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NEWS RELEASE April 16, 2009
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American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Honors St. Louis-Based PayneCrest Electric and Communications with 2008 Safety Award

Firm Earns Highest Safety Honors for Fifth Time in Past Six Years

ST. LOUIS – In a year when it was engaged in the St. Louis area's largest and most complex electrical installation, PayneCrest Electric and Communications, Inc. earned highest safety honors.  The firm was awarded the "ASA Safety Award" from the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Midwest Council earlier this month.

PayneCrest was recognized in the Division II category - 500,000 to one million man hours worked.  It marks the fifth time the firm has received the ASA Safety Award in the past six years.

PayneCrest's experience modification rate (EMR) is 0.63, bettering the average 1.00 EMR for the construction industry.  PayneCrest's total recordable incident rate (TRIR), which OSHA uses to compare safety levels of companies, is currently 1.35.  The national TRIR average for the construction industry - the most hazardous in the nation according to the U.S. Department of Labor - is 6.3.

Key PayneCrest projects in 2008 included the largest electrical contract ever awarded in the region, the Holcim Cement Plant in Sainte Genevieve, MO.  The firm also completed assignments for Buzzi-Unicem USA, Inc. and Ameren Rush Island Power Plant, both in Festus, MO.

The ASA Midwest Council is a construction trade association of specialty contractors and suppliers.  For more information, key www.asamidwest.com.

At PayneCrest, new hires are trained in more than 30 areas of safety.  Additionally, employees are trained in a dozen additional safety measures that are specific to the particular project to which they are assigned.  All office and field supervisors are OSHA 30 Hour certified and all electricians and communications technicians are OSHA 10 Hour certified.

Founded in 1954, PayneCrest has more than 400 employees and specializes in solution-oriented industrial, commercial and telecom electrical contracting services.  More online at www.paynecrest.com.

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Editor’s note:
PayneCrest Electric and Communications is located at 10411 Baur, St. Louis, Mo. (63132).