11/14/2001 - City of Tigard Earns Gold Medal Safety Award CITY OF TIGARD PRESS RELEASE
• 13125 SW Hall Blvd. November 14, 2001
Tigard, Oregon 97223
For Immediate Release
Contact: Loreen Mills, Risk Manager
City of Tigard
503-639-4171, ext. 327
City of Tigard Earns Gold Medal Safety Award
Safety is a high priority for the City of Tigard employees. This protects not only the
employees themselves, but the property entrusted to them by the Tigard citizens.
Each year the League of Oregon Cities and the City/County Insurance Services Pool sponsor
an annual safety awards program. The purpose of the annual safety program is to encourage
Oregon cities to participate in loss-prevention programs by recognizing those cities that
• demonstrate outstanding achievement in the area of safety.
All Oregon cities that employ regular full-time employees are eligible to participate in this safety
award program. Tigard, with 253 employees, competed in the category of cities with 150
employees and more this year.
The City of Tigard was awarded a Gold Medal Safety Award at the 7e annual League of
Oregon Cities Conference held in Eugene November 11, 2001.
Award winners are determined by the lowest injury-frequency rate. This rate is computed by
the number of lost-time injuries per 200,000 person hours worked. Tigard's injury-frequency
rate was 1.10 for the fiscal year 2000-2001. Over the previous two years, the City received the
Silver Award.
During the November 13, 2001 City Council Meeting, the Council expressed their appreciation
and congratulated the efforts of each and every City employee
ee and their outstanding
• achievement in maintaining a safe work place!
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