HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-04-28 Award The City of Iowa City recently received a
safety award from the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council.
The basis of the award is the City~s injury
incident rate for 1997. Although the national
average is 12.6 injuries (per 100 employees), our
Presentation of the award was held in
conjunction with Iowa-Illinois Safety Counoilfs 45
annual Professional Development Conference, April
15-16, in Des Moines.
~Laking the award presentation was Governor
Terry Branstad.
Division, and Earlis Stock/nan, Parks Division, who
accepted the award on behalf of the City.
These two City employees exemplify the very
best of the City's safety program. Senior
Maintenance Worker Wells has a personal record of
24 years without an occupational injury; Senior
~laintenance Worker Stockman has worked 2S years
without injury.
(A press release will go out when we receive a
copy of the official photo picturing Wells and
Stockman accepting the award from Governor
B~anstad.)