Hammond Lumber Company (Hammond) has been awarded the National Safety Council’s (NSC) 2020 Industry Leader Award in four of its branches for outstanding safety. The award goes to the top 5 percent of NSC member companies, units and facilities that have qualified for the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award based on 2019 safety data. Winners are selected based on NAICS code, lowest total incident rate, and
employee work hours.
Hammond had four branches recognized as NSC Industry Leaders for no lost-time accidents
last year, a reflection of the company’s emphasis on safety. The four branches include, Belgrade,
Damariscotta, Farmington, and Machias.
“We strive to have no lost time,” says Bruce Pelletier, vice president of safety and risk management
for Hammond. “And by lost time, we mean not only time lost here at work, but also time lost at home with loved ones. As a fourth-generation, family-owned company, the Hammond family understands what it’s like for other families. They want to keep everybody safe.”
In Belgrade, Hammond’s headquarters, the branch won the NSC’s Million Work Hours Award after going more than one million consecutive hours between February 11, 2005 and April 19, 2008 without a job-related injury or illness that resulted in lost time. More recently Belgrade has received a second NSC Million Work Hours Award after going 2,003,623 consecutive hours between May 24, 2012 and December 31, 2018 without job related injuries or illness that resulted in lost time.
Hammond Lumber Company is the largest lumber and building materials retailer in Maine and the 21st largest ProSales dealer in the country. Hammond has 820 employees and 21 locations across Maine. Committed to workplace safety, the lumber company has received numerous accolades, including 2020 ProSales Dealer of the Year and the National Safety Council's 2020 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award. The company's locations include, Auburn, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Belfast, Belgrade, Blue Hill, Boothbay Harbor, Brunswick, Bucksport, Calais, Camden, Cherryfield, Ellsworth, Damariscotta, Fairfield, Farmington, Greenville, Machias, Portland, Rockland and Skowhegan.
Hammond Lumber has been an LMC member since 1983.
To learn more about Hammond, visit www.hammondlumber.com.
