Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned U.S. food and agricultural products company, proudly announces a significant safety milestone at its Concord, North Carolina, food production facility. The facility completed an entire year without an Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recordable safety incident, marking a rare achievement in workplace safety.
An OSHA recordable incident includes any work-related injury or illness requiring medical attention, causing missed work, involving a major diagnosis, or leading to unconsciousness. Employers track these incidents to improve workplace safety.
On July 11, the Concord team celebrated one year without a single recordable safety incident. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average poultry processing facility experiences 5.7 recordable incidents per 100 employees annually. The Concord facility, with 270 associates, highlights the significance of this milestone.
“Over the past three years, the Concord team has been implementing a robust Maintenance and Reliability Strategy, resulting in a 60% improvement in overall plant downtime performance, a 140% improvement in maintenance labor spend variance to standard, and a 120% improvement in material and services spend variance to standard,” said Gregg Uecker, chief supply chain and operations officer of Perdue Farms. “These efforts have been key in achieving this incredible safety milestone.”
The Concord site’s commitment to continuous improvement and safety has been recognized with the prestigious Reliability of Everything Culture Improvement award from Efficient Plant magazine and the University of Tennessee Reliability & Maintainability Center.
“This milestone is a celebration of our team’s dedication to maintaining a safe and productive workplace,” said Joe Johnson, Perdue Director of Operations in Concord. “This is a great milestone for our team, and I want to personally thank all our associates for their hard work and dedication.”
