The town of Boothbay has received a safety enhancement grant awarded by the Maine Municipal Association for $999.17.

The Safety Enhancement Grant and Scholarship Grant programs offer financial incentives to members of the Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation Fund. These grants are used to purchase safety equipment or services that assist in reducing the frequency and severity of workplace injuries. Improving workplace safety for municipal employees saves taxpayers money by reducing lost hours at work, cost of insurance claims and overtime expense for employees who might have to fill in for injured co-workers.

The Maine Municipal Association has been awarding safety grant to members of its workers compensation fund since 1999. The grant program has assisted municipalities by bestowing more than $3.2 Million through funding of 2,527 safety enhancement grants and 366 scholarship grants.

Ed MacDonald, loss control manager for the Maine Municipal Association, advises the program received 182 applications for this grant period and $154,499.18 was awarded.  Grants are awarded in May and October each year. The town of Boothbay has received five awards in the last four years totaling nearly $6,000.

For more information about any of the Maine Municipal Association Risk Management Service programs, including safety enhancement grants eligibility and applications, please visit www.memmun.org and click on the Risk Management Services link, or call 1-800-590-5583.