December 4, 2024 – (Chopin, LA) The APA – The Engineered Wood Association visited RoyOMartin-Plywood and honored the company with two awards for its safety program. The organization announced the winners of its 2023 Safety and Health Awards – the premier safety award program for North America’s engineered wood products industry – earlier this year.
One of two companies to earn the coveted Innovation in Safety Award, RoyOMartin received the Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Award for the “IBIZ Now Safety Show.” Our corporate safety program, “I Believe in Zero Now” (aka IBiZ Now), aims to make safety training personal, engaging, and relevant. Our safety and communications teams produced 12 safety training videos during 2023. These videos are informative but also fun and inspirational, showcasing the best of RoyOMartin’s people and facilities.
RoyOMartin-Plywood in Chopin, La., received the 3-Year Safety Award (2021-2023) in the Division I Plywood category. The facility’s average work incident rate (WIR) was 1.46 and the average total incident rate (TIR) was 0.42. The award recognizes the world-class safety culture at the mill.
Congratulations to all team members who achieved these honors by working safely every day!
(Left to right) RoyOMartin-Plywood Safety Manager Scott Blood, VP of Environmental, Safety, and Sustainability Natalie Monroe, APA President Mark Tibbets, and Corporate Safety and Environmental Manager Cole Bryant
