Road & Rail Services, Inc., a Louisville, Kentucky-based leading provider of rail related services in North America, was recently awarded with the Mosaic Gold Award for Excellence in Safety Leadership and Performance. The Mosaic Company is the world’s leading combined producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The Gold Award recognizes that Road & Rail Services, Inc. worked more than 2,000 on-site hours at a Mosaic facility and met all criteria for safety performance, including no injuries and sustained performance for five or more years.
“For our Company to be recognized once again by The Mosaic Company with their 2014 Gold Award for Excellence in Safety is truly an honor! The Mosaic Company is a world-wide leader in environment, human rights, employee relations and philanthropy, and their corporation thoroughly understands how important Safety is in every day operations! Likewise, Road & Rail Services believes wholeheartedly that Safety is our Number One priority and that everything we do is focused on sending every associate home safely every day,” said Tom Gerstle, CEO of Road & Rail Services and one of the company’s founders.
The Association of American Railroads is committed to ensuring that America’s freight railroads remain the safest, most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally sound freight transportation system in the world. The association’s members include the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak