OAKLAND -- by Bess ShapiroEarning membership in Cal/OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program has saved the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) between $300,000 and $400,000 in workers' comp claims costs since 1999. And costs for this self-insured employer just keep going down. It has made workers' comp nothing more than an administrative cost of doing business."Our recorded injury rate is less than 2 percent. That's percentage of injuries per 100 workers," says Jack Eastwood, EMWD safety manage
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