Safety awards hit significant milestone
The NSCA Foundation 2017 National Safety Awards of Excellence are celebrating 25 years.
These awards showcase the ongoing fight against complacency and share safety successes of the businesses that enter.
Eight safety awards will be presented, with sponsors including GIO Workers Compensation, Actrua, Ansell Healthcare, Greencap, Queensland Rail, Pro Visual Publishing, Safe Work Australia and Stowe Australia.
Categories include:
- Best Continuous Improvement of a WHS Management System: Entrants must describe an improvement they have made to their WHS/OHS management system and the effect it has had on staff and business.
- Best Solution of a WHS Risk: This category requires entrants to describe an innovative solution to an identified WHS/OHS risk or issue. It can be a newly identified risk or issue or a risk or issue previously identified with a new solution that has been implemented.
- Best WHS Training Program: Entrants must describe an innovative WHS/OHS training program that has been implemented in their organisation.
- Best Communication of a Safety Message: This category recognises organisations that have effectively and innovatively communicated a WHS/OHS message to their workforce.
- Ian Chisholm Awards for the Best Individual WHS Achievement: This category recognises the outstanding contribution of an individual (with or without formal WHS/OHS responsibilities).
- Best Safety Leadership Program/Initiative: This award recognises the decisions and actions of directors, CEOs and/or executive managers to make safety a business priority.
- Best Health and Wellbeing Program: This category requires entrants to describe an innovative health and wellbeing program that has resulted in improvements within their organisation.
- NSCA Foundation Member of the Year: This award recognises the NSCA Foundation Individual or Corporate member who has demonstrated commitment and leadership in work health and safety.
- Award for Excellence in WHS: This Judges’ Choice Award is presented annually to the most outstanding achievement in work health and safety of an organisation, alliance or individual. This award is not open for nomination.
The awards are open to any Australian-operated business, organisation, alliance or individual in the public or private sector; with a workplace health and safety initiative that complies with one of the eight categories.
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