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House of Raeford Farms facilities in Arcadia, Greenville,and West Columbia all earn Award of Honor
DESTIN, Fla. – Aug. 17, 2016 – At the 2016 National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry in Destin, Fla., 122 chicken and turkey facilities received safety awards by the Joint Industry Safety and Health Council. The companies were honored in recognition of their outstanding performance through the implementation of innovative and effective employee safety and health programs. The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council consists of members from the 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 directly employ more than 350,000 workers. “The poultry industry has made great progress over the last 20 years when it comes to workplace safety. Today our industry’s safety record is almost equal to that of the rest of the manufacturing industries. Although great improvements have been made, industry safety professionals are continuously looking for ways to improve. No matter their role, safety is a commitment expected of all employees in the industry,” said the Council. The total recordable poultry processing illness and injury rate for 2014 was 4.3 cases per 100 full-time workers (per year), down from 4.5 in 2013. This represents an 81 percent decrease from 1994 (the oldest data available on the BLS website), when the recorded rate was 22.7, demonstrating the enormous progress poultry processors have made in improving safety for our workforce. Award consideration was based on injury statistics over three years and an evaluation of written applications by judges Doug Britton, program manager for Agricultural Technology Research at Georgia Tech Research Institute, Jill James of Vivid Learning Systems and George Nassif of Aon Global Risk Consulting. Fifty-two facilities received the highest level of recognition, “Award of Distinction.” The other categories included “Award of Honor” and “Award of Merit.” Award of DistinctionAmerican Proteins Hanceville, AL – Rendering Butterball LLC Goldsboro, NC – Hatchery Huntsville, AR – Processing Carthage, MO – Processing Ozark, AR – Processing Jonesboro, AR – Further Processing Mt. Olive, NC – Processing Cargill Protein Group Waco, TX – Processing Cargill Turkey Production LLC Harrisonburg, VA – Feed Mill Gentry, AR – Hatchery Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Siloam Springs, AR – Feed Mill Sweetwater Farm Foster Farms Emmett, AR – Prescott Feed Mill Demopolis, AL – Corndog Plant Turlock, CA (FTP 1) – Processing Turlock, CA (FTP 2) – Cooked Plant Farmerville, LA – Cooked Plant Farmerville, LA – Processing Fresno, CA (Cherry Ave) – Processing GNP Company Keystone Foods LLC Equity Group – KY Division Camilla, GA – Processing Gadsden, AL – Further Processing Koch Foods, Inc. Mountaire Farms Inc. Statesville, NC – Breeder Silver City, NC (Mount Vernon) – Hatchery Lumber Bridge, NC – Processing Perdue Farms Dillon, SC – Hatchery Hurlock, MD – Hatchery Cromwell, KY – Hatchery Dillon, SC – Processing Accomac, VA– Processing Concord, NC – Further Processing Georgetown, DE – Processing Murfreesboro, NC – Hatchery Cromwell, KY – Processing Perry, GA – Processing Perry, GA – Cook Plant Monterey, TN – Processing Rockingham, NC – Processing Lakeview, CA – Growers Hatchery Pilgrim’s Corp Tyson / River Valley Animal Foods Tyson Foods Wayne Farms LLC Dobson, NC – Hatchery Troy, AL – Hatchery Union Springs, AL – Processing Pendergrass, GA – Processing Decatur, AL – East Further Processing Award of HonorCargill Turkey Production LLC Purdy, MO – Feed Mill Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Foster Farms Inc. Wadesboro, NC – Hatchery House of Raeford Arcadia, LA – Processing Greenville, SC – Processing West Columbia, SC – Complex Jennie-O Turkey Store Montevideo, MN – Processing Pelican Rapids, MN (West Central) – Turkeys Keystone Foods LLC Eufaula, AL Division North Carolina Division Koch Foods Chattanooga, TN – Feed Mill Crossville, AL – Hatchery Pine Mountain Valley, GA – Processing Ashland, AL – Processing Collinsville, AL – Processing Gadsden, AL – Processing Forest, MS – Further Processing Mountaire Farms Millsboro, DE – Feed Mill Frankford, DE – Feed Mill Shelbyville, DE – Processing Millsboro, DE – Resource Recovery Plant Perdue Farms Inc. Bridgewater, VA – Further Processing Salisbury, MD – Feed Mill Forsyth, GA – Feed Mill Lewiston, NC – Processing Westover, MD – Hatchery Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation Ft. Payne, AL – Hatchery Gainesville, GA – Processing Sanderson Farms, Inc. Collins, MS – Hatchery Adel, GA – Hatchery Flowood, MS – Processing Tyson Foods Cumming, GA – Further Processing Berryville, AR – Processing Nashville, AR – Processing Springdale, AR (Berry Street) – Processing Russellville, AR – Processing Valley Proteins Inc. Linkwood, MD – Rendering Fayetteville, NC – Rendering Wayne Farms LLC Danville, AR – Hatchery Decatur, AL (West) – Further Processing Enterprise, AL – Processing Laurel, MS – Hatchery Dothan, AL – Processing Award of Merit American Proteins Cuthbert, GA – Rendering Fries Farms LLC Glennville, GA (Tattnall) – Hatchery George’s Inc. Springdale, AR – Further Processing Jennie-O Turkey Store Barron, WI – Processing Koch Foods Anniston, AL – Hatchery Cumming, GA – Further Processing Peco Farms Inc. Tuscaloosa, AL – Processing Canton, MS (Feather Lane) – Further Processing Bay Springs, MS – Processing Batesville, AR – Processing Sebastopol, MS – Processing Canton, MS – Processing Brooksville, MS – Further Processing Perdue Foods Milford, DE – Processing Washington, IN – Feed Mill Elkin, NC – Feed Mill Pilgrim’s Corp. Natchitoches, LA – Processing Live Oak, FL – Processing Marshville, NC – Processing Moorefield, WV – Prepared Foods Lufkin, TX – Processing Gainesville, GA – Processing Chattanooga, TN – Processing Chattanooga, TN – Further Processing Mt. Pleasant, TX – Prepared Foods |