PORTLAND — At its recent annual meeting, workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC presented awards for workplace safety to six of its nearly 20,000 policyholders.

At the Portland Museum of Art, Karl Siegfried, assistant vice president for Loss Control and Safety, paid tribute to the following employers for their workplace safety efforts:

— Hammond Lumber Company, Belgrade

— Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Berlin, N.H.

— Systems Engineering, Inc., Portland

— Currier Plastics Inc., Auburn, N.Y.

— ShopRite — Drust Market LLC, Wallingford, Conn.

— Penobscot McCrum LLC, Belfast

“Every year we look forward to this opportunity to recognize businesses that truly stand out in the crowd,” said Siegfried. “Today, we recognize six policyholders of MEMIC’s nearly 20,000. They exemplify in their own unique way how smart businesses operate by putting worker safety first.”

Hammond Lumber

Since its founding 60 years ago, Hammond Lumber Company has become one of the largest and most prominent building material suppliers in Maine. From the company’s senior management to its more than 400 employees working in 12 locations across the state, including Brunswick on Spring Street, Hammond Lumber demonstrates a consistent and accountability-based approach to worker safety.