FORT SMITH, Arkansas (June 3, 2016)—Baldor Electric Company’s gearbox manufacturing plant located in Belton, South Carolina, recently completed 18 years without a lost-time accident, and the employees have worked one year without any recordable accidents. Recently the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation recognized the facility as a 2016 Palmetto Shining Star recipient for achieving 1 million or more safe work hours without a lost-time injury.