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BWC Safety Innovations Awards

2017 Winners

2017 award winners

  • 1st Place - $6,000 ICP Adhesives and Sealants, Norton, Ohio - Pneumatically-operated cylinder clamp
  • 2nd Place - $4,000 C&K Industrial Services Inc., Cleveland, Ohio - Hydroblasting robot
  • 3rd Place - $3,000 and People's Choice - $1,000 Holloway, Henderson & Martin LLC, Pickerington, Ohio - Scaffold caddy
  • Honorable Mention - $1,500 Suburban Steel Supply Company, Gahanna, Ohio - Electric transfer cart
  • Honorable Mention - $1,500 Ames Arboreal Group, Columbus, Ohio - JosieBea micrograpple truck

2016 Winners

















2016 award winners

  • 1st Place - $6,000 and People's Choice - $1,000 Cooper Farms Feed and Animal, Fort Recovery, Ohio - Hog Loader
  • 2nd Place - $4,000 Ashland Inc., Dublin, Ohio - Ergonomic Kaizen Events Significantly Reduce Risk
  • 3rd Place - $3,000 Midmark Corp., Versailles, Ohio - Automated Guided Carts
  • 4th Place - $1,500 City of Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - Underground Cable Puller
  • 5th Place - $1,500 AWP Inc., Kent, Ohio - Contractor Grade Bedslide

2015 Winners

















2015 award winners

  • First place $7,000, Bemis North America, Fremont, Ohio - Adjustable height packing platforms
  • Second place $5,000, First Solar Inc., Perrysburg, Ohio - Ergonomic interlayer roll changing
  • Third place $3,000, FORJAK Industrial, Columbus, Ohio - The better, faster, finish painting system
  • Fourth place $1,000, Mansfield Engineered Components, Mansfield, Ohio - Spring-loaded hinge assembly cell
  • Fifth place $1,000, Harmony Systems and Service Inc., Piqua, Ohio - Skid loader to assembly line

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2014 award winners
BWC Staff and 2014 Safety Innovations Competitors: Magee's Express - Honorable Mention; Bryan City Schools - Honorable Mention; Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. - Honorable Mention; Advanced Industrial Roofing Inc. - Judges; and Otterbein University - People's Choice (not pictured: National Machine Company - Honorable Mention)



2013 award winners




























2013 award winners
BWC Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer and 2013 Safety Innovations Competitors: Ghent Manufacturing - Innovation; Miller Cable Company - Risk Reduction and People's Choice; Compunet Clinical Laboratories - Simplicity; and Columbus Window Cleaning - Cost Savings



2012 award winners





















2012 award winners
BWC Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer and 2012 Safety Innovations Competitors: City of Ironton - Cost Savings and Judges; Green Lines Transportation/Roger Bettis Trucking - Presentation Quality; City of Akron, Aexcel - Risk Reduction; Marion Goodwill - Simplicity; and 2011 Miss OHIO Ellen Bryan (not pictured Empire Die Casting Co. Inc. - Honorable Mention)




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