Aurizon wins safety award

Aurizon has welcomed industry recognition of its safety achievements with the winning of the 2013 Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia (CILTA) Industry Excellence Award for Safety.

The award recognises an organisation that has demonstrated a practical and exceptional commitment to excellence in safety in Australian passenger, freight and defence transport or logistics.

The CILTA award is just one of three safety initiatives that Aurizon has been recognised for in the past month.

Earlier in October, Aurizon was awarded top honours at the SAP Customer Awards of Excellence for SHEM, an internal IT system that employees use to log safety interactions, hazards and near misses.

Aurizon also received a Highly Commended at the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) Safety Awards of Excellence for Best Safety Leadership Program.

Managing director and CEO Lance Hockridge said the awards recognise Aurizon’s safety journey over the past six years.

“Although we don’t set out to win safety awards - receiving them from respected industry bodies gives independent recognition of the progress we have made.

“These awards are reflective of all employees. They demonstrate how far we have come and although we have not yet reached ZEROHARM, the results show that we truly are knocking on the door of world-class performance in safety.”