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LOGGER OF THE YEAR - SOUTH CAROLINA Irvin Fail Logging, LLC
It is with great pleasure that Forestry Mutual Insurance Company announces the Annual Forestry Mutual E. K. Pittman Safety Award for the 2021 Logger of the Year.
This prestigious award is named in honor of the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Forestry Mutual. It is presented to those companies chosen by the President and staff of Forestry Mutual based on their safety record and continued emphasis on safety in the workplace. Mr. Pittman served from 1971 to 1984 and was a strong proponent of Education, Safety Training, and the use of Personal Protective Equipment. This Safety Award recognizes businesses that show a genuine concern for the safety of their workers by going beyond the minimum safety requirements to ensure a safe and productive workplace.
This year’s award recipient for this honor is Mr. Irvin Fail of Irvin Fail Logging, LLC, out of Olar, South Carolina. The company has been a Forestry Mutual policyholder since 2008, and through hard work and safety mindfulness for the past 14 years, they have never had to file a lost-time claim.
The company is owned and operated by Mr. Irwin Fail, and composed of his wife Vicki Fail, his sons, Wayne and Mike Fail, Norris Fennell, and one truck driver, Doug Hoeff.
Mr. Irvin Fail is a first-generation Logger and started in the logging industry approximately 32 years ago as a truck driver hauling wood for Coastal Logging out of Walterboro, South Carolina. A few years later, in 2002, they offered to put him into his own logging business.
Forestry Mutual is very honored and proud to serve Irvin Fail Logging, LLC as a policyholder. His achievements in safety and creating and maintaining a safe working environment make him and his company great role models for the industry.
Nick Carter, FMIC Agency Manager presents Irvin Fail & Noah, Irvin’s 3 month old grandbaby, with their Logger Of The Year plaque.
Nick Carter, FMIC Agency Manager presents Irvin Fail & Noah, Irvin’s 3 month old grandbaby, with their Logger Of The Year plaque.
