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Rubbermaid Commercial Products Cleveland, TN Receives Commissioner’s Award of Excellence
Winchester, VA (August 17, 2007) – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that Rubbermaid Commercial Products’ textile facility in Cleveland, Tennessee was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety.
The Commissioner’s Award honors Tennessee employers and their employees who together have achieved a required number of hours worked without experiencing a lost workday case and have maintained total injury and illness incidence rates below the national average. The number of hours required is based on the size of the company.
“The management and employees of Rubbermaid Commercial Products have demonstrated strong commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace,” said Commissioner Neeley, who presented the Commissioners Award. “The evaluation criteria for this award are ambitious, and this company has worked conscientiously to meet and exceed the standards the award requires.”
Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC in Tennessee, employs 320 people and qualified for the Commissioner’s Award by working more than 833,966 man hours without a lost workday case. This injury free record covers the period from September 2005 through December 2006. The plant continued this momentum through March 2007 accumulating more than 1.3 million hours without a lost time accident.
About Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
Rubbermaid Commercial Products, headquartered in Winchester, VA, is a manufacturer of innovative, solution-based products for commercial and institutional markets worldwide. Since 1968, RCP has pioneered technologies and system solutions in the categories of food services, sanitary maintenance, waste handling, material transport, and safety products. A 1999 merger joining Rubbermaid Inc. with Newell Co. formed Newell Rubbermaid Inc., a $6.5 billion global product powerhouse. RCP, an ISO 9001:2000 manufacturer, is a division of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and continues to develop innovative products.
