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Kingman Regional Medical Center Gets SCF Arizona Sentinel Award

The Kingman Regional Medical Center was presented SCF Arizona’s Sentinel Award for its commitment to workplace safety in Kingman, Mohave County and northwest Arizona.

SCF Arizona Director of Marketing & Sales Rick Jones presented the award, which recognizes larger company policyholders that work with their employees to create a culture of safety, have a positive working relationship with SCF, record no fatalities during the policy year and maintain a good safety record for the previous three years.

The Kingman Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit health facility with 1,200 employees. It offers a full range of health and wellness services, including a wellness and fitness center, a primary care physician practice, advanced medical programs in cardiology, cancer and rehabilitation, and home health and hospice care. The center also serves as a teaching hospital in affiliation with Midwestern University to train doctors specializing in family practice, dermatology and emergency medicine.

“We really appreciate the recognition,” Kingman Regional Medical Center CEO Brian Turney said, when receiving the award. “It has been a team effort that has required support from our employees at all levels of the organization.”

Maintaining a safe workplace takes training and monitoring, says Lisa Dreer, the center’s benefits and compensation analyst. She described the center’s safety program in four parts:

* Multidisciplinary inspections of all clinical areas twice a year and to non-clinical areas once a year. Reports of deficiencies, work orders and corrections are made. Staff education is completed. Staff concerns are solicited and feedback given.

* Round the clock safety hotline gives all employees an opportunity to report any concerns.

* Safety recap is listed monthly on activities by the center’s safety committee.

* Annual safety carnival provides fun for employees as well as interactive education on safety-related topics.

SCF Arizona is the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, covering more than 57,000 Arizona companies, representing nearly 70 percent of the market. As a leading advocate of workplace safety, SCF Arizona sponsors five Safety Works Expos statewide.