Press Release about Safety Awards Winners

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Contact: Peggy Larsen Greg Summerhays
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Kids Design Company’s Safety Logo

Model companies promote safety in the workplace

SALT LAKE CITY, June 4, 2010—When MS Mechanical needed a safety logo, they approached those who benefit the most from workplace safety—their employee’s children. “We decided that a good way to get our employees more focused on safety would be to get their families involved with an art contest to create a safety logo for our company,” said Mike Willey, Safety Director of MS Mechanical. “We want our employees to remember why they are working safely.”

This is just one example of the many creative safety measures that WCF’s 2010 Charles A. Caine Workplace Safety Award recipients are doing in the workplace to ensure workers go home safe.

“Annually we honor companies for their efforts in protecting workers from workplace accidents and injuries,” said Ray Pickup, president and CEO of WCF. “Since launching the Be Careful Out There campaign we have seen an ongoing trend of incorporating families in employer’s efforts to create an accident free workplace.”

MS Mechanical is just one of 16 companies that were honored by WCF on June 3, 2010 for their leading and creative efforts in workplace safety at an event held at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City.

“With the downturn in the economy companies need to find ways to keep costs down. Preventing workplace accidents and injuries, aside from being the right thing to do, can save companies thousands of dollars on their insurance premiums and keep companies functioning at full capacity,” said Charles Pugh, vice president of Safety at WCF. “Workplace safety must become a priority for every company. The award-winners are leaders in their industries and leaders in safety. We applaud their efforts and urge other Utah companies to similarly focus on workplace safety. “

Recipients of the 2010 WCF Charles A. Caine Workplace Safety Awards are as follows:
K & J Steel
Coates Electrical & Instrument
Alder Construction Company
Daw Construction Group
SanSegal Sportswear
Zero Manufacturing
Intermountain Farmers Association
Newspaper Agency Corporation
USANA Health Sciences
Mike Zimmerman Well Services
Frontier Drilling
Mechanical Service and Systems
Zions Bancorporation
Alpha Transport
Garrison Transportation
Lehi City Corp
Safety Champion Award:
Brian Lichtenfels, Hunter Douglas

About WCF –Salt Lake City-based Workers Compensation Fund is Utah's premier workers compensation insurance provider, promoting workplace safety to more than 21,000 Utah companies. Established in 1917, WCF is owned by its policyholders and governed by a board of directors. WCF offers its customers a variety of services including safety and loss control, claims administration, medical case management, vocational rehabilitation, and fraud investigations. WCF is rated A (Excellent) by the A.M. Best Company.