Safe Work Australia Award winners announced

The winners of the 8th annual Safe Work Australia Awards were announced last night by Safe Work Australia Chair Ann Sherry AO.

Twenty-nine finalists from across Australia came to Old Parliament House in Canberra where their achievements were recognised at a national level.

Origin Alliance (Qld), Agi-Kleen Pty Ltd (NSW), Zemek Engineering Pty Ltd (Qld), Temtrol Technologies Pty Ltd (Tas), Harold Roeding from the Department of Primary Industries (Vic), and Paul Gear from the Gold Coast City Council (Qld) took out the prestigious awards for top work health and safety initiatives in Australia.

Finalists honoured by the awards represent a wide variety of industries including mining, construction, health care, transport and sales. Their safety initiatives range from solutions removing the risk of death to everyday systems keeping their workers safe from common injuries like strains and sprains.

The Safe Work Australia Awards showcase the best in workplace safety solutions, innovations and systems across our nation. Finalists in each of the five awards categories were winners in the state, territory or Comcare awards. An independent awards judging panel considered each submission before deciding on the final winners.

Congratulations to this year’s winners and finalists listed below:

Category 1 Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System

Winner: Origin Alliance (Queensland)
Highly Commended: Veolia Transport Perth Pty Ltd (Western Australia)

Category 2 Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue

Winner: Agi-Kleen Pty Ltd (News South Wales)
Highly Commended: Sinclair Knight Merz and Balfour Beatty UGL (Western Australia)

Category 3 Best Workplace Health and Safety Practice/s in a Small Business

Winners (joint): Zemek Engineering Pty Ltd (Queensland) and Temtrol Technologies Pty Ltd (Tasmania)

Category 4a Best Individual Contribution to Workplace Health and Safety - by an employee

Winner: Harold Roeding - Department of Primary Industries (Victoria)

Category 4b Best Individual Contribution to Workplace Health and Safety - by a WHS manager

Winner: Paul Gear - Gold Coast City Council (Queensland)
Highly Commended: Megan Evans - Department of Human Services (Comcare)