FEATURED TEAM: Food and Nutrition, Panorama City Medical Center How a contest can lead to safety WHAT THEY DO The department randomly divided into two teams, which then engaged in a friendly competition to see which team would have the fewest workplace injuries. This motivated—and liberated—staff members to approach their colleagues who might be performing a task unsafely and suggest an alternative approach. RESULTS An 11-month stretch between July 2010 and June 2011 without any accepted claims for workplace injuries, after being one of the top 10 most injury-prone departments at Panorama City. Read more about the teams work and other successful practices on the Labor Management website, www.LMPartnership.org.