Gemini Awarded Gold Award By Iowa-Illinois Safety Council

Gemini Incorporated’s manufacturing facilities in Decorah, Iowa were recently awarded a Gold Incident Rate Excellence Award from the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council during the Council’s 60th Annual Professional Development Conference and Expo held recently in Coralville, Iowa.

One of the world’s leading manufacturers of dimensional letters, logos and plaques for the sign and recognition industries, Gemini was presented the award for its outstanding achievement in accident prevention during the 2012 calendar year.

Gemini was one of only 160 business, industries and government agencies in Illinois and Iowa to receive an award for promoting active safety programs and reducing OSHA recordable injuries among its employees. To qualify for this award, Gemini had to demonstrate an incident rate lower than the national average for its specific industry. As a recipient of a Gold Award, Gemini has achieved an Incident Rate of less than 25 percent of the national average for its North American Classification System category.

Gemini’s Iowa facility manufactures many of the company’s most popular products. Some of the products produced by Gemini in Decorah include, PhotoRelief™ & large Cast Plaques, Cast Metal Letters, Laser Cut Acrylic Letters, Minnesota® Injection Molded Letters, Pronto & Slotted Marquee Changeable Letters, GemTrim & GemTrim Letters, Metal Laminated Letters, Injection Molded Channel Letters and plastic sheet extrusions.

The Iowa-Illinois Safety Council is a Chapter of the National Safety Council and is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. The mission of the Council is to persuade society to embrace effective safety, health and environmental practices in the workplace, on the roadways and in homes and communities.