SALISBURY, Md. — Associates at the Perdue Foods’ operation in Lewiston-Woodville, N.C.., recently received two workplace safety awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor.
The more than 1,800 associates were recognized for working 9 million consecutive production hours without an Occupational Safety & Health Administration lost-time injury from June 27, 2012 to Jan. 16, 2015. Since then, the associates have surpassed 10 million consecutive hours for the second time in the operation’s history.
They also received the Commissioner’s Gold Award for no lost workdays and a DART rate that was at least 50 percent. . .