Safety National Announces Winners of the 2024 Safety First Grant Program

Today, Safety National announced the winners of its annual Safety First Grant Program. Three policyholders will be awarded matching grants in order to develop the creative risk control ideas they submitted into formal safety programs.

“As a market leader and safety advocate, we are committed to identifying industry innovation that reduces the risk of employee injury and illness,” said Mark Wilhelm, Executive Chairman of Safety National. “Over the last 10 years, the Safety First Grant Program has funded 32 risk control projects, responding to the emerging needs of our clients while building a blueprint for safer workplaces.”

Winners of the 2024 program included:

• First Place – Berry Global was awarded the $10,000 matching grant for the addition of radar technology capable of detecting human motion inside of an industrial robot cell. This innovation will prevent dangerous machine restarts, which can result in significant injury.
• Second Place – Bigge Group was awarded the $5,000 matching grant toward the implementation of an enterprise-wide system used to monitor workplace temperature. These sensors can detect rising heat levels, mitigating heat-related illnesses.
• Third Place – Lam Research was awarded the $2,500 matching grant to install ergonomic improvement equipment, including over 30 pneumatic and electric adjustable tables. This technology will eliminate problematic manual material handling tasks that lead to musculoskeletal disorders.

Nominees for the annual Safety First Grant Program must be an active Safety National policyholder with a risk-reducing solution that applies to the workers’ compensation line of coverage. The applied solutions must relate to an identifiable and quantifiable loss source and include an anticipated estimate of injury cost savings for the policyholder.

“Each year, our applicants submit increasingly impressive innovative and creative risk management ideas for this program, finding new ways to build a safer workplace for their employees,” said Matt McDonough, Assistant Vice President – Risk Control of Safety National. “In celebrating these winning submissions, we hope other organizations are inspired to discover their next great risk-reducing solutions.”

Full details on the 2024 Safety First Grant Program winning solutions can be found at https://www.safetynational.com/2024-safety-first-grant-winners/

The 2025 grant application period will open in June 2025.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Servicing thousands of customers nationwide since 1942, the company offers specialized expertise, flexible program and placement design, and unique claims proficiency. Safety National is a member of the Tokio Marine Group and is rated A++ (Superior), FSC XV by A.M. Best. Learn more at www.safetynational.com.

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