GreenWood, Inc., an integrated maintenance, construction and workforce solutions provider, was recently presented with the Lighthouse Beam Safety Award by BB&T Insurance Services. The award is designed to emphasize safety and health throughout a company’s organization and is reserved only for companies who achieve excellence in safety performance. To qualify, a company must achieve outstanding overall safety performance based on criteria for a client’s workers’ compensation policy loss ratio, workers’ compensation experience modification (EMR), and BLS/DART/OSHA recordable incident rate. This year, GreenWood, Inc. was presented with the prestigious crystal award to mark six consecutive years of receiving this recognition and is only the second company to accomplish this since inception of the award.


“BB&T Insurance Services proudly recognizes GreenWood, Inc. for their outstanding safety results for 2015,” says Warren Blanchard, BB&T Insurance Services. “With a comprehensive safety program focused on zero incidents, GreenWood is able to consistently achieve an impressive safety record each year.”

Mike Simmons, Corporate Director of Safety for GreenWood adds, “Earning this award reflects on our unwavering commitment to safety in every aspect of our business. Employees understand that safety is a personal responsibility held by each team member who is empowered to take action whenever necessary to prevent or avoid issues. Our safety standards are high and we appreciate not only this recognition from BB&T, but the commitment by all employees to prevent accidents and maintain exceptionally safe work environments at all project sites.

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GreenWood, Inc., an integrated maintenance, construction and workforce solutions provider, announces their certification as a women-owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

WBENC’s national standard of certification is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business. The world-class certification is accepted by more than 1,000 corporations representing America’s most prestigious brands, in addition to many states, cities and other entities. WBENC is also an approved Third Party Certifier for the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting Program.

This certification for GreenWood comes after a recently implemented succession plan named Laura Lipscomb as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Laura is the daughter of company founder, John Wood, and her brother Brad serves as GreenWood’s President. With the next generation leadership team in place, the company is strategically positioned for continued growth generated from market and economic development opportunities.

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