BELGRADE — Hammond Lumber Company has received two awards from the Northeast Lumber Manufacturers Association for outstanding safety performance in 2013 at its sawmill and planer mill in Belgrade. The awards are given to mills operating in the New England, New York and Pennsylvania.

A Maine family-owned business founded in 1953, Hammond finished first in Division 1 for its sawmill and first in Division 2 for the combined operations of both mills.

According to safety director Bruce Pelletier, there has not been a lost-time accident in the sawmill since 2004, nor in the planer mill since 2001.