Hanes’ Canterbury Distribution Center reaches 2 million employee
hours without injury, marking the third time this year that a
significant achievement in the company’s long-held commitment to
employees’ safety and health has been recognized by the North Carolina
Department of Labor
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 20, 2017--
HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI), a leading global marketer of everyday basic
apparel under world-class brands, today announced that its Canterbury
Distribution Center, located in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, is one
of 21 facilities in the state to achieve 2 million employee hours
without injury during the first half of 2017.
This marks the third time in 2017 that Hanes has been recognized for its
safety achievements. The North Carolina Department of Labor honored the
Cleveland Distribution Center, also in Kings Mountain, for reaching 2
million employee hours without an injury in February and the Almondridge
Distribution Center, located in Rural Hall, for achieving 1 million safe
hours in June. The NCDOL million-hour safety awards are given to
facilities that accumulate 1 million or more employee hours with no
cases of injury or illness that involve days away from work.
NCDOL Commissioner Cherie Berry was onsite at Canterbury to present the
certificate to Joel Long, director of distribution for HanesBrands, and
the facility’s more than 300 employees.
“It is always a big achievement when companies in North Carolina exceed
expectations of safety and health in their workplace,” Commissioner
Cherie Berry said. “HanesBrands’ Canterbury Distribution Center in Kings
Mountain has demonstrated that commitment with this recent 2 million
safe hour award, and I applaud them.”
Long commended the Canterbury Distribution Center team for the
achievement: “It is an honor for our Kings Mountain team to be
recognized twice in one year by the North Carolina Department of Labor.
“We value employee safety at HanesBrands, and it is a responsibility
that each of us owns – both for ourselves and those we work with,” he
said. “Achieving 2 million safe hours at both the Canterbury and
Cleveland facilities is a reflection of the strong collaboration and
focus of our dedicated employees.”
The Canterbury Distribution Center, which ships Hanes, Playtex
and Just My Size products to mass and regional retailers, has
received five consecutive NCDOL Gold Safety Awards (2012-2016), one
Silver Award (2011) and achieved 1 million safe hours in February 2016.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a socially responsible
leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in
the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company sells its
products under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes,
Champion, Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex,
Bonds, JMS/Just My Size, Nur Die/Nur Der, L’eggs, Lovable,
Wonderbra, Berlei, and Gear for Sports. The company sells
T-shirts, bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and
activewear produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. A
member of the S&P 500 stock index, Hanes has approximately 68,000
employees in more than 40 countries and is ranked No. 432 on the Fortune
500 list of America’s largest companies by sales. Hanes takes pride in
its strong reputation for ethical business practices. The company is the
only apparel producer to ever be honored by the Great Place to Work
Institute for its workplace practices in Central America and the
Caribbean, and is ranked No. 110 on the Forbes magazine list of
America’s Best Large Employers. For eight consecutive years, Hanes has
won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star sustained
excellence/partner of the year award – the only apparel company to earn
sustained excellence honors. The company ranks No. 172 on Newsweek
magazine’s green list of 500 largest U.S. companies for environmental
achievement. More information about the company and its corporate social
responsibility initiatives, including environmental, social compliance
and community improvement achievements, may be found at www.Hanes.com/corporate.
Connect with HanesBrands via social media on Twitter (@hanesbrands)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc).
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