FBA, AICC Recognize 425 Plants For Safety Achievements
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ommended. The ICPF Board of Directors will select the award winners at their Fall Board meeting which is held in October. Requests should be sent to Caitlin Salaverria at csala- verria@icpfbox.org and include the following (please limit to 1-3 pages): • Details of your proposal and how you plan to use the award • Timetable to complete your proposal • Details of current program status including number of students in program, annual number of graduates with printing/packaging-related degrees, etc. • New: List any partnering corrugated packaging indus- try companies, as well as the nature of the relation- ship(s) and impact on student learning opportunities (i.e. internship opportunities, plant tours, guest speak- ers, scholarships, testing, career fair participation, etc.). • New: Answer the following—Has your institution in- vested funding (internally or through other avenues) in the growth of your program in the last three years? Please explain. • Anything else you or your colleagues would think helpful for ICPF’s Board of Directors to consider your request. For more information, visit careersincorrugated.com .
The Fibre Box Association (FBA) and AICC, The Indepen- dent Packaging Association recognized 425 corrugated industry plants for safety achievements in 2024. Safety Awards are given based on data compiled for the recently released 2024 Corrugated Container Industry Annual Re- port of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The associations presented 190 Perfect Plant Awards to plants achieving zero incidents. An additional 235 facilities received Safety Excellence Awards for achieving no lost workdays due to job-related injury or illness. The report provides detailed data for more than 163 million hours worked at 680 participating plants. It also in- cludes trend information presented in graphs for record- able cases, restricted duty cases, and days away from work. Award winners are presented as a percentage of total plant participation and the Safety Award Winners page serves as a great summary of achievement including a count of win- ners by category, number of Perfect Plant Awards, number of Safety Excellence Awards, total awards given, and the percentage of plants awarded. Participation in the report was voluntary and open to all corrugator or sheet plant facilities manufacturing corrugat- ed products. Participants can view the full report at fibre- box.org or aiccbox.org .
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