The Mahoning Valley Safety Council (MVSC) is dedicated to occupational safety, injury prevention education and developing resources for your workplace. Use these resources, and the many tools available from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (Ohio BWC), to teach your employees how to spot dangers before an injury occurs.
Supported in part by the Regional Chamber, Mahoning Valley safety and business professionals and the Ohio BWC Division of Safety and Hygiene, the MVSC is a public-private partnership that provides a forum for occupational safety and health information, education and networking in local communities among local employers.
The MVSC—the second largest in Ohio with nearly 400 members—is also part of an Ohio BWC network of more than 70 safety councils throughout the state that are organized through local chambers of commerce, trade and manufacturing associations and other local organizations. The Council meets 12 to 15 times per year and hears industry professionals speak on a variety of topics, from the most basic safety issues to the latest trends in the safety industry. The programs may be eligible for PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification credits.
Membership is currently free and open to all public and private companies, corporations and individual employers in Ohio. Luncheons cost $25 per person. Regional Chamber member companies pay $20 per person.
Ohio BWC Safety Awards
In addition to the premium discount, the Ohio BWC Division of Safety and Hygiene presents award certificates to qualifying companies in the following award categories:
Group Award to the company with the lowest incident rate in each group.
100% Award to each company that works the entire year without a lost-time injury or illness.
Achievement Award to each company that decreases its incident rate by at least 25% from the previous year. A minimum of two years of membership is required.
Special Award to each company that accumulates at least 500,000 hours and at least six months without a lost-time injury.
Joan Kovach Safety Leadership Award
In partnership with City Machine Technologies, Inc., the MVSC annually presents to a Mahoning Valley company the Joan Kovach Safety Leadership Award to recognize safety leadership in training, operations, funding and communications.
This award is named in honor of Joan Kovach, who together with her husband, Michael J. Kovach, Jr., started, owned and operated City Machine Technologies, Inc. since 1985, but who died suddenly in a hiking accident on July 16, 2006. For additional information about the MVSC and this award, please contact Dorothy Boggio, executive director of the Mahoning Valley Safety Council, at (330) 744-2131, ext. 25, or email
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