Workplace Safety

Employers / Workplace Safety

Strong safety practices protect both Alabama’s workforce and the businesses that employ them. Through our Drug-Free Workplace Program and Workplace Safety Awards, we support employers who commit to safer worksites, promoting exceptional safety standards every day.

Drug-Free Workplace Program

Employers who establish a drug-free workplace earn a 5% workers’ compensation insurance premium discount. To qualify, an employer’s drug-free program must be certified by the Workers’ Compensation division as being in full compliance with the provisions of Code of Alabama, 1975, Sections 25-5-330 through 25-5-340.

The law requires that a program must contain all the following elements:

A written drug-free workplace policy statement
A substance abuse testing program
Provisions for an Employee Assistance Program
Employee education
Supervisor training

Premium Discount

The premium discount will be applied to the insured’s policy pro rata from the date the employer receives certification through a period not to exceed four years. Certification is required for each of the four years. Thereafter, any premium discount is determined from the experience rating plan of the employer or by the State Insurance Secretary if the employer is not experience rated.

Workforce Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Division has adopted administrative rules that address the elements of the drug-free workplace program and the certification process.

For more information, contact the Medical Section at 1-800-528-5166 or 334-956-4029.

Drug-Free Workplace Documents

Review program materials and download the forms needed to begin certification.

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Workplace Safety Awards

Good safety practices protect the earning power of Alabama’s workforce. Workforce Alabama’s Workplace Safety Awards program recognizes the employers who exemplify a high level of safety consciousness in their daily operations.

Qualifications

Any Alabama employer in the private or public sector that has gone without an employee lost-time injury for 12 or 24 consecutive months is eligible for a Workplace Safety Award. Subsidiaries, franchises, divisions, branches or other organizational units that keep individual safety records can be considered for an award.

Award Categories

Award of Excellence — Presented to any employer that has experienced no lost-time injuries for a period of 12 or more consecutive months.

Award of Superior Achievement — Presented to any employer that has experienced no lost-time injuries for a period of 24 or more consecutive months.

Requirements & Application

Documentation must be obtained from the employer’s OSHA Log and/or Insurance Carrier attesting that no lost-time injuries have been experienced. The letter must also certify that a written occupational safety and health program has been established and implemented.

Mail requests with all documentation to:

Alabama Department of Workforce
Workers’ Compensation Division
Attn: Awards Program Coordinator
649 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36131

Requests must be received no later than 45 days following the proposed award period. For further information, contact the Awards Program Coordinator at 1-800-528-5166 or 334-956-4029.