Concord Facility Achieves Major Safety Milestone
July 16 2024 - 9:30AM
Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned U.S. food and
agricultural products company, today announced the achievement of a
significant safety milestone. The company’s Concord, North
Carolina food production facility completed an entire year without
an Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
recordable safety incident, a rare safety milestone.
An OSHA recordable incident is any work-related injury or
illness that’s serious enough to require medical attention, cause
missed work, involve a major diagnosis, or lead to unconsciousness,
all tracked by employers 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 has 270 associates which demonstrates the significance of
this milestone.
“Over the past three years, the Concord team has been
implementing a robust Maintenance and Reliability Strategy, which
has led to 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 continuous improvement and unwavering focus
on safety have 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.”
* Agri Stats is a data analytics and consulting company that
focuses on the meat processing industry.
About Perdue FarmsWe’re a fourth-generation,
family-owned, U.S. food and agriculture company. Through our belief
in responsible food and agriculture, we are empowering consumers,
customers, and farmers through trusted choices in products and
services. Perdue Foods consists of a premium protein portfolio,
including our flagship PERDUE® brand, Niman Ranch®, Coleman
Natural®, and Yummy®, as well as our pet brands, Spot
Farms® and Full Moon®, and is available through various
channels including retail, foodservice, club stores, and our
direct-to-consumer website, PerdueFarms.com. Perdue
AgriBusiness is a leading merchandiser, processor, and
exporter of agricultural products and the largest U.S. manufacturer
of specialty, organic, and non-GMO oils. It also ranks as one of
the largest suppliers of organic feed ingredients in the world. Now
in our company’s second century, we never use drugs for growth
promotion in raising poultry and livestock, and we are actively
advancing our animal welfare programs. Our brands are leaders in
no-antibiotics-ever and in USDA-certified organic proteins. Learn
more at Corporate.PerdueFarms.com.
- Concord Facility Achieves Major Safety Milestone
Tom Ryan
Perdue Farms
410-845-3273
corpcomm@perdue.com