NEWS RELEASE. Labor Department to Recognize Businesses

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1 NEWS RELEASE Release: Immediate Contact: Neal O Briant Date: June 20, 2016 Phone: Labor Department to Recognize Businesses The N.C. Department of Labor will honor area employers and employees at the agency s annual safety awards banquet in Asheville on Tuesday, June 21. It s really an honor for me to travel throughout the state and recognize these employers who are making a commitment to their employees safety and health, Commissioner Berry said. Over the past 15 years, North Carolina has experienced a declining injury and illness rate, which now rests at an all-time low 2.7 per 100 fulltime workers for private industry. These employers continue to make North Carolina workplaces some of the safest in the country. The awards honor outstanding on-the-job safety achievements of each recipient during Recipients are located in Arden, Asheville, Bakersville, Berkeley, Boone, Brevard, Bryson City, Burnsville, Canton, Clyde, Cullowhee, Dillsboro, East Flat Rock, Fletcher, Forest City, Franklin, Hayesville, Hazelwood, Hendersonville, Hickory, Mount Home, Murphy, Norwood, Robbinsville, Sapphire, Spruce Pine, Sylva, Waynesville and Weaverville. Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry will speak at the banquet and present the awards. The event is co-sponsored by the N.C. Department of Labor and WCI Inc. The banquet, slated to begin at 6 p.m., will be held at the Asheville Double Tree, 115 Hendersonville Road. Recipients include: (EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS Please see attached list). The local recipients have met the stringent requirements necessary to receive a safety award. Under program rules, companies must have been free of fatal accidents at the site for which the award is given to be eligible. The gold award criteria are based on a DART rate that is at least 50 percent below the statewide rate for its industry. The rate includes cases of days away from work, restricted activity or job transfer. The silver award is based only on cases with days away from work. They are recorded when the worker misses at least one full day of work, not including the day of the injury. The applicant must attain an incidence rate for cases with days away from work that is at least 50 percent below the rate for its industry. More information on the Labor Department s Safety Awards Program is available by calling or ing Eursula Joyner at [email protected]. # # # 1101 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC Fax:

2 Asheville Safety Award Recipients, page 1 Silver Awards Rate of days away from work must be at least 50 percent below the industry average. First Year Bonar Inc. City of Brevard, Fire Department City of Hendersonville, Fire Department City of Hendersonville, Water & Sewer Department Haywood Vocational Opportunities Inc., Westwood Facility Mills Manufacturing Corp. Moog Components Group, Murphy Operations Town of Boone, Fire Department Trane Carolinas, Asheville Office Second Consecutive Year GE Lighting, Hendersonville Metropolitan Sewerage District, Engineering, Admin. & Water Reclamation Facility & System Services Gold Awards Rate of days away from work, job transfer or restriction must be at least 50 percent below the industry average. First Year Carolina Management Team, Asheville Charah Inc., Asheville Steam Station Operations City of Hendersonville, Police Department Drake Enterprises Duke Energy, Power Delivery, Cherokee Operations Center Duke Energy, Power Delivery, Franklin Garage Facility Logistic Services Inc., Berkley Foothills Medical Associates Friday Staffing Services, Asheville Branch Friday Staffing Services, Hendersonville Branch Friday Staffing Services, Morganton Branch Hayes & Lunsford Electrical Contractors (a subsidiary of Starr Electric Co. Inc.) Hedrick Industries, South McDowell Quarry, McDowell County McNeely Store & Rental, Brevard Store McNeely Store & Rental, Cashiers Store McNeely Store & Rental, Franklin Store McNeely Store & Rental, Sapphire Store McNeely Store & Rental, Sylva Store McNeely Trucking Co. Mission Hospitals Mountain Credit Union N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Franklin Workforce Office Pentair Valves & Controls (Kunkle Valve/Cash Valve)

3 Asheville Safety Award Recipients, page 2 S&ME Inc., Asheville SMARTRAC Technology, Fletcher Second Consecutive Year BorgWarner Daniels Business Services Inc. Duke Energy, Hendersonville Operations Center Haynes Wire Co. Murphy Environmental & Land Management LLC NHM Constructors LLC North Buncombe Family Medicine Park Ridge Health Town of Boone, Administration Department Town of Boone, Public Services Department Unimin Corp., Hawkins Mine Unimin Corp., Quartz Feldspar Operations Third Consecutive Year Cintas Corp., Location 223 City of Brevard, Administrative Department Haywood Vocational Opportunities Inc., Riverbend Facility Keir Manufacturing Inc. M.B. Haynes Corp. Meritor Inc., Ash Street Meritor Inc., Rockwell Drive Oldcastle Industrial Minerals, Fletcher Quarry Southwestern Health System, Murphy Medical Center Unimin Corp., Crystal Plant Unimin Corp., Schoolhouse Quartz Operations Fourth Consecutive Year Baldor Electric Co. City of Brevard, Buildings and Grounds Department Duke Energy, Haywood Operations Center Duke Energy, Spruce Pine Operations Center Duke Energy, Power Delivery, Franklin Operations Center Hedrick Industries, Grove Stone Quarry Buncombe County Vulcan Construction Materials LP, Mideast Division, Penrose Quarry Fifth Consecutive Year Advanced Technology Services Inc., Site 171 Eaton, Asheville Kimberly-Clark Corp., Berkeley Mill LBM Industries Inc. Nantahala Talc & Limestone Co. Vulcan Construction Materials LP, Mideast Division, Hendersonville Quarry

4 Asheville Safety Award Recipients, page 3 Sixth Consecutive Year Grassy Creek Construction Co. Inc. Hedrick Industries, Green River Quarry N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Murphy Workforce Office Seventh Consecutive Year Harrison Construction Co., Dillsboro Quarry Toxaway Concrete Co. Eighth Consecutive Year Graham County Schools 10th Consecutive Year Harrison Construction Co., Tubb Mill Quarry 11th Consecutive Year Cancer Care of Western North Carolina Harrison Construction Co., Waynesville Quarry N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Asheville Workforce Office N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Hendersonville Workforce Office 12th Consecutive Year Young & McQueen Grading Co Inc. 14th Consecutive Year Harrison Construction Co., Cherokee County Quarry N.C. Department of Labor, Compliance, Asheville Field Office N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Brevard Workforce Office N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Bryson City Workforce Office N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Sylva Workforce Office N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, Waynesville Workforce Office 18th Consecutive Year NEO Corp. 19th Consecutive Year Hedrick Industries, North Buncombe Quarry, Buncombe County 20th Consecutive Year Harrison Construction Co., Hayesville Quarry 24th Consecutive Year Asheville Urological Associates Inc. 28th Consecutive Year High Valley Construction and Maintenance Corp.

5 Asheville Safety Award Recipients, page 4 Million-Hour Awards 1 million hours, or multiples thereof, with no lost-time accidents Drake Enterprises, Ltd. 1 Million Hours Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015 Haywood Vocational Opportunities Inc. 1 Million Hours May 2, 2014, through June 2, 2015 Starr Electric Co. Inc. 2 Million Hours Feb. 18, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2015

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