The Town of Leland has received five awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) Safety Awards Program. This is the second time the Town’s Safety & Wellness Committee has applied to this program and received awards.
The Town received gold awards for Town Hall, the Leland Cultural Arts Center, Fire Station 51, and Fire Station 53. The Town also received the silver award for the Municipal Operations Center.
According to the NCDOL, the Safety Awards Program recognizes private firms and public agencies throughout the state that achieve and maintain outstanding safety records. The program is designed to stimulate interest in accident prevention and to promote safety in the workplace by providing an incentive to employers and employees to maintain a safe and healthy workplace.
NCDOL representatives presented Town staff with the awards during a ceremony on May 21.
To qualify for an annual safety award, NCDOL states that an agency must have had no fatalities at the site during the calendar year for which the award is given and must have maintained either a perfect safety record for that year or an incidence rate at least 50 percent below the average for its particular industry group. There are two levels under the annual safety awards program: gold and silver. The gold award is based on the days away, restricted, transferred (DART) rate, which includes cases of days away from work, restricted activity, or job transfer. The silver award is based only on cases with days away from work. They are recorded when the worker misses at least one full day of work, not including the day of the injury.
Learn more about the Safety Awards Program.
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