Awards

As an industry leader for many years, Tyler Union has a long history of positive recognition from both our peers and our customers. Displayed below you will see a sampling of the various honors bestowed upon us in recent years.

  • 2024 Pollution Prevention - First Place: Tyler Union - Sand Reduction Project

  • 2018 McWane Quartile Club

    This award is given to facilities whose year-end recordable injury rates are in the top 25% of their industry. The Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is determined by taking the number of incidents occurred in a year’s period which require medical treatment, restricted work activity, or lost time and multiplying that by 200,000 and dividing by the total number of hours worked at the facility during the year

  • 2018 Pollution Prevention - Second Place: Tyler Union - Sand Reclamation Enhancements

  • 2017 McWane Quartile Club

    This award is given to facilities whose year-end recordable injury rates are in the top 25% of their industry. The Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is determined by taking the number of incidents occurred in a year’s period which require medical treatment, restricted work activity, or lost time and multiplying that by 200,000 and dividing by the total number of hours worked at the facility during the year

  • 2016 Outstanding Environmental Progress-Foundry Award - Tyler Union

    Tyler Union was awarded the McWane Outstanding Environmental Progress -  Foundry Award for 2016.

    The following factors are considered in the selection process for the current calendar year using the previous calendar year as the baseline:

    • Progress on successful completion of audit and other corrective actions
    • Improvements in overall compliance status
    • Improvements in relationship with regulators (local, state and federal)
    • Changes in quality and amount of resources applied to environmental management

  • 2016 McWane Ergo Cup - Best Innovation (representing the most innovative project): Tyler Union Foundry, Anniston, Alabama - Tuff Grip Pattern Core Modifications

  • AFS Millionaires Safety Award

    Tyler Union was awarded the AFS Millionaires Safety Award for achieving 2,000,000 man-hours without incurring an occupational injury or illness resulting in days away from work.

  • Industry Excellence Award for Safety

    Tyler Union was awarded the Industry Excellence Award for Safety by the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce.

  • United Way of East Central Alabama Silver Award for Outstanding Service to the People of Our Community

  • East Central Alabama United Cerebral Palsy Community Partners Award

  • 1st Place McWane Ergo Cup Competition

    Tyler Union advanced to represent McWane in the internationally recognized ErgoCup® competition, sponsored by the Ergonomics Center of North Carolina and Edward P. Fitts, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University. This competition provides an exciting opportunity for companies to highlight their successful ergonomic solutions. The general theme across all ErgoCup categories is innovation.

  • McWane Outstanding Environmental Progress Award

    Tyler Union was recognized by McWane in 2011 as the foundry with the most improvement in environmental performance and our commitment to protecting the environment in our community.

  • American Red Cross of Calhoun County Community Service Award

  • McWane Most Improved Recordable Injury Record

  • YMCA of Calhoun County Volunteer of the Year for Outstanding support

  • McWane Outstanding Environmental Progress Award

  • Recognized by the Chamber of Commerce for our longevity in the community Incorporated 1912 – Became a Division of McWane, Inc. 1977

  • Top Quartile Award Club

    This award is given to facilities whose year-end recordable injury rates are in the top 25% of their industry. The Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is determined by taking the number of incidents occurred in a year’s period which require medical treatment, restricted work activity, or lost time and multiplying that by 200,000 and dividing by the total number of hours worked at the facility during the year