Cytec Industries, Inc. Receives Governor's Safety Award
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 | 07:20am
Safety Record Dates Back to January 2009
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that Cytec Industries, Inc. in Mt. Pleasant was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety.
"Cytec Industries has demonstrated strong commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace," said Jim Flanagan, Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program Manager, who presented the Governor’s Award of Excellence to the company today. “The evaluation criteria for this award are challenging, and this company has worked extremely hard to meet and exceed the standards the award requires.”
The Governor’s Safety Award honors Tennessee employers and employees who meet a required number of hours without workplace injuries serious enough to cause an employee to miss a day of work or restrict normal job activities. The number of hours required is based on the size of the company.
Cytec Industries, Inc. has 126 employees and is a manufacturer of organic chemicals. The facility has qualified for the Governor’s Award by working more than 450,000 hours without a lost time or restricted duty workplace injury or illness. The site’s injury-free record dates back to January 2009.
For more information on the Governor’s Safety Award and other TOSHA award programs, contact TOSHA’s Consultative Services office at (800) 325-9901.
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