The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council today recognized 92 chicken and turkey facilities for outstanding safety performance by implementing innovative and effective employee safety and health programs. The annual safety awards were presented during the 2013 National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry held in Amelia Island, Florida.
The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council consist 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 employ over 350,000 workers.
“We would like to congratulate these facilities and their management teams. These awards recognize outstanding safety performance achievement as a result of their effective and innovative programs. The noteworthy and consistent decrease in illness and injury rates among poultry’s workforce over the last two decades is a direct result of their compelling dedication to worker safety,” said the Joint Industry Safety and Health Council.
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-four facilities received the “Award of Distinction,” the highest level of recognition. The other categories included “Award of Honor” and “Award of Merit.”
The following chicken facilities received awards:
Award of Distinction
GNP Company
- Arcadia, WI – Feed Mill
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
- Georgetown, DE – Roaster Complex
- Monterey, TN – Processing
Wayne Farms LLC
- Pendergrass, GA – Processing
- Clermont, GA – Hatchery
Award of Honor
Case Farms
- Goldsboro, NC – Further Processing
Cobb-Vantress, Inc.
- Siloam Springs, AR – Feed Mill
- Timpson, TX – Hatchery
- Monticello, KY – Hatchery
Keystone Foods
- Gadsden, AL – Processing
- Eufaula, AL – Processing
- Eufaula, AL – Hatchery
- Reidsville, NC – Processing
Mountaire Farms
- Lumber Bridge, NC – Processing
- Statesville, NC – Breeder Operation
- Frankford, DE – Feed Mill
- Millsboro, DE – Feed Mill
- Millsboro, DE – Processing
- Selbyville, DE – Processing
Perdue Farms Inc.
- Accomac, VA – Processing
- Bridgewater, VA – Further Processing
- Cromwell, KY – Processing
- Hurlock, MD – Hatchery
- Milford, DE – Processing
- Murfreesboro, NC – Hatchery
Petaluma Acquisitions LLC
- Petaluma, CA – Processing
- Petaluma, CA – Hatchery
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation
- Batesville, AR – Processing
- Broadway, VA – Processing
- Broadway, VA – Hatchery
- Harrisonburg, VA – Feed Mill
- Moorefield, WV – Feed Mill
- Nacogdoches, TX – Processing
- Nacogdoches, TX – Hatchery
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
- Laurel, MS – Feed Mill
Simmons Foods
- Siloam Springs, AR – Further Processing
Tyson River Valley Animal Foods
- Robards, KY
Trinity Valley Foods
- Irving, TX – Processing
Wayne Farms LLC
- Danville, AR – Hatchery
- Decatur, AL East – Further Processing
- Decatur, AL – Fresh Plant
- Decatur, AL West – Further Processing
- Dobson, NC – Feed Mill
- Elkin, NC – Hatchery
- Troy, AL – Hatchery
- Union Springs, AL – Processing
Award of Merit
House of Raeford Farms
- Arcadia, LA – Processing
Mountaire Farms
- Siler City, NC – Hatchery
Perdue Farms Inc.
- Hurlock MD – Feed Mill
- Lewiston, NC – Processing
Petaluma Acquisitions LLC
- Petaluma, CA – Feed Mill
Pilgrim’s Corp
- Marshville, NC – Processing
- Mayfield, KY – Processing
- Moorefield, WV – Fresh Foods
- Moorefield, WV – Prepared Foods
Sanderson Farms
- McComb, MS – Processing
Tyson Foods
- Berryville, AR – Further Processing
- Rogers, AR – Further Processing
- Monett, MO – Hatchery
- Van Buren, AR – Further Processing
Wayne Farms
- Laurel, MS – Feed Mill
