CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA--June 7, 2012: Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, the industry's largest manufacturer of refrigerated trailers and a leading manufacturer of dry freight vans, flatbeds, and Tautliner® curtainsided trailers, is pleased to announce that it has received the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) Annual Safety Award for Utility's Marion, Virginia manufacturing plant.
“This award recognizes the effort of each employee to remain dedicated to their personal safety, everyday. Safety education and training for all employees, at all levels within the plant, and personal involvement of our employees in the safety process is the cornerstone of our success.”
Utility's Marion plant manufactures the #1 selling 3000R® refrigerated trailers. The plant has been honored with the "Category A" award for large trailer manufacturing plants, which have attained over 750,000 hours worked in a year without a lost time incident. In fact, Utility's Marion plant worked over 1.89 million hours in 2011 without an incident resulting in days away from work. The TTMA award was recently presented to Marion's Plant Manager, Brad Starkey.
"To achieve such an award is due to a well-trained team of management and employees with great attitude, high work ethic and an overwhelming desire to work safely. Employees here at the Marion plant practice the motto, Safety Begins With Me. Each employee takes this very seriously," said Starkey. Dan Potts, Utility's Marion Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager adds, "This award recognizes the effort of each employee to remain dedicated to their personal safety, everyday. Safety education and training for all employees, at all levels within the plant, and personal involvement of our employees in the safety process is the cornerstone of our success."
Utility currently operates five trailer manufacturing facilities across the United States. The Clearfield, Utah and Marion, Virginia plants manufacture Utility's #1 selling refrigerated trailer. Utility dry vans are manufactured in Glade Spring, Virginia, and Paragould, Arkansas. Utility also has a facility in Enterprise, Alabama that manufactures flatbeds and Tautliners®.
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