- Fifth Place 921,838 hours
- Cargill Inc. Shelton, NE
- Fourth place, 962,389 hours
- Cargill Inc, Sarnia, ON
- Third place, 1,091,348 hours
- Cargill Inc. Salina, KS
- Second place, 1102822 hours
- Cargill Inc. Edmonton, AB
- First place, 1208431 hours
- Cargill, Inc. Albion, NE
Recognize Your Facility for Staying Safe!
It takes a tremendous amount of effort, skill and knowledge to keep your facility and employees safe and accident-free. Recognize your facility’s hard work with the GEAPS Safety Awards Program!
What is the program?
The Safety Awards recognize facilities that go an entire year without a work-related lost time injury or illness. Facilities are recognized with the Elite Tier Safety Award for going the entire year without a recordable workplace injury or illness.
What do I get?
Each facility that successfully completes the Safety Awards Program receives a plaque commemorating the accomplishment, is listed on the GEAPS website and recognized in In-Grain.
Who can participate?
The program is open to all avenues of the grain industry, including: grain storage facilities, engineers, equipment suppliers, millwrights and others.
How do I apply?
It’s easy to join the Safety Awards Program! Just download an application and email it to GEAPS today. If your facility has enrolled before, contact Deb Most to ask about online enrollment.
Download an application form and return it to GEAPS today
Download a reporting form for non-U.S. facilities
OSHA Form for US 2024 Submission
After the end of the calendar year, submit your OSHA forms to verify your safe workplace, and you are all set! If you are located outside of the United States, please use download the reporting form for non-U.S. facilities.
For more information, contact Deb Most with GEAPS.
Results of the Safety Awards Program are recognized annually at the Exchange (see below). Recognized annually in GEAPS’ member newsletter, In-Grain..
2023 Safety Awards Winners
Of the 352 facilities that enrolled in the 2023 GEAPS Safety Awards Program, 269 facilities successfully completed the year without any lost time injuries or illnesses.
- Tied for Fifth place, 22 years
- Cargill Inc facility in Hutchinson KS
- Cargill Inc facility in Lacon, IL
- Cargill Inc facility in Spring Valley, IL
- Fourth place, 23 years
- Cargill Inc facility in Portage, IN
- Third place, 25 years
- Cargill Inc facility in Linden IN
- Second place, 27 years
- Cargill Inc facility in Cheyenne Wells, CO
- First place, 37 years
- Cargill Inc facility in Tipton, IN
The list below indicates companies and the number of their facilities that completed the year without recording a work-related lost-time injury or illness. A number after a facility name indicates five or more consecutive years receiving an award; “*” indicates top five cumulative years receiving a Safety Award; “+” indicates top five cumulative hours without a lost-time injury. Facilities in bold earned the new elite tier safety award, with no recordable incidents.
North Dakota
Berlin Agronomy 1
Eldridge 8
Hauge 5
Oakes Fertilizer 7
Oakes Tire Shop 2
Steele 4
Strasburg 5
South Dakota
Aberdeen Propane 1
Andover 1
Bath Fertilizer 5
Bath Innovation Center 2
Bowdle Innovation Center 1
Bowdle West Agronomy 1
Bristol Agronomy 3
Britton Propane 1
Carpenter 9
Chamberlain Fertilizer 9
Columbia 9
Corporate Office 2
Craven Fertilizer 5
Craven Grain 2
Cresbard Harvest Facility 5
Faulkton Grain & Agronomy 2
Frederick 7
Grebner 5
Harrold 5
Hecla Corn Receiving 4
Herreid 1
Highmore Agronomy 5
Huron Air 1
Huron Corn Receiving Facility 1
Huron Innovation Center 1
Ipswich Farm Store 5
Ipswich Truck and Auto Center 5
Kennebec Agronomy 6
Kennebec Grain 9
Kimball 9
Kimball Fertilizer 4
Langford 7
Lebanon 5
Leola Elevator 3
Leola Truck & Auto 5
Maintenance 1
McLaughlin 2
McLaughlin Agronomy 1
Mellette 3
