PORTLAND – The Concrete Division of Dragon Cement and Concrete has gone five years – more than 850,000 work hours – without a lost-time injury among the nearly 100 employees who work in the division.

The division delivers ready-mix concrete to construction projects throughout the state.

A safety program initiated at Dragon in 2000 includes incentives and rewards for safety. For example, when employees in each division go a full quarter without a lost-time injury, all employees in that division receive a gift certificate safety reward. In addition, employees fill out forms to report unsafe practices, so the situation can be corrected to prevent mishaps. Each quarter the employees go without a lost-time injury, the higher the amount of the gift certificates.

Headquartered at 38 Preble St., Dragon employs 230 statewide and has concrete plants in Biddeford, Portland, Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Fairfield, Canton, Westbrook, Presque Isle and Madawaska.