Moving Water Industries Wins Prestigious Safety Award

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Moving Water Industries announced today that they had been awarded the prestigious SUNSHINE STATE SAFETY RECOGNITION AWARD by the University of South Florida's SafetyFlorida program.  USF SafetyFlorida presented the award in recognition of MWI's implementation and maintenance of sound safety initiatives, including effective injury and illness prevention programs, to better protect its employees.

Dana Eller, President of MWI, stated that "Earning a Sunshine State Safety Recognition Award acknowledges the entire MWI team's commitment to safety." Eller added that "it takes a team effort involving management and employees to integrate safety as an ongoing business practice and implementing safety initiatives to better protect our employees in something MWI takes great pride in."

The award was the culmination of an on-site audit by USF SafetyFlorida which involved a comprehensive evaluation of all of MWI's written accident prevention management programs as well as interviews with employees to evaluate actual worksite conditions. To be eligible to receive this award, MWI was required to be free of any willful or repeat citations issued by OSHA within the previous 24 month period as well as no serious citations related to injury or exposure within the preceding 12 months.

Moving Water Industries is an industry leader in the manufacture and sale of extended line-shaft axial and mixed flow propeller pumps, submersible pumps and its patented Hydraflo Pump which can save up to 50% of the cost of installing a pump station. MWI's Rental Division has over 5 million gallons per minute of capacity available for rent anywhere in the world. Rental pumps are available for quick installation with flows of up to 120,000 gallons per minute.

SOURCE Moving Water Industries