Texas Mutual awards EPCC $100K for its risk management program
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Mutual Insurance Company is awarding $100,000 grant to El Paso Community to continue funding its Risk Management Institute.
EPCC’s Risk Management Institute “provides workplace safety and health courses for community employers, employees and the general public,” according to the news release.
This is the 10th consecutive year that Texas Mutual, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has given a $100,000 grant to the college to support the Risk Management Institute.
“We are proud to continue this partnership with Texas Mutual, allowing us to provide workplace safety courses throughout our campuses,” said Blayne Primozich, associate vice president of workforce and continuing education at El Paso Community College. “Supporting the El Paso community by training the local workforce is top priority for the EPCC Risk Management Institute, and we’re glad we can continue to help make El Paso businesses safer places to work.”
EPCC created its Risk Management Institute to offer education on workplace health and safety for employers and employees in the community. A wide range of courses are available through the program, including OSHA 30-hour and OSHA 10-hour for the construction and general industries, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, fall protection, ergonomics, and OSHA recordkeeping, among others, according to the news release.
In November 2022, El Paso Community College’s Risk Management Institute was recognized by OSHA’s El Paso Area Office as an Alliance Program Ambassador – a first-of-its-kind recognition in OSHA’s five-state region including Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Ambassadors are recognized for working collaboratively on safety and health issues raised by stakeholders and sharing timely and relevant safety and health information, according to the news release.
Since the program’s inception, more than 15,000 employees have been trained through the Risk Management Institute.
“Texas Mutual acknowledges the vital role played by our community college partners in advancing our mission to build a stronger, safer Texas,” said Eric Bourquin, vice president of safety services at Texas Mutual. “Over the past two-plus decades, our commitment to these institutions and their communities has been fortified through grant funding. We take pride in sustaining our investment in the ongoing education of thousands of Texas employees.”
For more information about the El Paso Community College Risk Management Institute, call (915) 831-7130 or click here. For more information on Texas Mutual and its work in the community, visit texasmutual.com.
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