ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has announced the winners and members of its 2009 Safety Masters Club, which recognizes contractors who are dedicated to safe workplaces.

The Safety Award of Merit is awarded to ACCA contractor member companies with the best lost-time incident rate record for 2009 in each of four categories. ACCA’s 2009 Safety Award of Merit recipients are:

0 to 40,000 hours: Controlled Conditions Corp., Chesapeake, Va.

40,001 to 100,000 hours: Compton Mechanical Services Inc., Indianapolis, and Cooper Oates Air Conditioning, Sacramento, Calif.

100,001 to 200,000 hours: Peaden Air Conditioning, Panama City, Fla.

200,001 + hours: Waldrop Mechanical Services, Spartanburg, S.C.

The following is a complete list of the 2009 Safety Masters Club members: CHC Mechanical Contractors, Cookeville, Tenn.; Compton Mechanical Services Inc., Indianapolis; Conditioned Air Inc., Macon, Ga.; Controlled Conditions Corp., Chesapeake, Va.; Cooper Oates Air Conditioning, Sacramento, Calif.; Frymire Services Inc., Dallas; I.C. Refrigeration, Ceres, Calif.; Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, Rochester, N.Y.; Ivey Mechanical Co. LLC, Kosciusko, Miss.; Peaden Air Conditioning, Panama City, Fla.; Shafer Services Inc., San Antonio; Shapiro & Duncan Inc., Rockville, Md.; Thermal Concepts, Davie, Fla.; Tri-City Mechanical, Chandler, Ariz.; and Waldrop Mechanical Services, Spartanburg, S.C.

“ACCA congratulates the winners and all of our Safety Masters Club members for their commitment to safety,” said Paul T. Stalknecht, ACCA president and CEO. “These companies are leaders in our industry in setting such a high standard for excellence.”

For more information on the Safety Masters Club, contact Charlie McCrudden at 703-824-8841 or charlie.mccrudden@acca.org. For more information on ACCA, visit www.acca.org.

Publication date: 01/25/2010