Sweepstakes Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. THE FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES (EXCEPT RHODE ISLAND) AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONLY, WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW). VOID IN RHODE ISLAND AND WHERE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. THE SUBMISSION OF AN ENTRY IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES CONSTITUTES UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE INTENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND HEREBY.
Sweepstakes Name: OSC25 Jan Fan Drum Fan Giveaway Promotion (“Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Description: The Sweepstakes is sponsored by Hunter Industrial Fan Company, 180 Threet Industrial Road Suite 120 Smyrna, TN 37167 (the “Sponsor” or “Hunter”). The Sweepstakes is intended to provide entrants (the “Entrants”) the chance to be selected to win a Grand Prize in a random drawing of Ohio Safety Congress & Expo attendees or those who otherwise enter the sweepstakes via mail as described below. There will be one (1) total grand prize winner, with the grand prize winner being selected on April 28, 2025. The Grand Prize, as more fully described in Section 9 below, will be one (1) Jan Fan 36’’ Drum Fan. The Sweepstakes consists of an Entry Period during which Entrants may enter to win the Grand Prize in accordance with these Official Rules. The Grand Prize winner (“Prize Winner”) will then be selected in a random drawing on April 28, 2025 (the “Drawing Time”), from among all complete, qualified and eligible entry forms received during the Entry Period. All entries must be completed by online entry or via mail-in entry as described below. Entrant does not need to be present at the Drawing Time to win. Entry into the Sweepstakes does not constitute entry into any other giveaway, contest or sweepstakes administered by the Sponsor. The Sweepstakes winner is ineligible to win more than once during the promotion.
Entry Period: Sweepstakes entry is scheduled to begin on April 9, 2025, at 8:00 AM CT and end on April 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM CT (the “Entry Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted.
Acceptance of Terms and Conditions: By participating in this Sweepstakes, each Entrant fully and unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and all decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final. Each Entrant understands that they are providing their information to the Sponsor. The information provided to Sponsor will be used by Sponsor (except for mail-in entries) to market directly to Entrant. By entering this Sweepstakes each appliable Entrant hereby consents to such marketing.
Eligibility: This Sweepstakes is open to legal U.S. residents located in the contiguous United States (except residents of Rhode Island) and the District of Columbia, and who are age 18 or older as of date of entry, and have a valid driver’s license or government-issued I.D. You agree to provide Hunter with any proof of your qualifications as it may require. The following classes of persons are not eligible to enter, participate or win: Employees, officers, and directors of the Sponsor the Sponsor’s affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively “Released Parties”), and the members of the immediate families or households of any of the above, whether or not related. “Immediate family members” includes, for purposes of this Sweepstakes, parents (including in-laws), grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings), children (including step-children), grandchildren (including step-grandchildren), and each of their respective spouses. The randomly-selected winner is ineligible to win again during the sweepstakes.
How to Enter: Eligible entrants may participate in the Sweepstakes by completing an entry form on the Hunter Industrial website during the Entry Period in accordance with the instructions on the page or by mail as described below. No purchase necessary to enter or win the Sweepstakes. For clarity, the Ohio Safety Congress & Expo or Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is not a participant in or sponsor of this Sweepstakes.
Mail-in Entry: Print your name, mailing address (no P.O. Boxes), email address and phone number in a letter or on a postcard and mail to: OSC25 Jan Fan Drum Fan Giveaway Promotion, 180 Threet Industrial Road Suite 120 Smyrna, TN 37167. Mail-in entries must be post-marked by April 17 and received by April 25, 2025. Any entry sent via mail will not be included in our marketing emails or other marketing activities. We may, however, have your name and contact information via another source and the rules of this sweepstakes do not apply.
All entries and requests will become the Sponsor's property. Entries will not be returned or acknowledged. Illegible entries and entries with P.O. boxes are void. The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, damaged, incomplete, misdirected, mutilated, postage due, or entries not received in time for drawing. All entries must be postmarked no later than the last day of the Entry Period and received no later than three days thereafter. Limit one (1) sweepstakes entry per person/address/email address/month no matter what method of entry is used. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the allowed number of entries by using multiple/different identities, registrations, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. Sponsor and its affiliated companies are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error or technical malfunctions, illegible, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any computer equipment or software or any combination thereof or for lost, stolen, late, misdirected or mutilated entries. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor will not accept forged, altered, mechanically reproduced or facsimile entries.
