Our Workplace Safety Incentive subsidizes and encourages district improvements that directly support staff safety improvements or reduction of workplace injury. While PSWCT/UP values student safety, our organizational mission demands a focus on workplace impact and Workers’ Compensation claim prevention/reduction. As a Workers’ Compensation incentive, this applies directly to staff safety and risk reduction.
EVALUATION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS
PSWCT/UP allocates up to $50,000 for the annual Workplace Safety Incentive Program, awarded to projects that seek to eliminate, mitigate, or reduce the risk of employee injury and illness aligned with losses that the district has incurred within the most recent five (5) fiscal years. PSWCT/UP will reimburse districts the costs associated with the risk mitigating project up to $10,000 per district. Up to five (5) Workplace Safety Incentive Program Awards will be awarded each fiscal year.
Program applications should include specific details about the project including scope, purpose, desired outcome, benefits, timeline, and cost of the project. Projects will be assessed based on:
- Potential to prevent employee injury and illness.
- Risk-reducing solutions that apply to workers’ compensation.
- Sustainability and cost-effectiveness.
- Use of employee injury and illness data relevant to current losses.
Applications will be reviewed from November 16 to November 22 and award notification will occur on November 25 – November 29. When WSIP funds have been exhausted, the application window is closed until the next year’s eligibility is announced.
ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE
Eligibility is reviewed and established annually. To qualify, Member Districts must:
- Be a member of the Trust for the entire grant application and award process timeline.
- Actively participate in at least four (4) of the five (5) Risk Reduction Programs listed below, of which one (1) of those programs must be an established and functional Safety Committee; and
- Maintain a combined average score of 70% or greater in their current completed Risk Reduction Program Review of the categories listed below.
- Safety Committee
- Hearing Conservation
- Physical Ability Evaluation
- Indoor Air Quality
- Science Lab Safety
- Projects must be completed, and reimbursement documentation submitted not later than close of business on August 31 of the Incentive Year.
- Districts must submit receipts/proof of expenditure with clear explanation of how the expense relates to the proposed project, sufficient to allow PSWCT/UP staff to ascertain that the expense is allowable for the project as approved.
- Following project completion and Project Verification Walk-Through, the Member District’s Project Contact must upload all documentation via a Project-specific link.
- PSWCT/UP strives to assess and reimburse allowed expenses within 30 days of receipt of documentation.
