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2 Mahoning County Firms Get Safety Grants
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two Mahoning County companies are among nine Ohio businesses to share in more than $221,000 in safety intervention grants from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. The bureau designed the grant program to help Ohio employers reduce the incidence of illnesses and injuries in their workforces and create a partnership with them to establish best practices for preventing accidents and injuries.
Canfield Metal Coating Corp. has been awarded $40,000 to purchase vertical pumps (including plumbing and installation) to reduce the risk of injuries associated with performing maintenance operations, including slips, trips, falls, electrical hazards, chemical exposure, respiratory illness and sprains and strains. The company is a processor of light gauge carbon steel coils.
Environmental Specialists Inc. has been awarded $40,000 to purchase 15 height safety systems for their tanker trucks to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls when employes load and unload tanker trucks. Environmental Specialists provides hazardous and nonhazardous waste disposal services to automotive and industrial generators.
"We are pleased whenever we can form a safety partnership with Ohio employers because a focus on safety now prevents injuries later," said Steve Buehrer, BWC administrator/CEO.
Both private and public employers are eligible for safety intervention grants, which include a 2:1 matching amount up to a maximum of $40,000 for a total of $60,000 to $20,000 from the employer and $40,000 from the bureau.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.