Stay safe at work, win a new pickup

When it comes to assuring contractor safety at job sites, a pickup truck can make for a pretty good incentive.

Largo-based BCH Mechanical Inc. recently gave one of its employees a 2011 Chevrolet truck as a reward for completing 90 days without an accident. For the last three years, BCH has offered either a new truck or $15,000 each quarter to improve safety.

“Our president and vice president take safety very seriously, and they believe it's worth it,” Erica Rogers, BCH marketing coordinator, tells Coffee Talk. She says the money for the four-wheel award comes from the company's general budget.

Toney Hodges, a pipefitter working at the Nemours Children's Hospital site, was the lucky winner this time around. He opted for the truck and also received a bonus $200 gas card from another contractor, Skanska USA, to fill the tank.

BCH performs commercial air conditioning, piping, plumbing, medical gas and sheet metal work statewide.