The NRC honored 2021 "Safe Contractor of the Year" award winners at its annual conference in Phoenix on January 6, 2022. Contractors were recognized for safety performance with platinum, gold and silver awards.

Thank you to the safety award judges, David Armstrong and Kevin Brons of Commercial Insurance Associates, for their hard work on scoring the applications. Applications were evaluated based on six criteria:

1.     Workers’ Compensation Experience Rating

2.     OSHA Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

3.     OSHA Statistics Violations

4.     Roadway Worker Protection Training

5.     Safety Program Elements

6.     Company Vehicle Accident Score

The NRC encourages all safety award winners and applicants to use the findings as a means to evaluate safety performance and stay apprised of industry best practices.

Congratulations to the contractors detailed below for their extensive efforts to promote and improve safety in the rail contracting industry, especially when confronted with COVID-19 pandemic challenges.

‍Platinum Winners

360 Railroad Services

American Track Services

Ames Construction

Bottom Line

Capital Railroad Contracting, Inc.

Clayton Railroad Construction

Condon Construction

Fritz-Rumer-Cooke

Frontier Railroad Services

Herzog Contracting, Corp.

Herzog Railroad Services

Herzog Services, Inc.

Holland LP

Kelly-Hill Company

Kiewit Infrastructure

KW Reese

Lone Star Railroad Contractors, Inc.

Loram Maintenance of Way

Loram Technologies, Inc.

Musselman & Hall

PCL Construction

Ragnar Benson

Railroad Constructors, Inc.

RCL Track Services

R.J. Corman Railroad Group

Trans Global Solutions, Inc.

US Trackworks, LLC

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Gold  Winners

Allied Track Services

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure

Civil Works Contracting, LLC

Clear Way Industries, LLC

Coleman Industries

CR Construction Company

Delta Railroad Construction

GW Peoples Contracting Company

Geo-Stabilization International

JJD Electric

LK Comstock National Transit

Middlesex Corporation

Modern Railway Systems

PNR RailWorks

Queen City Railroad Construction

Railroad Construction Company of South Jersey

Railroad Construction Company

RailWorks HSQ Technologies

RailWorks Maintenance of Way

RailWorks Narstco

RailWorks NY Transit

RailWorks Signal & Communications

RailWorks Track Services RailWorks Track    Systems

SEMA Construction

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Silver Winners

‍American Rail Marketing, LLC

J-Track, LLC‍