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 Improved Safety Award Scale
 In making award recommendations, the evaluator or Merit Award Administrator will apply the following scale to calculate awards for adopted suggestions:

POINT VALUE
Evaluation Factors 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1. No. of people exposed to hazard at any one time Thirty-one or more Twenty-six to Thirty Twenty-one to Twenty-five Sixteen to Twenty Eleven to Fifteen Seven to Ten Five to Six Three to Four One to Two
2. Extent of potential injury or illness (most likely to occurr) Death     Serious injury     Minor injury   Discomfort
3. High two or more per year Death     Moderate on per year     Low less than one per year    
4. Frequency of people exposed to this hazard More than one per hour One per hour One in two hours One per day One in two days One per week One in two weeks One per month Less than one per month
5. Serious Hazard Serious hazard     Moderate hazard     Minor hazard    
6. Effectivenss of improvement Eliminates hazard     Appreciably limits effects of hazard     Slight reduces hazard    
7. Cost of Adoption         Small/none   Moderate   Large

AWARD SCALE

Points Award
Score of 13 and under $50
Score of 14 and above $50, plus $25 for each point above 13, to a maximum of $1,000


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