Each Entrant must fully complete and comply with the Sweepstakes instructions and the awarding of any prize is conditioned on the winner accepting these Official Rules. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any social media platforms or video conferencing platforms or technology.
Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Sweepstakes and checking the opt-in boxes will not improve your chances of winning. By submitting an entry other than by mail, Entrant agrees that Sponsor is authorized to contact Entrant via email to make Entrant aware of information pertinent to this Sweepstakes, and to distribute information regarding the Sponsor’s featured products, special events, promotional offers, purchase incentives, or other marketing.
Entrants may opt-out of any further email communication from Sponsor at any time by simply replying “REMOVE” to any email message or following the opt-out instructions provided in the email message.
Any entry submitted with invalid or erroneous contact information will be disqualified. Incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these Official Rules.
Each Entrant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf unless otherwise noted. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any Entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that Entrant’s entries and that Entrant will be disqualified. No mechanically reproduced or computer auto-generated entries are permitted.
In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter this Sweepstakes will be deemed to be the Entrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
Selection of the Prize Winner: The Prize Winner will be selected in a random drawing from all legible, complete, and qualified entries received during the Entry Period. The Prize Winner will be notified at the time or shortly after the drawing. Sponsor will attempt to contact the Prize Winner by one of the contact methods provided by Entrant in the original Sweepstakes entry form. If the contact information provided by Entrant is inaccurate or outdated, or if Sponsor, for whatever reason, cannot reach a Prize Winner using the contact information provided by Entrant, Sponsor may select a substitute Prize Winner. Entrant shall have 10 days to respond to Sponsor’s notification. If Entrant does not respond within that timeframe, Sponsor may select a different winner. Sponsor shall have no obligation to make more than one attempt to notify an Entrant that he or she has been selected as a Prize Winner. A Prize Winner must sign and return an affidavit of eligibility to complete the award process. If Entrant fails to sign and return such affidavit after 10 days or if it is determined by Sponsor that Entrant is not, in fact, eligible, Sponsor may select a different winner.
Delivery of Grand Prize: Within 30 days after Sponsor has selected and contacted the Prize Winner, Sponsor will order the prize selected and have the prize delivered directly to a valid United States address provided by the Prize Winner.
Prizes: The Prize Winner will receive one (1) Jan Fan 36’’ Drum Fan. If the exact Hunter product is no longer available when Sponsor attempts to provide such prizes after the Prize Winner has been selected (as described above), the applicable Prize Winner will receive a substantially similar product having a value that shall not exceed a value of $670.
Any Hunter Industrial or Jan Fan branded products awarded will be awarded in the form of a product valued at no more than $670 and has no cash value and may not be exchanged or redeemed for any other prize.
A maximum of one (1) Grand Prize will be awarded during the sweepstakes promotion.
Prize Conditions and Tax Liability: Any prize won pursuant to the Official Rules of this Sweepstakes is non-assignable, non-substitutable, and non-transferable without the prior written consent of the Sponsor, which consent may be withheld for any reason and in the Sponsor’ sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if an advertised prize becomes unavailable. All details of any prize not specified herein shall be determined solely by Sponsor. All Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, whose decisions in all aspects of the Sweepstakes shall be final and binding. By accepting the prize, the Prize Winners acknowledge acceptance of and compliance with these Official Rules. The Prize Winners must accept delivery of the prize from Sponsor, or as otherwise instructed by Sponsor. All other costs related to delivery and acceptance of a prize are the responsibility of the Prize Winner, including but not limited to federal, state and local taxes. Subject to the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, the properly claimed prizes will be awarded.
The Prize Winner is solely responsible for complying with and paying any explicable federal, state, and local taxes.
Failure to comply with any term or condition outlined in these Official Rules may result in the Prize Winner’s disqualification, forfeiture of the prize, and at Sponsor’s discretion, the presentation of the prize to a substitute Prize Winners. If a prize goes unclaimed by the Prize Winner and is not awarded to a substitute Prize Winner, the prize shall remain property of the Sponsor.
