June 4, 2009

Timber Roots MTD receives safety and health award, recognized June 5

Workplace safety and health representatives from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) will recognize Timber Roots MTD for its achievement as a Minnesota Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (MNSHARP) worksite during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m., June 5, at 670 S. Main in Dover, Minn.

MNSHARP is a Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MNOSHA) program that recognizes organizations where managers and employees work together to develop safety and health programs that go beyond basic compliance with all applicable OSHA standards and result in immediate and long-term prevention of job-related injuries and illnesses.

"We congratulate Timber Roots for its achievement. Now the organization is viewed as one of the best of the best in safety and health," said Steve Sviggum, DLI commissioner. "Because of their ongoing efforts to reduce on-the-job injuries and illnesses, more workers go home safe and healthy each day."

To achieve MNSHARP status, Timber Roots worked with MNOSHA Workplace Safety Consultation to assemble a comprehensive safety and health program that includes management leadership and employee involvement, an allocation of resources to address safety issues, systems that identify and control workplace hazards, and a plan for employee safety training and education.

Timber Roots millwork facility in Dover, Minn., provides interior and exterior door systems, along with a complete assortment of mouldings, stair parts and related trim components.

Commissioner Sviggum and other DLI representatives will commemorate the organization's employee-employer partnership by presenting a MNSHARP flag and a certificate that exempts the worksite from MNOSHA Compliance scheduled inspections for two years.

MNSHARP began in Minnesota in 1996. Timber Roots is one of 33 active MNSHARP worksites in Minnesota. For more information, visit www.dli.mn.gov/wsc/mnsharp.asp.

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