More than 100 chicken and turkey facilities received safety awards by the Joint Industry Safety & Health Council at the 2016 National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry held on Wednesday in Destin, Florida. The companies received awards in recognition of outstanding performance achieved by implementing innovative and effective employee safety and health programs. The Joint Industry Safety & Health Council consists of members from the National Chicken Council, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, and the National Turkey Federation.
“The Poultry industry has made great progress over the last 20 years when it comes to workplace safety,” the council said. 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 and representing an 81-percent decrease from 1994 (the oldest data available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website), when the recorded rate was 22.7. “This demonstrates the enormous progress poultry processors have made in improving safety for the workforce,” the council said
Consideration for the safety awards 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 Distinction
American Proteins, Hanceville, AL – Rendering
Butterball LLC, Raeford, NC – Hatchery
- 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 Co. Arcadia, WI – Feed Mill
Keystone Foods LLC
- Equity Group – KY Division
- Camilla, GA – Processing
- Gadsden, AL – Further Processing
Koch Foods Inc.- Morton, MS – Feed Mill
Mountaire Farms Inc.
- Princess Anne, MD – Hatchery
- Statesville, NC – Breeder
- Silver City, NC (Mount Vernon) – Hatchery
- Lumber Bridge, NC – Processing
Perdue Farms
- Bridgeville, DE – Feed Mill
- 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 Pride Corp.- Live Oak, FL – Hatchery
Tyson / River Valley Animal Foods- Robards, KY – Rendering
Tyson Foods- Storm Lake, IA – Processing
Wayne Farms LLC
- Dobson, NC – Hatchery
- Troy, AL – Hatchery
- Union Springs, AL – Processing
- Pendergrass, GA – Processing
- Decatur, AL – East Further Processing
Award of Honor
Cargill Turkey Production LLC
- Springdale, AR – Feed Mill
- Purdy, MO – Feed Mill
Cobb-Vantress Inc.- Wadesboro, NC – Hatchery
Foster Farms Inc.-Wadesboro, NC – Hatchery
House of Raeford
- Arcadia, LA – Processing
- Greenville, SC – Processing
- West Columbia, SC – Complex
- Jennie-O Turkey Store
Detroit Lakes, MN – Hatchery - 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 Corp.
- 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 Pride 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