Publicity Release: By participating in this Sweepstakes, each Entrant grants his or her express unconditional permission for Sponsor to edit and use name, video, photographs, images, logos, likeness, audio, biographical information, statements, testimonials, personal exposition, address, and Grand Prize information of Entrant (collectively, “Attributes”) for advertising and/or publicity purposes worldwide and in all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, without further compensation or authorization (with the exception of where prohibited by federal, state and local laws) and each Entrant shall release, hold harmless, and defend the Sponsor from all claims arising from the use of such Attributes. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE YOUR ATTRIBUTES USED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED HEREIN, DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES. The Sponsor is not and cannot be held responsible for any unauthorized use of an Entrant’s Attributes.
Additional Rules & Restrictions: All Entrants and their legally defined heirs, executors, administrators and successors (individually and collectively, the “Releasing Parties”), as a condition to participating in this Sweepstakes, agree to unconditionally and irrevocably release, discharge, hold harmless, and defend the Sponsor and Sponsor’s respective past and present employees, officers, directors, representatives, agents, franchisees, licensees, subsidiaries, parent companies, affiliates, shareholders, owners, members, and all other individuals or entities involved in the administration, advertisement or promotion of this Sweepstakes and/or the award and delivery of the prizes (individually and collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any liability, claims, litigation, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental, or consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), illness, damages, losses, or expenses arising out of or relating to Entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes, or the acceptance, possession, or use/misuse of the prize.
By participating in this Sweepstakes, Releasing Parties further agree to abide by and be bound wholly by the Official Rules and waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in this Sweepstakes itself, and to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. In the event an Entrant wins a prize and is later found to be in violation of these Official Rules, Entrant agrees that he or she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if such violation is discovered after the Prize Winner has used the prize.
Sponsor shall not be liable to any Prize Winner or any other person for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, any actions, regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment failure, terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor dispute or strike, labor or material shortage, epidemic, pandemic, transportation interruption of any kind, or any other cause beyond Sponsor’s sole control.
Released Parties are not responsible for, and each Entrant hereby releases any claims and all liability for (i) the inability of a Entrant to complete or continue an entry due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Released Parties control, or otherwise; (ii) entries due to technical difficulties or transmission errors; (iii) any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by electronic transmission or other delivery method; (iv) mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of electronic entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines or the Internet which may limit an Entrant’s ability to participate in this Sweepstakes; and (v) other errors of any kind, whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, relating to or in connection with this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Sweepstakes, administration or execution of the Sweepstakes, the cancellation of this Sweepstakes, the processing of entries or in the announcement of the Prize Winners. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the sweepstakes website.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES TO THE CONTRARY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SPONSOR, OR ANY OTHER RELEASED PARTIES’ LIABILITY TO ENTRANTS EXCEED $1.00 USD. IN NO EVENT SHALL SPONSOR OR ANY OTHER RELEASED PARTIES BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTRANT FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY. EACH OF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY EVEN IF SPONSOR (OR ANY RELEASED PARTY) HAS BEEN ADVISED OR IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Disqualification/Sweepstakes Cancelation: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes if fraud, misconduct, or technical failures destroy or threaten the integrity of this Sweepstakes, or if, in the opinion of the Sponsor, a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of early termination of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to determine the Prize Winners from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the date and time of such termination.
If any event associated with this Sweepstakes or the prizes is delayed, rescheduled, postponed, or cancelled due to circumstances beyond the control of the Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to cancel or modify this Sweepstakes and shall not be required to award a substitute prize.
In Case of Disputes: By participating in this Sweepstakes, each Entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and/or any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or state court within Rutherford County in the State of Tennessee; (2) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but excluding attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of Entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Tennessee or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Tennessee.
Odds: The odds of winning a Grand Prize, are dependent upon the total number of entries received during the Entry Period.
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules or for the name of the Prize Winner, if any, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Hunter Industrial Fan Company c/o Hunter Bring Your Toughest Fan Giveaway, 180 Threet Industrial Road Suite 120 Smyrna, TN 37167. THE REQUEST MUST SPECIFY THE ITEMS REQUESTED (OFFICIAL RULES OR NAME OF PRIZE WINNER). Requests must be received within 30 days after the Drawing Time.
Sweepstakes Sponsor: Hunter Industrial Fan Company 180 Threet Industrial Road Suite 120 Smyrna, TN 37167