Carlos Marti, a Concrete Agitator Driver in Boral’s Concrete and Quarries North team, was recently recognised with the 2025 STAAR Safety Award (Individual) for his extraordinary actions during a terrifying roadside incident in Queensland’s Wide Bay region.
Carlos was travelling between Agnes Water and Colosseum when his routine drive took a dramatic turn. As he rounded a blind bend, a vehicle suddenly appeared on the wrong side of the road. In that split second, Carlos reacted with the skill and instinct of an experienced Boral driver—slamming on the brakes and steering his agitator toward the edge of the road, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.