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2013 Safety Excellence Award Winners
 Safety Champion of the Year: Gary Hunt, Armour Transportation Systems, Dartmouth, NS |
 Progress Achievement Award: Eastern Shore Cartage (Kent Smith) |
 Partner Recognition Award: Carl Fiander, Palmer Atlantic Insurance and Risk Services |
 Steve Bennett Memorial Professional Driver of the Year: Richard Weisner |
 Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee Safety Excellence Award: Clarke Road Inc. |
 Small Business Safety Excellence Award: Phillip Gilbert Trucking |
 Medium Business Safety Excellence Award: WIT Trucking |
 Large Business Safety Excellence Award: Premiere Van Lines, Dartmouth, NS |
NSTSA’s 6th Annual Safety Excellence Awards Luncheon
You are invited!
We will be recognizing our member’s dedication to workplace safety in our 6th Annual Safety Excellence Awards Luncheon. The event will be held at the Best Western in Dartmouth on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The event starts at 11:30am and will go until 2:30pm. Our guest speaker is Vera Asanin, Your Workplace . Hope to see you there!
RSVP by March 8th, 2013 to ensure you have a seat.
Safety Excellence Awards Nominations for 2013!
We are accepting nominations for the Safety Excellence Awards that will be held on March 21, 2013. Nominate your company or someone you know that deserves to be recognized for their focus on safety. Nominations must be submitted to the NSTSA before January 31, 2013. Click on the links below to download a nomination form.
Professional Driver – Steve Bennett Memorial Award
Small Business Nomination Form
Medium Business Nomination Form
Large Business Nomination Form
Progress Achievement Nomination Form
JOHS Committee or OHS Representative Nomination Form
Would you like a “The Buck Stops Here” Belt Buckle? Contact the NSTSA office to purchase a buckle for you or a gift for someone special.
2012 Steve Bennett Memorial Award
NSTSA presented this special award at the Driving Championships Banquet held in Truro in June, 2012. The recipient this year was the winner of the 5-Axle competition, Robert Richard, Midland Transport. Next year the Steve Bennett Memorial Safety Award will be presented during NSTSA’s Safety Excellence Awards recognizing the “Professional Driver of the Year”. Nomination forms will be available later this year. Be sure to nominate a professional driver you know is deserving of this award.
NSTSA’s Trucking Angels Team in the Steps For Life Walk
The Nova Scotia Trucking Safety Association entered the Trucking Angels team in the Steps for Life 5K Walk that was held on Sunday, May 6th, 2012 at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax. The Steps for Life walk is the main fuindriaser for the Threads of Life charity in support of those hurt or killed at work and their family members. This is a charity that the NSTSA is proud to support.
In 2011 the Trucking Angels team fundraised $541 and in 2012 the Trucking Angels team fundraised $1,286.50 which was over twice as much as 2011. Thank you so very much to our supporters, your money supports a great cause. For more pictures please visit the NSTSA’s Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/NSTruckingSafetyAssociation
NSTSA’s 2012 Safety Excelllence Award Recipients
The NSTSA is proud to announce this years’ Safety Excellence Award Winners. The awards were presented at our annual AGM and luncheon on March 22, 2012. Congrats to all our winners!
Small Business Award Winner – Weir and Son Trucking
Medium Business Award Winner – TRH Transport Ltd.
Large Business Award Winner – SLH Transport Inc.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee Award Winner – S&M Trucking Ltd. / Sives Trucking Inc.
Progress Achievement Award Winner – Warren Transport Limited
Partner Award Winner – Sperry Design
NSTSA’s 2011 Safety Excellence Award Recipients
The Nova Scotia Trucking Safety Association is proud to announce the recipients of our “2011 Safety Excellence Awards”. Vicki Conrad, MLA Queens County and ministerial assistant to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal participated in the presentation of the Awards on behalf of the province on March 24, 2011.
Small Business Award
Safety Excellence Award – Small Company
Presented to G. L. MacDonald Trucking Limited, Howie Centre, NS Left to right: George MacDonald, Vicki Conrad and Maureen Sullivan
Safety Excellence Award
Safety Excellence Award – Medium Company
Presented to Blairco Enterprises Limited, Folly Lake, NS Left to right: Robert Blair with last year’s recipient, Hodgson’s Trucking representatives Todd Cochrane and Karen Ozon
Safety Excellence Award
Safety Excellence Award – Large Company
Presented to Eassons Transport Limited, Berwick, NS Left to right: Trevor Bent, Richard Joules, Gordie Atwood
Safety Excellence Award
Safety Excellence Award – Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee
Presented to: Armour Transport Inc. Dartmouth Terminal Back row, left to right: George Walsh, Gerald Dunn, Gary Hunt, Wayne Kelly, Wes Arnold Front row, left to right: Eric Vallis, Cathy Flemming and Dartmouth Terminal Manager, Stephen Lowe (Missing from photo: Mike MacLean, Mike Singer and Richard Smith)
Safety Excellence Award
Safety Excellence Award – Progress Achievement Award
Presented to: AMJ Campbell Van Lines, Dartmouth Terminal Left to Right: Stan Hanes and Jennifer Bellefontaine (Missing from photo: Serge Nadeau)
Safety Excellence Award
Safety Excellence Award – Partner Recognition Award
Presented to: Brian Field, Manager, Business Intelligence, WCB of NS. (Left to Right: Dan Ferguson, Brian Field, Vicki Conrad and Garry Alderdice
2011 Steve Bennett Memorial Safety Award
This award is presented each year at the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association’s Truck Rodeo (APTA) to the 1 place winner of the 5-Axel competition.
Presented to Richard Patriquin Prince Freight Lines Inc., PEI
NSTSA PRIVACY POLICY – Dec 22, 2004
As of January 1, 2004, the Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) came into effect. The NSTSA wants to ensure that your personal information is protected. We welcome you to visit our website, no registration is required. If you wish to register for an online program we will require some personal information.
The NSTSA is staffed by professionals who strive to serve its members and is committed to protecting the privacy of its members. The NSTSA website is operated in accordance with the same set of values. NSTSA collects no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. All personal information collected by NSTSA via this website or otherwise is stored securely and used only for the purpose for which it is provided to us and in accordance with the following privacy policy.
TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The NSTSA collects information about various firms and industry groups as a whole to provide analysis and recommendations to the industry.
Example of sources from which we collect information include:
- Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
- Letters or emails from you
- Phone calls with you
- Workshop Registration forms
Parties to Whom We Disclose Information
The NSTSA does not disclose personal information about its members or former members to anyone. Certain non-public informaion to the extent permitted by law and applicable provincial Code of Professional Conduct may be disclosed in the following situations:
- To comply with a validly issued subpoena or summons.
- As part of any actual or threatened legal proceedings or alternative dispute resolution proceedings either initiated by or against NSTSA provided we disclose only the informatin necessary to file, pursue, or defend against the lawsuit and take reasonable precautions to ensure that the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record.
- To provide information to affiliates of the Association and non-affiliated third parties who perform services or functions for us in conjunction with our services to you, only if we have a contractual agreement with the other party that prohibits them from disclosing or using the information other than for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
Use of Personal Information
The NSTSA uses the information collected under this Policy to perform services within the scope of our engagement.
Any questions please contact us at safety@nstsa.ca