Local Company to Receive Safety Award from the Department of Commerce

 

WHO:                     Twist, Inc. employees and management & representatives from the Ohio
 Department of Commerce Occupational Safety and Health On-Site Consultation 
 Program

 WHAT:                  Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award presentation

 WHEN:                  Monday, September 10th at 9:00 a.m.

 WHERE:                Twist, Inc.
                               47 S. Limestone Street
                               Jamestown, OH 45335
                               Phone - (937) 675-9581

WHY:                     Twist, Inc. is one of four companies in Ohio to receive this prestigious safety award. This is their ninth SHARP award. The award recognizes the company's effort to work with their employees and develop and implement effective injury and illness prevention programs.

NOTES:                 The SHARP award program promotes effective safety and health program management and provides model programs for other small, high hazard employers to follow. SHARP recognizes employers who practice exemplary safety and health programs at their work sites, which result in the immediate and long term prevention of job related injuries and illnesses.

                               The SHARP award is good for one year and provides an exemption from federal 
                              Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) general schedule inspections 
                              during that period. OSHA recognizes that employers like Twist, Inc. have put 
                              procedures in place that ensure hazards are identified and corrected in a proactive 
                              fashion.

                               Twist, Inc. is a manufacturer of metal spring products with over 275 employees. To 
                              receive the SHARP award, Twist, Inc. worked closely with    Commerce's On-site 
                              Consultation Program to ensure safety and health management systems are
                              established and are sustainable in reducing injuries and illnesses in the work place. By 
                              working with the On-Site Consultation Program and making revisions to their safety 
                              and health management system, Twist, Inc. showed its concern for its employees and 
                              the importance of their safety to Twist's management and ownership.

 

 

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