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Source: NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL, 6/8/12
The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council today recognized 68 chicken and turkey facilities for outstanding safety performance through the implementation of innovative and effective safety and health programs. The annual safety awards were presented during the 2012 National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry held in Ponte Vedra, FL.
“I not only commend these plants and their management teams for their tremendous efforts to protect their workers, but for their ongoing dedication to further progress,” said Mike Brown, National Chicken Council president. “The significant and consistent decline in illness and injury rates among our workforce over the past two decades is a direct result of their strong commitment to worker safety.”
John Starkey, president of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, commented, “The industry recognizes that our people are our most valuable asset, and worker safety efforts have never been stronger. Poultry companies continue to devote people, time, and other resources to actively identify and correct workplace hazards. These awards acknowledge excellent safety performance achievement through effective and innovative programs.”
“The poultry industry has been diligent in reducing recordable injuries and illnesses for nearly 30 years,” said NTF president Joel Brandenberger. “These awards acknowledge the excellent safety performance achievements the poultry industry has accomplished. We hope by highlighting these facilities we can all learn additional practices and tools to further protect the people that work hard every day in our plants to provide high-quality, safe and nutritious protein for consumers.”
Award consideration was based on injury statistics over three years and an evaluation of written applications by three judges: Gary Pohlmann of Marsh Risk Consulting, Doug Britton, program manager for Agricultural Technology Research at Georgia Tech Research Institute, and George Nassif of Aon Global Risk Consulting. Twenty-five facilities received the highest level of recognition, “Award of Distinction.” The other categories included “Award of Honor” and “Award of Merit.”
The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council consist of members from U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, National Chicken Council and National Turkey Federation. Collectively, the three organizations represent companies that produce 95 percent of the nation’s poultry products and employ over 350,000 workers.
Award of Distinction Butterball LLC Ozark, AR – Processing Carthage, MO – Processing Huntsville, AR – Processing Cargill Turkey Production LLC Butterfield, MO – Feed Mill Springdale, AR – Feed Mill
Cargill Value Added Meats Temple, TX – Feed Mill Waco, TX – Processing
Keystone Foods Albany, KY – Processing Franklin, KY – Hatchery Camilla, GA – Processing
Perdue Farms Inc. Perry, GA – Cook Plant Dillon, SC – Processing Perry, GA – Fresh Processing Concord, NC – Further Processing Salisbury, MD – Processing Rockingham, NC – Processing Accomac, VA – Processing Georgetown, DE – Roaster Complex
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation Falkville, AL – Feed Mill Batesville, AR – Processing
Sara Lee Foods Storm Lake, IA – Processing
Simmons Foods Siloam Springs, AR – Further Processing
Wayne Farms LLC Pendergrass, GA – Processing Decatur, AL West – Hatchery Union Springs, AL – Processing
Award of Honor Butterball LLC. Mt. Olive, NC – Processing Cargill Turkey Production LLC California, MO – Feed Mill Cargill Value Added Meats Springdale, AR – Processing
Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Siloam Springs, AR – Feed Mill Timpson, TX – Hatchery
Gerber Poultry Kidron, OH – Processing
Hubbard LLC Pikeville, TN – Hatchery
Keystone Foods Gadsden, AL – Processing Eufaula, AL – Processing Moroni Feed Company Moroni, UT – Feed Mill
Perdue Farms Inc. Cromwell, KY – Hatchery Forsyth, GA – Hatchery Bridgewater, VA – Further Processing Nashville, NC – Feed Mill Cromwell, KY – Processing Washington, IN – Turkey Processing Forsyth, GA – Feed Mill
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation Moorefield, WV – Hatchery Broadway, VA – Processing Moorefield, WV – Feed Mill Harrisonburg, VA – Feed Mill Mayfield, KY – Processing Pittsburg, TX – Hatchery #1 & #2 Natchitoches, LA –Processing
Sanderson Farms, Inc. Laurel, MS – Processing McComb, MS – Processing
River Valley Animal Foods Robards, KY Texarkana, AR
Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative Hinton, VA – Processing
Wayne Farms LLC Troy, AL – Hatchery Laurel, MS – Feed Mill Danville, AR – Hatchery Decatur, AL East – Further Processing Decatur, AL – Fresh Plant
Award of Merit House of Raeford Farms Arcadia, LA – Processing Peco Foods, Inc. Sebastopol, MS – Processing
Perdue Farms Inc. Dothan, AL – Processing Salisbury, MD – Hatchery 2 Murfreesboro, NC – Hatchery
Pilgrim’s Corp Athens, GA – Feed Mill Broadway, VA – Hatchery Moorefield, WV – Prepared Foods Canton, GA – Processing
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