BOC Wins CGA Bulk Fleet Safety Award for the Seventh Time in Ten Years.Business Editors MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2004 The Compressed Gas Association The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) is involved in the development and promotion of safety standards and safe practices in the industrial and medical gas industry in the USA. (CGA (Color/Graphics Adapter) The first video display standard for the IBM PC. This low-resolution system was superseded by EGA and then VGA. CGA required a digital RGB Color Display monitor. See PC display modes. CGA - Color Graphics Adapter ) has awarded its prestigious Bulk Fleet Safety award to BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. for the seventh time in the last 10 years. The award was presented to BOC's vice president of distribution and logistics, Mike Gentile, at the CGA's annual meeting in Florida earlier this month. The award is given annually to the company whose bulk vehicle fleet has the best safety record per million miles driven. The fleet must complete a minimum of 20 million miles in order to qualify. Last year, BOC's 900 drivers achieved their award-winning safety record while driving nearly 60 million miles to deliver over 6 million tons of liquid oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon argon (är`gŏn) [Gr.,=inert], gaseous chemical element; symbol Ar; at. no. 18; at. wt. 39.948; m.p. −189.2°C;; b.p. −185.7°C;; density 1.784 grams per liter at STP; valence 0. , carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. , and other gases and maintain their industry-leading delivery reliability rate. "The award is a tribute to the character, professionalism and pride of our drivers and managers," Gentile said. "It proves that our emphasis on safety processes and programs is effective. While we are proud of this honor, we recognize that we must remain focused until we eliminate all accidents. We will use this award as additional motivation to further improve through leadership, commitment, and best practices. We expect to win it again next year with an even better safety performance." The BOC Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs 44,500 people and had annual sales of over $7 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com. |
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