2020 Transportation Safety Award Recipients
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The ISRI Driver of the Year Award recognizes drivers who have driven a commercial motor vehicle more than 20 years without an accident determined through verifiable evidence. The following drivers were recognized for 2020:

  1. Anthony Tillman, 26 years, United Scrap Metal, Cicero, IL
  2. Scott Crawford, 22 years, Page Transportation, Weedsport, NY

The ISRI Golden Wrench Award is given to the best heavy vehicle maintenance technician or manager who exhibits outstanding efforts, achievements, and contributions to ensure that commercial vehicles are safe on the road. This year’s award goes to.

  • Mike Hickok, 36 years of service, LP Padnos, Holland, MI
The ISRI Best Fleet Award is presented to the ISRI member company with the lowest vehicle crash rate for the previous calendar year in each of four classes, determined by vehicle miles traveled. The following are the first, second and third place award recipients for each class:


Small Class (300,000 to 500,000 miles):

  1. TJN Enterprises, Sioux Falls, SD
  2. Berman Bros. Inc., Jacksonville, FL
  3. Shine Bros. Corp., Spencer, IA

    Intermediate Class (500,001 to 1,000,000 miles):
  1. Metal Exchange, Saint Louis, MO
  2. Prolerized New England Company, LLC, (Subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel) Concord, NH
  3. Reserve Transport LLC - Reserve Management Group, Stow, OH


    Medium Class (1,000,001 to 5,000,000 miles):

  1. United Scrap Metal Inc., Cicero, IL
  2. Schnitzer Southeast, LLC, Atlanta, GA
  3. United Scrap Transport Fleet LLC, Philadelphia, PA


    Large Class (Greater than 5,000,000 miles):

  1. Page ETC Inc., Weedsport, NY
  2. OmniSource Transport LLC, Fort Wayne, IN

The Pacesetter Award is presented to the ISRI member company with the lowest vehicle accident rate for 36 months in each of four classes, determined by vehicle miles traveled. First place only is awarded in this category.

  • Small Class: TJN Enterprises, Sioux Falls, SD
  • Intermediate Class: Metal Exchange Saint Louis, MO
  • Medium Class: Schnitzer Southeast, LLC, Atlanta, GA
  • Large Class: Page ETC Inc. Weedsport, NY

ISRI Driver of the Year Award Winner

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ISRI 2020 Driver of the Year Recipient Anthony Tillman (L), and Brad Serlin (R), President of United Scrap.

ISRI Golden Wrench Award Winner

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ISRI 2020 Golden Wrench Recipient Mike Hickok of Padnos, Holland, MI.

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Jerry Sjogren
Senior Director of Safety
jsjogren@isri.org
(202) 662-8519

Holly Brownell
Administrative Assistant
hbrownell@isri.org
(202) 662-8515