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Weyerhaeuser Cottage Grove Lumber Earns Safety Awards

Weyerhaeuser Cottage Grove Lumber Earns Safety Awards

Published 04-03-00

Submitted by Weyerhaeuser Company

For the second year in a row, Weyerhaeuser’s Cottage Grove, Ore., lumber operations received the company’s "Outstanding Safety Performance Award." The mill also received the 1999 Weyerhaeuser Wood Products "Team Safety Award" for displaying improved industrial safety performance against clear objectives and an overall commitment to safety. Cottage Grove was selected to receive this award from nearly 200 facilities.

Last year, Cottage Grove Lumber received SHARP certification (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) from Oregon’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). In 1999, the mill completed the year without a lost-time injury.

"We are proud of our safety record at Cottage Grove," said Don Lenhart, Cottage Grove Lumber manager. "Our employees have focused on making their jobs safer, looking out for those they work with, and extending safety knowledge to their homes as well. They have taken personal responsibility for making their lives safer."

Weyerhaeuser began operating the Cottage Grove sawmill in 1975. The facility uses second-growth Douglas-fir, primarily from Weyerhaeuser forestland located in the Willamette Valley area, to produce premium quality dimension lumber for customers such as Home Depot. Employing 210 people, the facility is a four-shift, seven-day operation, which is unique in the industry today. Annual production is over 300 million board feet, enough to build 20,000 averaged-sized homes.

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the world’s largest integrated forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 1999, sales were $12.3 billion. It has offices or operations in 13 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities.

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