St. Cloud State University earned the Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence in workplace safety and health, which was presented at the Governor’s Safety Awards luncheon May 8. St. Cloud State is one of 295 employers to be honored by the Minnesota Safety Council awards program.
St. Cloud State is among 85 winners of the Outstanding Achievement Award, which recognizes employers with incident rates that are 51-90 percent better than the industry average and a score between 75 and 90 on the safety program evaluation scale. An additional 169 employers earned the Meritorious Achievement Award and 41 employers won the organization’s highest honor, the Award of Honor.
“Every day in Minnesota, about 100 workers get injured or ill to the point that they can’t go back to their job the next day,” said Paul Aasen, president of the Minnesota Safety Council. “Congratulations to St. Cloud State for their hard work to make sure their employees are not part of this statistic.”
Since 1934, the annual Governor’s Safety Awards program has honored Minnesota employers with exceptional safety performance. Applicants are judged on several years of injury data as it compares with their industry’s national statistics, and on their progress in implementing a comprehensive safety program. Founded in 1928, the Minnesota Safety Council is a non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in Minnesota by preventing unintentional injuries.
St. Cloud State offers safety tips for employees on the Environmental/Occupational Safety and Health website.
