DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HONORS ROCKY MOUNT AREA EMPLOYERS WITH SAFETY AWARDS
North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie K. Berry recognized Rocky Mount and other regional businesses and their employees during the agency's annual safety awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 4 at the Carleton House in Rocky Mount. The Rocky Mount banquet is co-sponsored by the N. C. Department of Labor and the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce. The awards honored outstanding on-the-job safety achievements of each employer during 2001. Recipients are based in Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Halifax, Roanoke Rapids, Tillery, Whitakers, Weldon and Sharpsburg.
Berry reminded the recipients, "You have earned your way here. Good safety records go well beyond paper and stats. Safety is not a given. It is a culture. You are aware of that. You serve as a role model for other employers."
The department presents safety awards annually to firms that recorded no on-the-job fatalities. The companies maintained a perfect safety record during 2001 or recorded an occupational injury and illness rate of at least 50 percent below the statewide average for their particular industry group. The local recipients have met the stringent safety requirements necessary to achieve a safety award.
Recipients included: Ansell Protective Products; American Fibers & Yarns Company; City of Rocky Mount - Cemetery, Planning/Inspections, Engineering, Fleet Maintenance, Parks, Street, Electric, Fire Department, Gas, Utility Support, Water Treatment, Water and Sewer, and Recreation; Edgecombe-Martin County Electric Membership Corporation; Pillowtex Corporation; Halifax County Government; WestPoint Stevens - Rosemary Complex; Inco, Inc - Construction, Electrical, Equipment, Fabrication and Design, and Garage; Kennamental, Inc.; P & D Food Mart; Premium Standard Farms of N. C. - Tarboro Feed Mill; Ready Mixed Concrete Company; Southern Mattress Company, Inc.; Edgecombe County; Halifax County Social Services; International Paper Company - Containerboard & Kraft Division, Roanoke Rapids; International Paper Company, Roanoke Rapids Area; N. C. Correction Enterprises -- Caldeonia Canery; N. C. Department of Correction - Tillery Correctional Center; Pretty Good Sand Company; Ready Mixed Concrete Company, Roanoke Rapids; Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District Distribution and Collection; Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District Water Treatment Plant and Administrative Office; Consolidated Diesel Company; Hanson Aggregates - Rocky Mount Quarry; Keihin Carolina System Technology, Inc.; Saturn Electronics, Inc.; Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company - Pinetops Plant; Kaba Ilco Corporation; Town of Sharpsburg; Halifax County Administrative Offices; Halifax County Finance and Taxation.
One million hour awards were presented to Consolidated Diesel Company (March 10, 2000 - September 17, 2001) and Keihin Carolina System Technology, Inc. (September 30, 1998 - February 23, 2001). The two-million employee hours award was presented to Kaba Ilco Corporation (July 17, 2000 - November 30, 2001).
More information is available by calling 1-800-NC-LABOR or (919) 807-2899.
