Josh Wuebker, assistant director of the Perry Public Works Department, recently informed the Perry City Council that Perry’s city workers will be recognized and rewarded again this year for their success in reducing workplace injuries at the annual Safety and Employee Appreciation Day banquet.
The seventh annual awards event take place Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Perry Police Department sally port at 908 Willis Ave., Wuebker said.
Numerous certificates of achievement will be awarded to city workers at the Safety and Employee Appreciation Day, which will also included a number of workshops and lectures on workplace safety and risk avoidance, tempering the festive mood of the day with the awareness that job safety is an ongoing effort and never a completed task.
A catered lunch will cap the celebration.
The city of Perry has significantly lowered the rate of on-the-job injuries to its employees over the last decade and now pays less than half what it was paying in 2006, when the city was threatened with the loss of coverage.
“We continually work to advance the cause of safety among city workers,” Wuebker told the council, “and our success deserves recognition.”
In 2013 the Perry City Council gave $1,000 to the safety committee to hold the first Safety and Employee Appreciation Day in recognition of the steep drop in accidents and insurance premiums. Representatives of all the city of Perry’s departments will be on hand for the seventh annual event and banquet.
