Window Open for PRECO 2017 Excellence in Safety Award
PRECO Electronics created the Excellence in Safety Award to honor one person each year who is the voice of safety in their industry.
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Now in its seventh year, the annual award is the most widely recognized and anticipated award among heavy-duty safety professionals. PRECO’s commitment to the heavy-duty vehicle safety industry has continued to move safety forward. As a safety leader, we identify and honor other safety professionals who also keep safety moving forward in their companies, communities, and industry. PRECO Electronics created the Excellence in Safety Award to honor one person each year who is the voice of safety in their industry.
The award criteria include the following characteristics:
Initiative: The ideal candidate will initiate candid discussions, programs (corporate, community, or industry), and/or give voice to safety issues in the industry or community.
Imagination: The ideal candidate will demonstrate creative and original suggestions to move safety into the forefront of the community, legislature, company, or industry they serve.
Involvement: The ideal candidate will take an active role in industry associations, community safety programs, and/or corporate/legislative policy changes to advance safety.
Past recipients include representatives from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the City of Oxnard, Rumpke Waste & Recycling, Honolulu Disposal, Unimin, and Montana-Dakota Utilities.
In 2016 PRECO awarded the Solid Waste Association of North America’s David Biderman and City of Oxnard Environmental Resources Division’s George Van Hemert with the Excellence in Safety Award. Both recipients demonstrated unparalleled commitment to safety to distinguish themselves as leaders in their respective markets.
The deadline to nominate a candidate is December 30, 2017.
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