LLR Safety Awards Application Now Available

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation invite you to participate in the 2011 Safety Achievement Awards program. The program recognizes a firm’s efforts to reduce recordable occupational injuries and illnesses during the past year.

The program is open to any employer with an average of 100 or more employees. Awards are presented in four categories:

• No recordable injuries or illnesses during calendar year 2011;
• A reduction of at least 40 percent in an employer’s incidence rate between 2010 and 2011;
• A difference of at least 75 percent in an employer’s 2011 incidence rate and the 2010 South Carolina average rate for that industry.
• Worked one million or more safe work hours without a lost-time injury or illness.

If you have any questions, contact Lesia Kudelka by email at Lesia.Kudelka@llr.sc.gov or by phone at (803) 896-4376. Applications can be sent by Fax to Lesia at (803) 896-44515, emailed or sent by regular mail.

Download Application (pdf)

Complete and return the application no later than January 30, 2011.

Governor, LLR Recognize BE&K/Turner for Safety Milestone

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Governor Nikki R. Haley and LLR Director Catherine Templeton today presented the BE&K/Turner Joint Venturewith an award for working 4 million hours without a lost-time accident on the Boeing campus in Charleston.

Less than 1 percent of South Carolina employers reach 1 million safe work hours, so reaching 4 million in less than two years makes BE&K/Turner a workplace safety leader in this state, Templeton said. Read More Governor, LLR Recognize BE&K/Turner for Safety Milestone