Items Tagged with 'employee safety'

Built tough for walk-in freezers and refrigerated warehouses, these gloves deliver lasting comfort and performance when the work doesn’t stop for the cold. 

A strong PPE policy keeps the cold chain moving.

Performance Based Design allows for engineering principals to be utilized to develop new ways to protect buildings from challenging fires.

Cold environments bring unique considerations. How food handling operators can spot potential problems and address lift truck safety.

SLIPNOT, a leading provider of specialized safety flooring products and surface technologies, will be at PACK EXPO 2021, Sept. 27 – 29, advising manufacturers on how to eliminate slips and falls and create more confident workspaces for employees. 

Sandridge Food Corporation has been recognized by The Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) as a Platinum Award recipient for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to employee wellness through comprehensive worksite health promotion and wellness programs. Sandridge Food Corporation is one of only three other Northeast Ohio companies to achieve a Platinum-level recognition.

Foster Farms is providing the Moderna vaccine to 1,000 employees at its Fresno, California, Cherry Avenue poultry facility. In partnership with Fresno County’s Public Health Department and Vons Pharmacy, this vaccination program marks the first large scale effort to vaccinate a workforce at a major food processing facility in Fresno County.

Editor-in-Chief Michael Costa looks back at the good and bad of an historic year for the cold chain, and what may lie ahead in 2021.

An independent investigation into alleged COVID-19 wagering by management at Tyson Foods’ pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa--allegedly betting on the number of plant employees that would contract coronavirus--has led to the termination of seven plant managers. 

Tyson Foods announced the appointment of Dr. Claudia Coplein to the newly-created role of Chief Medical Officer. Coplein is a physician executive who brings more than 20 years of healthcare experience to the company after holding leadership roles in the insurance, global manufacturing, healthcare and technology fields. Her immediate focus will be assisting the company’s efforts to protect team members during the Covid-19 pandemic, while also working to expand and promote a culture of health, safety and wellness at Tyson.