NACCO Materials Handling Group, the makers of Hyster and Yale lift trucks, recently received the Carolina Star Safety Award at a ceremony hosted by the North Carolina Department of Labor.

In order to qualify, a company needs to pass an initial assessment to prove that its facilities are a safe, healthy and productive work environment. The following six elements constitute the Carolina Star’s SEE & ACT requirements:

• Statistics
• Everyone’s commitment
• Employee involvement
• Analyze hazards
• Control risks
• Training

In addition to receiving the Carolina Star Safety Award at the ceremony, NMHG was honored with the North Carolina Department of Labor Million-Hour Safety Award and Gold Safety Award for the seventh consecutive year.

Million-Hour Safety Awards are given to firms that accumulate one million employee hours with no case of injury or illness involving days away from work. Last year, NMHG reached three-million hours without a lost time accident in its Greenville, N.C., facility. Gold Safety Awards include cases of days away from work, restricted activity or job transfer.

Headquartered in Cleveland, NMHG designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally under the Hyster and Yale brand names.