SLC 2015: Take a Tour of Baldor Electric's Belton, S.C. Facility [Photo Gallery]

Oct. 26, 2015
A number of great facility tours were scheduled as part of the 2015 Safety Leadership Conference, held Oct. 26-28 in Greenville, S.C. The 125 employees at Baldor Electric's Belton, S.C. facility have worked 4.5 million hours without a lost-time incident. That's 17 years without an injury that caused an employee to miss work. The employees and management of the facility have accomplished this feat through engagement, personal responsibility for safety, humor and training. Join EHS Today's Editor-in-Chief Sandy Smith on her tour of the facility.

A number of great facility tours were scheduled as part of the 2015 Safety Leadership Conference, held Oct. 26-28 in Greenville, S.C.

The 125 employees at Baldor Electric's Belton, S.C. facility have worked 4.5 million hours without a lost-time incident. That's 17 years without an injury that caused an employee to miss work. The employees and management of the facility have accomplished this feat through engagement, personal responsibility for safety, humor and training. Join EHS Today's Editor-in-Chief Sandy Smith on her tour of the facility.

Read what she has to say about Baldor's safety process here...

About the Author

Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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