Miller 4
Murdo 1
Northville 4
Pollock 4
Prescho Truck & Auto 2
Prescription Agronomics, Main Office 3
Redfield Agronomy 8
Redfield Elevator 9
Redfield Energy Facility 9
Selby Propane 1
St. Lawrence 3
Stickney 9
Sun T Agronomy 5
Sun T Grain 5
Tulare 8
Warner West Grain 5
Wessington Springs 1
West Grain 4
West Terminal 7
Willow Lake Ag & Grain 9
Wolsey Fertilizer 8
Wolsey Grain Terminal 4
Woonsocket Agronomy 9
Yale 5
Arizona
Casa Grande 2
Schultz St 2
Yuma 2
Alberta
Fort Saskatchewan 1
Wainwright 11
Manitoba
Altona 4
SASKATCHEWAN
Dixon 9
Nipawin 1
Alabama
Decatur 1
California
Rancho Cucamonga 4
Illinois
Griggsville 1
Kankakee 9
McLeansboro 10
SCF Grain, LLC, Fairmont City 11
Indiana
Indianapolis 10
Morristown (OVC) 1
Morristown Grain 2
Rushville 7
Worthington 2
Louisana
Destrehan Grain 3
Destrehan OVC 1
North Carolina
Rose Hill 4
Ohio
Bellevue 1
Delphos 3
Texas
Muleshoe 4
Alberta
Beiseker 20
Fairview 20
Viking 8
Blackie 4
Camrose 15
Carseland 11
Edmonton 20 *
Leduc 16
Lethbridge 7
Manning/Manning 20
Marwayne 1
McLennan/Manning 3
Rycroft 2
Vegreville/Marwayne/Vermilion 17
Vermilion/Vegreville/Marwayne 20
Manitoba
Dauphin 1
Elm Creek 10
Elva 15
Morris, MB 20
Nesbitt 15
Oakner 16
Plumas 20
Swan River 16
Winkler 20
Ontario
Sarnia 15 *
SASKATCHEWAN
Birch Hills/Clavet 20
Canwood/North Battleford/Unity 20
Cargill Inc, Davidson 15
Clavet/Birch Hills 3
Kindersley 10
Moose Jaw 8
North Battleford/Canwood/Unity 15
Rosetown 4
Rowatt 1
Unity/North Battleford/Canwood 20
Yorkton 20
Florida
Tampa 18
Arizona
West Memphis 8
Colorado
Byers 20
Cheyenne Wells 27 #
Illinois
Florence 8
Beardstown 20
East St Louis 8
Frederick 2
Gibson City 12
Gilman 12
Havana N & S 20
Keithsburg 2
Lacon 22 #
Morris 18
New Boston 20
Seneca 12
Spring Valley 22 #
Indiana
Milford 2
Burns Harbor 23 #
Linden 25 #
Tipton 37 #
Iowa
Bettendorf 2
Muscatine 8
Shullsburg 8
Kansas
Salina 16 *
Atchison 2
Hutchinson East 22 #
Hutchinson West 7
Topeka Gordon 9
Wakeeney 15
Louisana
Reserve 3
Michigan
Decatur 9
Michigan
Reese 2
Minnesota
Madison 5
Alberta 8
Maynard 8
Pipestone/Splitrock 14
Savage East 5
Savage West 5
Missouri
Buffalo Island 8
Forest City 20
New Madrid 20
Nebraska
Albion 20 *
Carleton 21
Gibbon 20
Holdrege 12
O’Neill 20
Ord 20
Shelton 20 *
Ohio
Bloomingburg 3
Chillicothe 4
Cincinnati – Cincy Kellogg 12
Cincinnati – Cincy River Road 15
Circleville 21
Lima 12
South Dakota
Parker 18
Emery 20
Texas
Houston Export Elevator 8
Wisconsin
LaCrosse 3
Minnesota
Savage Terminal 10
Minnesota
Cologne 9
Montana
Kintyre Flats 7
Chester 6
Sidney 3
Tunis 8
Washington
Longview 1
Minnesota
Elevator “T” 1
Soo Elevator 1
Iowa
Avon 2
Louisana
Port Allen Export 2
Colorado
Longmont Elevator 15
Idaho
Burley Idaho Elevator 13
Coors Elevator Huntley 18
Minnesota
Adrian 1
Alpha 1
Brewster Grain/Agronomy 1
Brewster Office 1
Dundee 1
Ellsworth 1
Heron Lake 1
Hills Terminal 1
Marna 1
Miloma 1
Mountain Lake 1
Reading 1
Wilmont 1
Windom 1
Worthington Feed 1
Worthington Grain 1
Minnesota
Farmington 20
Illinois
Chemung East & West 4
Garden Prairie 2
Minooka 3
Troxel 11
Hampshire 4
Joliet North 11
Ridgefield 3
South Beloit 4
Waterman 11
Winnebago 2
Kansas
Kansas 9
Nebraska
Omaha 4
New Jersey
Newark 7
New York
Clifton Springs 6
Manchester 6
Ohio
Lockbourne 3
Wisconsin
Clinton Grain 1
Avalon 6
Sharon Grain 6
Deleware
Dover3
Frankford3
Harrington Grain 4
Millsboro Grain4
Seaford Grain 4
Townsend Grain 2
Maryland
Millington Grain 4
Queen Anne Grain 4
Ridgely Grain 4
Trappe2
Westover 3
North Carolina
New London Grain 4
Statesville Breeder Feed Mill 1
VIRGINIA
Eastville 3
Painter Grain 4
Indiana
Mexico Elevator 7
Ohio
C & O Grain 3
Farm Elevator 3
Foraker Elevator 7
Jeffersonville Grain 4
Morral Speciality Grain 1
Nevada Grain 4
Radnor Grain 1
Valley Grain 5
Virginia
Old Dominon Grain 2
Montana
Pompey’s Pillar 1
Conrad 1
Grove 1
North Dakota
Bucyrus 1