• By Todd Luck
• Posted Monday, July 29, 2024

Forsyth County Departments receive safety awards

Forsyth County had 14 departments receive workplace safety awards from the NC Department of Labor during the July 25th Commissioners Meeting.

There were 12 departments that received gold awards: Tax Administration, Register of Deeds, MapForsyth, Interagency Communications. Health & Human Services, Environmental Assistance & Protection, Court Services, Cooperative Extension, Community & Economic Development, Behavioral Health, Budget & Management, Communications. Two departments received Silver Awards: Social Services and Smith Reynolds Airport..

To qualify for an annual safety award, a firm must:.

• Have no fatalities during the calendar year at the site or location for which the award was given; and
• Have maintained an incidence rate at least 50 percent below the average for its particular industry group.

The Gold Award is based on the days away, restricted, transferred (DART) rate, which includes cases of days away from work, restricted activity or job transfer..

The Silver Award is based only on cases with days away from work. They are recorded when the worker misses at least one full day of work, not including the day of the injury..