Chamber members receive safety awards from N.C. Department of Labor

Cabarrus Country Club was the site of the 56th Annual Safety Awards Luncheon on April 24.
Presented by Philip Morris USA, along with the Ben Mynatt Family Dealerships and Perdue Farms, the luncheon was held to congratulate private and public entities for a significant record of safety in the workplace.
N.C. Department of Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry, the self-described “elevator lady,” gave the awards.
The awards process requires application to the state Department of Labor. Criteria includes no fatalities during the calendar year at the site or location for which the award is given, and a lost workday case rate at least 50 percent below the statewide average for a particular industry group.
The following governments and companies earned awards:
• Cabarrus County
• Cemex — Concord
• Chandler Concrete Company Inc., Salisbury Plant
• City of Concord
• City of Kannapolis
• Concord Builders Inc.
• Concrete Supply Co., Kannapolis, Concord and Salisbury plants
• Corning Inc., Concord plant
• Duke Energy, Kannapolis Operations Center
• Employment Security Commission, Concord office
• Hanesbrands Inc., China Grove plant
• Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks
• Meridian Automotive Systems Inc., Salisbury operations
• Mount Pleasant Hosiery Mills Inc.
• Philip Morris USA, Cabarrus facility
• Rowan Vocational Opportunities Inc.
• Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
• Southeastern Packaging Co.
• Superior Industrial Maintenance Company Inc.
• Trelleborg Prodyn Inc.
• Tuscarora Yarns Inc., China Grove, Mount Pleasant and Oakboro plants
• Universal Forest Products Inc.
• Vulcan Construction Materials LP, Gold Hill Quarry
• W.A. Brown & Son Inc.
• Water & Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County, Rocky River Regional Water Treatment Plant and Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Facility
• West Atlantic Transportation Corp.