MOUNT VERNON — Knox County Safety Council will hold their annual awards presentation Wednesday, April 18, at the Glenn A. Gallagher Centre. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., with the awards presentation immediately following.
The awards are presented as a result of the semi-annual reports that are submitted to the Ohio BWC in January and July. The four separate awards that can be earned include:Â
100% Award: Presented to each company that has zero injuries or illnesses resulting in a day or more away from work in the previous calendar year.
Group Award: Presented to the company with the lowest incident rate in each group. For this award, the groups are divided by manufacturing with less than 100 employees, manufacturing with more than 100 employees; construction, healthcare, service industries, and government.
Achievement Award: Presented to each employer that decreases its incident rate by at least 25% from the previous year.
Special Award: Presented to each company that accumulates at least 500,000 hours and at least six months without a lost-time injury or illness.
The following local businesses will be recognized for their dedication to safety in the workplace:
- Brenneman Lumber & Kiln Drying
- Buckingham Electric
- Burch Hydro
- Burrows Paper Corp.
- Coyne Graphic Finishing
- CTS, Inc.
- Ellis Brothers
- F.T. Precision
- Griffin Insurance
- J & R Farms
- Kenyon College
- Knox County Career Center
- Knox County Chamber of Commerce
- Knox County Commissioners
- Lanning’s Foods
- Mohican Rehabilitation Services
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Mount Vernon Packaging
- Potemkin Industries
- Prestress Services of Ohio
- Preventive Maintenance Medical
- Printing Arts Press
- Replex Plastics
- Sanoh America
- Select Genetics
- Shannon Staffing
- Siemens Energy
- Small’s Asphalt Paving
- United Aggregates
- Ver-Mac Industries
 Cost to attend is $15 for Non-Safety Council members, $12 for Safety Council Members. RSVP at www.KnoxSafetyCouncil.com or call 740-393-1111.
