"This milestone is the result of every employee ensuring not only his or her own safety, but the safety of their team members and anyone else who comes to our plant.  Safety is a part of everything we do,” said Plant Manager Terry Hartlage.  “We have systems in place to ensure we maintain high standards and safe behavior, but it is the dedication of our employees to work safe each day that is the driving force behind our outstanding results in this area.”

In addition to the 2 million hour milestone, the West Hazleton plant is on track to have zero OSHA recordable injuries for calendar year 2009.  Since January 2007, the plant has had only 2 recordable injuries.

Doug Fraser, Vice President of Operations for Henkel, said, “We congratulate the West Hazleton plant on achieving the significant milestone of 2 million safe hours. This achievement, coupled with the plant's incident rate performance these past three years, clearly places West Hazleton as one of the safest manufacturing operations in the world. These types of results are only possible when each employee takes responsibility for their personal safety and for the safety of the people they work with. We thank the employees for their commitment and hard work in living the statement, ‘Nothing we do is worth getting hurt.’"

Henkel in North America:
Henkel markets a wide range of well-known consumer and industrial brands in North America, including Dial® soaps, Purex® laundry detergents, Right Guard® antiperspirants, got2b® hair gels, and Loctite® adhesives. Henkel has been committed to making people’s lives easier, better and more beautiful for more than 130 years.  A Fortune Global 500 and Germany’s most admired company according to a recent Fortune survey, Henkel offers strong brands and technologies in three areas of competence: Home Care, Personal Care, and Adhesive Technologies.  Each day, more than 52,000 employees in 125 countries are dedicated to fulfilling Henkel’s claim “A Brand Like a Friend.”  In fiscal 2008, Henkel generated sales of $20.8 billion and adjusted operating profit of $ 2.1 billion.