Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker today presented the Lycoming County Commissioners and county employees with the Governor's Award for Safety Excellence.
Safety is the key to a productive workforce.
Lycoming County's safety initiative has meant a savings of more than one million taxpayer dollars. Comprehensive workers' compensation reform has been a key component of Gov. Ridge's continuing efforts to improve Pennsylvania's climate for jobs. Pennsylvania workers' compensation rates have dropped dramatically compared to neighboring states, according to a Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau study released in 1997. It found that, in one year, Pennsylvania's rates went from the second highest in the region to the second lowest. Injuries are going down at the same time employment is rising to record levels.