2009 SRCC Safety Awards
The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (SRCC) Awards, presented at a gala dinner on 24 September are designed to showcase the sophisticated systems and innovative practices organisations are utilising to ensure all employees are safe at work.
Through a formal recognition process, agencies and individuals who have achieved excellence in their respective fields through the introduction and/or development or improvement of safety standards will be rewarded for their initiatives.
The winners of the 2009 SRCC Safety Awards winners were:
- Category 1 - Leadership Award for Injury or Disease Prevention and Management
- Winner - TNT Australia for ‘Leading from the Top’
- Commendation - Department of Immigration and Citizenship for ‘Our People - Our Future’
- Commendation - Department of Defence - Training Command, Army for ‘A Safety Management System’
- Category 2: Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System
- Winner - Australian Institute of Marine Science for ‘Scott Reef Research Program - Safety Management System’
- High Commendation - National Gallery of Australia for ‘Making Health and Safety a Fine Art’
- Category 3: Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue
- Winner - Australian air Express for ‘Opening Doors to a Safer Workplace’
- High Commendation - CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory for ‘Liquid Nitrogen Dewar Filling Station’
- Commendation - National Gallery of Australia for ‘Tiny’
- Category 4: Best Individual Contribution to Health and Safety - Sub-category (a): An employee who does not have responsibility for OHS as part of their duties
- Winner - WO2 Bruce Ferguson, Department of Defence
- High Commendation - Tom McCracken, John Holland Pty Ltd
- Commendation - PO Scott Norbury, Department of Defence
- Category 4: Best Individual Contribution to Health and Safety - Sub-category (b): An outstanding contribution by a person with responsibility for OHS as part of their duties
- Winner - Russell Power, Department of Defence
- High Commendation - Dr Angelica Vecchio-Sadus, CSIRO
- Commendation - Doug Thompson, BIS Industries
- Category 5: Rehabilitation and Return to Work Award
- Winner - Australia Post for ‘Creating a Nationally Consistent Approach to the Provision of Rehabilitation Management’
- High Commendation - TNT Australia for ‘Educating and Communicating with the Injured Workers’
- High Commendation - Department of Defence for ADF Rehabilitation Program
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