In 2004, North Dakota businesses lost over 100 employees to car crashes, costing society over $104 million, not including the priceless lives that were lost.  

We work with local businesses to emphasize the importance of seat belts to their employees. The goal of the project is to increase safety belt usage by employees of the participating work site. A variety of Fargo workplaces have been involved with our worksite seat belt projects including:

-          Rosenbluth International (Up Stream)

-          Case/New Holland

-          Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Noridian)

-          Cardinal IG

-          NDSU

-          Swanson Health Products

Resources for the projects are provided by the Safe Communities Coalition of the Red River Valley and by the North Dakota Department of Transportation. Some resources that are provided include a project coordinator to help your employees with the entire project, incentive items and project materials.  

Depending on the needs and wishes of the workplace, a variety of promotional activities are used including:

-          Poster/Coloring contests for children and grandchildren of employees

-          Employee testimonials

-          Check stuffers

-          Informational E-mails

-          Competitions between shifts, incentives for the winning shift

-          Newsletter articles

-          Visits from Vince and Larry

-          Staff meeting talking points

-          Informational and display booth in common areas

-          A pledge campaign

-          Safety belt policy implementation

-          Thermometer-style seat belt use display board

-          Three observational surveys (required) 

For more information on having a worksite seat belt project at your place of work contact Robyn Litke at (701) 241.1341 or via e-mail at rlitke@cityoffargo.com . For more information and ideas about North Dakota’s worksite safety program go to: www.ndworksite.org .