Arlington Heights manufacturing facility receives safety award

An Arlington Heights manufacturing plant received a top safety award from Medline, a provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions.

Medline’s Golden Cone Awards are given to its top-performing manufacturing facilities in the U.S. This year’s awards recognize 17 manufacturing facilities across three size tiers based on employee count and hours worked, and are evaluated using monthly safety metrics, employee engagement in safety advocacy and awareness, and execution of an annual safety plan, according to a news release

Headquartered in Northfield, Medline delivers roughly 335,000 products to health care providers, including about 190,000 unique Medline Brand products across its surgical solutions, front-line care and laboratory and diagnostics divisions.

“The quality our health care customers rely on every day comes from our team members,” said Amanda Laabs, executive vice president and chief product officer. “These awards recognize the dedication of our teams and the pride they take in doing their jobs in a safe manner that delivers for the health care industry.”

This is the third year the Arlington Heights facility has achieved the Golden Cone Award.

“Reaching this milestone is no coincidence and is the result of a disciplined process, strong leadership on each team, and team members who take pride in doing their work safely and correctly,” said Terry Mills, director of operations manufacturing for the facility. “Our team continues to set the standard for what safety-culture looks like and is a non-negotiable part of the job.”