Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4017: On-the-job employee safety program

It is the intent of the Legislature that the promotion of safety

in the workplace is a legitimate public purpose. In order to

establish a public employee benefit program to encourage safety in

the workplace, the Department of Transportation is hereby directed

to establish an on-the-job employee safety program which encourages

work unit safety and reduces lost productivity and compensation

costs. In order to promote job safety in work units and provide

recognition for work units with exceptional safety records, the

Department of Transportation is authorized to expend from monies

available in the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund so

much thereof as may be necessary for the purchase of recognition

awards for presentation to the members of work units or individual

employees with exceptional safety records. Recognition awards shall

consist of distinctive wearing apparel, service pins, or U.S.

Savings Bonds, and other appropriate awards, the value of which

shall not exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per employee, which

recognizes the safety achievement of the work unit or individual

employees.