MEMBER INVOLVEMENT
EARN A PREMIUM DISCOUNT THROUGH SAFETY EDUCATION
More than 6,000 Ohio employers will save millions of dollars on their workers’ compensation premiums. And you can join them.
Get a 2-percent discount on your premiums by becoming an active member of one of 80 BWC Division of Safety & Hygiene sponsored safety councils*. Reduce either the severity or frequency of injuries by 10 percent, or keep both at zero, and you will earn an additional 2-percent performance rebate.
• Learn techniques for increasing safety in your workplace.
• Learn how to better manage your workers’ compensation program.
• Network with other employers in your community.
• Access useful, money-saving workers’ comp and risk management information.
To qualify for the discount, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:
1. Join your local safety council by July 31, 2008;
2. Attend 10 safety council meetings or BWC sponsored events**;
3. Send a qualified senior-level manager to a safety council sponsored meeting;
4. Submit semiannual workplace accident reports for the 2008 calendar year.
For more information, call 1-800-OHIOBWC. You may also visit ohiobwc.com, and click on Safety services, Training services and Safety councils.
*The discount offer excludes self-insuring employers and state agencies. However, BWC encourages everyone to become active safety council members.
** At least eight through the local safety council. You can get credit for up to two meetings by attending. Workers’ Compensation University, Ohio Safety Congress & Expo or a training class offered through the Division of Safety & Hygiene. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Contact the Hancock County Safety Council of GreaterFindlayInc. at (419) 422-3313.
Download Hancock County Safety Council Brochure
SAFETY COUNCIL DISCOUNT PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FY09
1. Enroll in local safety council by July 31, 2008
- Find a list of Ohio safety councils at ohiobwc.com.
2. Attend 10 meetings or events between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009
- At least eight of the 10 meetings must be safety council meetings. Up to two of the 10 can be external educational options outlined below, but all 10 can be safety council meetings.
- A person can represent only one policy number with their attendance at a meeting.
- Employer has the option to gain credit for up to two meetings through attendance at Workers’ Compensation University, Ohio Safety Congress & Expo, BWC’s Division of Safety & Hygiene (DSH)safety training courses or industry-specific training.
- DSH safety training credit is available for training conducted at the Ohio Center for Occupational Safety and Health (OCOSH) in Pickerington or one of its branches.
- No matter the duration of the training or special event, attendance applies toward only one meeting credit.
- Safety training conducted at the employers’ workplace, online or required Drug-Free Workplace training does not qualify for the safety council discount program eligibility.
- It is the employer’s responsibility to submit documentation to his or her safety council by June 30, 2009, for attendance at non-safety council training or events to qualify.
- Documentation must be an official certificate of attendance or transcript.
3. CEO must attend any one safety council sponsored function or meeting
- CEO attendance counts as credit toward one of the 10 required meetings.
- If a CEO is representing multiple policy numbers, his/her attendance fulfills the CEO attendance requirement for all policies, but counts as meeting credit for only one policy number.
4. Submit semiannual reports for the 2008 calendar year
5. 2-percent premium discount
- Employers meeting these participation eligibility requirements will receive a refund of 2 percent of their annual premium.
- The discount offer excludes self-insuring employers and state agencies.
- Employers must have active coverage status and no outstanding BWC balance to qualify.
- Employers who meet the participation requirements will be eligible for 2-percent performance bonus.
- BWC will calculate the performance bonus based on claims data.
Ohio Employers Receive More Than $16.2 Million in Safety Discounts
Hancock County Safety Council Earns $121,645.56 in Discounts
(FINDLAY, Ohio, October 3, 2008)—Hancock County area businesses are among the 6,400 Ohio employers that shared more than $16.2 million in savings through the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Safety Council Discount Program. Locally over $121,645.56 was reinvested into the business community through those participating in the Hancock County Safety Council, a division of GreaterFindlayInc.
The BWC’s Division of Safety and Hygiene sponsors 80 statewide safety councils which inform participants of new safety techniques, products and services, and provide a thorough knowledge of topics, including occupational safety and health, workers’ compensation and risk management education.
Eligible employers participating in BWC’s Safety Council Discount Program can earn a two-percent premium discount. An additional two-percent performance bonus is available for employers that reduce either frequency or severity of claims by 10-percent or more below the previous year, or that maintain both frequency and severity at the previous year’s level.
For more information, please contact GreaterFindlayInc. at 419-422-3313.
