Ravenna – Forty-eight employers in Portage County have earned recognition from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for reaching a year without workplace injuries or illnesses that kept workers away from work for more than a day.
The employers received BWC’s 100% Award during the Portage County Safety Council’s annual awards ceremony.
“When speaking with employers, I encourage them to elevate safety as a core value within their organization,” said Dr. Abe Al-Tarawneh, chief of BWC’s division of safety and hygiene. “That’s just what these employers are doing as participants in BWC’s one-of-a-kind Safety Council Program. As award recipients, they exemplify the positive results that can follow.”
Local employers recognized with the the 100% Award include:
- Access to Independence
- Air Craft Wheels, LLC
- Aluminum Wheel Technologies
- Astra Products Ltd.
- Brimfield Township
- Cantex Inc.
- Cleveland Punch & Die
- Commercial Roofing and Coating Systems
- Compass Packaging
- Cosar Mold, Inc.
- Delta Systems Inc.
- Elbex Corporation
- Emerald Environmental Services, Inc.
- Emerald Transportation
- GCS Industrial Services, Ltd.
- Guido’s Pizza & Catering, Inc.
- Hamrick Mfg. & Service, Inc.
- HB Chemical
- Hummel Construction Co.
- Jade Sterling Steel
- James A Garfield Local School District
- Johnson Matthey Process Technologies
- Kensington Care Center
- Kent Adhesives Products Company
- Kent PaverBrick, LLC
- LayerZero Power Systems, Inc.
- Lite Metals Company, Inc.
- New Adventures Ltd.
- Old Forge Services Inc.
- PALS – Portage Play and Learn School
- Paul Adelman Trucking, Inc.
- Peerless Leasing Corporation
- Pettigrew Pumping Service, Inc.
- Podnar Plastics, Inc.
- Portage Development Board
- Portage Industries, Inc.
- Proto Machine & Mfg.
- R.W. Martin & Sons, Inc.
- Radix Wire
- Ready to Haul, LLC
- Rez-Tech Corp.
- RMP Transportation Co., Inc.
- RoviSys Company
- Saco Polymers, Inc.
- Saw Systems Inc
- Seal Master Corporation
- Swift First Aid
- Village of Hiram
Recipients of the 100% Award are among 67 local businesses that received awards. The council also honored employers in three other award categories:
- The Special Award for Safety recognizes employers with at least 500,000 hours and at least six months without an injury resulting in a day or more away from work.
- The Group Award for Safety recognizes employers with the lowest incident rate within their business/industry type;
- The Achievement Award recognizes employers that reduced incident rates from the previous year by 25-percent or more.
The Portage County Safety Council is one of more than 80 across the state that partner with BWC to educate employers and workers about the importance of workplace safety.
Visit bwc.ohio.gov to learn more about Ohio’s Safety Council Program.
