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November 2006
Liftow Limited Receives Its First IAPA Health and Safety Award
IAPA Progressive Awards Program Helps Ensure Workplace Health and Safety.
 Toronto, Ontario – November 20, 2006 – IAPA (Industrial Accident Prevention Association) proudly presents Liftow Limited, Toyota's largest forklift dealer in North America, with a Level I Achievement Award for outstanding workplace health and safety performance.
IAPA’s Level I Achievement Award is awarded to Liftow’s Mississauga facility, a first-time recipient of an IAPA health and safety achievement award. In order to receive the Level I Award, Liftow successfully demonstrated that their prevention methods, legislative compliance, management practices, and lost-time injury frequency met IAPA’s specific award requirements. This includes how hazards are assessed and controlled, as well as a demonstrated commitment to, and knowledge of, health and safety. Liftow also met the requirements set out in a self-assessment report and passed an on-site verification conducted by IAPA.
"As a company, we believe people are our most important asset and we have a moral responsibility to provide a healthy and safe work environment for all our employees,"
"In going through the application process and receiving this award, Liftow has demonstrated a solid foundation for workplace health and safety," says Jim Armstrong, Director of Consulting Services, IAPA. “IAPA’s health and safety achievement awards program is a journey about workplace health and safety excellence, and putting quality preventive processes in place that nurture a strong health and safety culture. I'm especially pleased to see employers, like Liftow, who are committed to health and safety in this way and are using IAPA’s awards criteria to strengthen their workplace health and safety practices."
"As a company, we believe people are our most important asset and we have a moral responsibility to provide a healthy and safe work environment for all our employees," says James Donato, Health and Safety Specialist, Liftow Limited. "Achieving this award is great recognition for everyone on the Liftow team from senior management to the new employee – everyone helped make it happen. It’s a privilege to receive this award from such a swell organization as IAPA".
IAPA’s three-level Health and Safety Awards program, available to the association’s more than 50,000 member companies, marks significant milestones in an organization’s dedication to health and safety in the workplace. The program provides the tools for companies to take a proactive approach to achieving health and safety excellence, while ensuring their health and safety initiatives address industry standards and the needs of employees. The program also provides guidelines for incorporating effective health and safety processes into an organization’s plan, management practices, and injury prevention programs.
The Level I Award recognizes workplaces for ensuring that their health and safety programs meet basic legislative requirements and management practices, and that their lost time injury frequency falls below the average for companies in a similar grouping, for a 12-month period. The next two levels build on the first.
Thirty-two companies have received IAPA’s Level I Award since the launch of the progressive awards program in 2002.
Liftow Limited was founded in 1960 and since 1982 has been the exclusive dealer for Toyota forklifts. Liftow is currently the largest Toyota forklift dealer outside of Japan. Specializing in new and used lift trucks, rentals, parts and service, and forklift training and safety products, Liftow’s mission is to provide its clients with the most exceptional material handling equipment, products, training, and customer service in the industry. Liftow has operations in Central and Western Ontario, in Quebec, and across Atlantic Canada, as well as two facilities in the U.S.
IAPA is a not-for-profit, member driven organization operating in Ontario since 1917. Representing more than 50,000 member firms and in excess of 1.5 million Ontario workers, IAPA is Canada’s leading workplace health and safety organization. The association is focused on providing industry-leading training, consulting, educational products, and informational services that meet members’ needs and the needs of those in their communities. IAPA is also recognized as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in occupational health and an International Labour Organization – CIS Collaborating Centre.
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