Akron Area Companies Lauded For Safety Innovations

Since 2012, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has annually honored employers for innovations designed to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. Here are previous area winners of the bureau’s Safety Innovations Awards:• AWP (Area Wide Protective) of Kent, provider of traffic-control and flagging services for cities and other clients. Took fifth place last year for using drawer-like Bedslides in its pickup truck beds to help employees load and unload traffic-control signs and other items.• City of Cuyahoga Falls.