Navistar Wins 1st Place in BWC’s Safety Innovation Competition

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) awarded four Ohio employers with Safety Innovation Awards for innovations that addressed safety concerns in their workplaces.

The awards were presented during BWC’s Safety Congress & Expo, the agency’s annual occupational health and safety conference at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

The winners and cash awards include:

1st place ($6,000 award): Navistar, Springfield

2nd place ($4,000 award): MPW Industrial Services, Hebron

3rd place ($3,000 award): Terracon Consultants Inc., Cincinnati

4th place ($1,500 award): Ramco Electric Motors, Inc., Greenville

MPW Industrial Services also was selected to receive the People’s Choice Award by OSC18 attendees and will receive an additional $1,000.

The four finalists, selected from dozens of applicants, showcased their innovations at the Safety Congress Expo Marketplace this week. A panel of independent judges evaluated and scored the innovations based on a number of criteria, including risk reduction, innovation and cost savings, presentation quality and potential for the innovation to be used by other employers.