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Union County Recipients
North Carolina Department of Labor
Annual Safety Awards
Monroe, NC – May 21, 2008 – The Union County Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual North Carolina Department of Labor Safety Awards for Union County recipients today; Labor Commissioner Cherie K. Berry presented the recipients listed below with their awards.
Silver Awards
First Year
Boggs Paving Inc.
Concrete Supply Company, Monroe Plant
Piedmont Natural Gas, Indian Trail
Tyson Foods Inc., Monroe Grow-Out
Tyson Foods Inc., Monroe Feedmill
Second Consecutive Year
Radiator Specialty Company
State Utility Contractors, Inc.
Tyson Foods Inc., Monroe Service Center
Gold Awards
First Year
Cemex, Indian Trail
Cemex, Stallings Building Materials
Cooper Hand Tools, Monroe Operation
Goodrich Customer Services
Scott Health & Safety
Tyson Foods Inc., Monroe Breeders
Tyson Foods Inc., Processing Plant
Union County
Vanguard Supreme, a Division of Monarch Knitting Machinery Corp.
Second Consecutive Year
Birch Brothers Southern Inc.
Harris Teeter, Indian Trail - Support
Third Consecutive Year
ATI Allvac, Bakers Plant
Century Contractors Inc.
Concrete Supply Company, Matthews Plant
Duke Energy, Matthews Operations Center
McGee Corporation
ORO Manufacturing Company
Fifth Consecutive Year
Charlotte Pipe & Foundry, Plastics Division
Sixth Consecutive Year
Employment Security Commission, Monroe Local Office
Eighth Consecutive Year
Cemex, Monroe Ready-Mix
32nd Consecutive Year
ATI Allvac, Monroe Plant
The N.C. Department of Labor safety awards program recognizes private and public firms throughout the state that achieve and maintain good safety records. The program is designed to stimulate interest in accident prevention and promote safety in the workplace by providing an incentive to employers and employees to maintain a safe and healthful workplace.
In operation since 1946, the program now extends to more than 3,300 firms, and about 2,000 awards are presented annually. Two types of awards are administered through the program: annual safety awards and million-hour awards.
To qualify for an annual safety award, a firm must (1) have had no fatalities during the calendar year at the site or location for which the award was given; and (2) have maintained an incidence rate at least 50 percent below the average for its particular industry group. Two award levels are distributed—gold and silver. The gold award is based on a Days Away/Restricted or Transfer Rate (DART rate), which includes days away from work for these reasons. The silver award is based only on cases with days away from work. They are recorded when the worker misses at least one full day of work, not including the day of the injury.
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