Tarkett Plant in Canada Wins Safety Award

Chagrin Falls, OH, Nov. 24, 2014 -- Tarkett said its Waterloo, Canada commercial plant is the Silver winner of Canada’s Safest Employers Award.

Twenty-seven winners were recognized in Toronto on Oct. 28.

Launched in 2011, Canada's Safest Employers Awards, hosted by Thomson Reuters and Canadian Occupational Safety magazine, recognize companies from all across Canada with outstanding accomplishments in promoting the health and safety of their workers.

The award boasts 10 industry-specific categories, ranging from hospitality to mining and natural resources. Companies are judged on a wide range of occupational health and safety elements, including employee training, OHS management systems, incident investigation, emergency preparedness and innovative health and safety initiatives.

The Tarkett Waterloo site manufactures Johnsonite-branded commercial wall base consisting of over 50,000 active sku’s.