Spotlight on safety

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Employees at Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care in Denver want to earn a spot on the wall. After one year without any safety incidents, employees get their photos hung in the office, earning them recognition and rewards through an incentivized safety program Swingle introduced in 2009.

“You constantly have to keep the awareness up so that you keep the complacency out of your workplace,” says Kelly Gouge, Swingle's director of operations. “One of the ways to do that is by recognizing the folks who have achieved milestones without any incidents.”

With a safety committee made up of employees, Swingle monitors incidents including personal injuries, property damage, service at the wrong address, pesticide spills, vehicle accidents and excessive traffic violations. If any of these happen, the employee's one-year countdown starts over.

Click here to read the full article in the May issue.