Wayne Farms Lands 10 Safety Awards From the Joint Industry Safety and Health Council
Oakwood, Georgia (PRWEB) August 31, 2016 -- The company recently implemented a robust employee safety program targeting specific safety-related concerns, resulting in significant improvements in workplace safety and a reduction in accidents company-wide. The behavior-based WorkSAFE™ initiative encourages employees to identify and address unsafe behaviors, conditions, and actions through regular audits, evaluations, and collaboration with Wayne Farms Management members.
The company received the prestigious Award of Distinction for five separate facilities in their respective categories, including Hatchery Facilities in Dobson, North Carolina and Troy, Alabama, Processing Facilities in Union Springs, Alabama and Pendergrass, Georgia, and Prepared Foods Facilities in Decatur, Alabama. The Pendergrass Processing Facility won the Award of Distinction for the seventh consecutive year. Five Awards of Honor were received by the Danville, Arkansas and Laurel, Mississippi Hatchery Facilities, Decatur, Alabama Prepared Foods Facility and Enterprise, Alabama Processing Facility.
Award levels are based on an evaluation of each eligible facility’s actual safety performance as well as a written evaluation of key components of an effective safety and health program.
“We have strong, safety-focused leadership from the top down to the plants, and great people who take safety seriously—it’s paying off for everyone with a safer workplace, reduced injuries and reduced loss of time and investment,” said Reggie McLee, Senior Director of Safety and Health for Wayne Farms. “We want a Zero Accident Culture—not just in our company, but in our industry. We’re extremely proud of these awards because it shows the level of commitment our employees have to a safer workplace.”
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.
About Wayne Farms LLC
Wayne Farms LLC is the sixth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the U.S. with annual sales exceeding $1.9 billion. A subsidiary of Continental Grain Company, Wayne Farms owns and operates 11 fresh and further-processed facilities throughout the Southeast, produces more than 2.6 billion pounds of poultry products each year, and employs more than 8,900 individuals. Producing products under the brand names of WAYNE FARMS® fresh chicken; PLATINUM HARVEST® premium fresh chicken; DUTCH QUALITY HOUSE® chicken and CHEF’S CRAFT® gourmet chicken, Wayne Farms has a well-known history of delivering exceptional poultry products to some of the largest industrial, institutional, and foodservice companies across America.
Megan Ernst, Wayne Farms LLC, +1 770-510-8864, [email protected]
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