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2003 Safety Award |
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Many of us, as utilities and municipalities, have worked hard at creating a strong safety culture, and deserve the accolades for it. Well, there are two ways to accomplish that. One is on the section level, and the other is on the national level. ________________________________________________________
At the section level a form is completed and forwarded to AWWA in Denver by May 30th.
Upon receipt of the information, AWWA calculates and compares an individual utility's incident (recorded) rate and lost work rate to those rates as published by the U.S. Department of Labor.The most recent statistics available are year 2000 Bureau of Labor Statistics (via OSHA) 2000 rates may be reviewed @ http://www.osha.gov/oshastats/work.html - pdf file, page 10 SIC code 494 water supplies.
Incidence rate = 8.0; Lost Workday Rate = 4.9. Due to these new rates and changes to the award classification size the award criteria changes as well. The figures in brackets are for the 2001 awards. They may change annually. The Categories for recognition are noted by size of the utility, then by accomplishment. The award certificates are generated and sent to section to be presented at your annual section meeting.
Excellence: No injuries or fatalities
Honor : 0-50% of Incidence (or Recorded) rate [0-4.0]Merit: 50%-100% of Recorded rate [4.1-8.0]
Excellence: 0 lost workdays (Lost workday rate = 0)Honor: 0-50% of Lost Workday Rate [1-2.45]Merit: 50% - 100% of Lost Workday Rate [2.46-4.9]
Excellence: <50% of Recorded Rate and
Honor: 50% to 75% of Recorded Rate and
Merit: 75% to 100% of Recorded Rate and
_____________________________________________________________ At the National level a form is completed and forwarded to AWWA in Denver by June 1st. The national award is established in honor of Wendell R. LaDue, and is presented to recognize distinguished safety programs by water utilities .The award is an AWWA safety plaque.
One award is presented annually in each of four classes: Class I - Utilities with fewer than 10 employees Class II - Utilities with 10-100 employees Class III - Utilities with 100-500 employees Class IV - Utilities with over 500 employees To be eligible you need to be nominated by the section in which the utility is located. The nomination form and supplemental data questionnaire provide by AWWA must be submitted. The section safety chair selects one nominee in each of the four classes, based on data outlined in the nomination form and questionnaire, forwarding those to AWWA's awards committee. The deadline is June 1st and the AWWA Health, Safety, and Security Committee serves as the awards committee with an AWWA staff member serving as secretary. The committee reviews and selects one from each class to receive the award.Although the utility's current safety record is important, also considered are the safety records for the past five years, safety program and procedures, and any substantial improvement in those areas.The AWWA National representative in attendance presents the award to the winning utility at their section’s annual meeting. _____________________________________________________________
If you have any questions you can contact Ed Baruth at 303.347.6176, ebaruth@awwa.org, or Christina Jude at cjude@awwa.org. |
