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A small company, located in an industrial park off Olive Road, Pensacola, is an enthusiastic participant in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's SHARP program for small businesses.

SHARP company Byfield Marine Supply in Pensacola has a streak of nearly fours years without an injury of any kind to its 17 employees

"They are a model small business that proved that with employees and management teaming together to address safety issues, they could turn the work environment around 100 percent."

In April 2009 Governor Charlie Crist sent a letter of commendation to Florida’s 53 SHARP employers.

Sarasota Manatee Business featured USF OTI's Bob Nesbit and USF SafetyFlorida's Charlene Vespi on the urgent issue of how growth is contributing to workplace injuries