BELGRADE — The Northeast Lumber Manufacturers Association recently announced that it has given Hammond Lumber Company, which has a location in Brunswick, four awards for outstanding safety performance during 2016 at Hammond’s sawmill and planer mill in Belgrade.
The awards are given to mills operating in New England, plus New York and Pennsylvania.
A Maine family-owned business founded in 1953, Hammond finished first in Division 2 for the combined operations of both mills. Divisions are determined by the number of worker hours logged during a calendar year. A Division 1 classification represents 1-25,000 hours, while Division 2 represents 25,000-50,000 hours.
Hammond also earned first place in Division 1 for planer mill safety, second place in Division 2 for sawmill safety, and a fourth honor for achieving an accident-free year in both mills.
According to safety director Bruce Pelletier, there has not been a lost-time accident in the sawmill since 2004, nor in the planer mill since 2001.
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