NZ Workplace Health & Safety Awards: finalists announced

NZ Workplace Health & Safety Awards: finalists announced

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 22 April 2016

The finalists in the New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards for 2016 have been decided. The winners in each of the categories, and an overall winner, will be announced at a gala dinner at SKYCITY Convention Centre in Auckland on 25 May.

A lifetime achievement award will be presented to former union leader Helen Kelly.

The awards are organised by Thomson Reuters, publisher of Safeguard magazine, and proudly supported by WorkSafe New Zealand. The awards dinner coincides with the annual Safeguard National Health and Safety Conference.

Since their inception in 2005 the awards have become established as an annual highlight for everyone involved in the prevention of work injury and ill-health.
Safeguard editor Peter Bateman says the nearly 140 entries received this year were from organisations of all sizes and kinds, from businesses employing a handful of people to the giants of the corporate sector.

“Despite these differences, what most entries had in common was a desire to go beyond simple compliance with the law – not only because preventing injuries and illness is morally the right thing to do, but because it opens up opportunities to improve culture and processes at all levels.”

The category finalists, in alphabetic order within category, are:

Kensington Swan best initiative to address a safety risk
• Amcor Flexibles (NZ)
• Farra Engineering
• Fulton Hogan

WorkSafe New Zealand best initiative to address a health risk
• Fonterra
• Fonterra Brands New Zealand
• Genesis Energy

Vitae best initiative to improve employee wellbeing
• Alcohol and Other Drug Construction Project
• Canterbury District Health Board
• Fonterra

NZ Safety best initiative to encourage engagement in health and safety
• Frucor Beverages
• Fulton Hogan John Holland Joint Venture
• Hawkes Bay Regional Council

SICK best use of New Zealand design or technology to manage a risk to health & safety
• Fulton Hogan
• Invert Robotics
• Prestige Ltd

Site Safe best health and safety initiative by a small business
• AGL Scaffolding & Rigging
• Men at Work
• OB Group Farms (Regent Park Farm)

Impac best significant health and safety initiative by a large organisation
• Fulton Hogan
• Northpower
• Transdev Auckland

ACC best leadership of an industry sector
• EEA (Electricity Engineers’ Association)
• M2PP Alliance
• NZ Transport Agency

NZISM health & safety practitioner of the year
• Martin McMullan, NZ Transport Agency
• Richard Dunn, CHEP New Zealand
• Rebecca Bell, Airways

edenfx HSE Recruitment most influential employee
• Ian Dixon, KiwiRail
• Laurie Collins, Lyttelton Port Company
• Uta Asovale, Waste Management

Business Leaders’ Health & Safety Forum executive of the year
• Graham Darlow, Fletcher Building
• Jules Fulton, Fulton Hogan
• Mike O’Brien, CHEP New Zealand

Countdown Lifetime Achievement Award
• Helen Kelly

Fonterra Special Commendation Award
• Two special commendation awards have been made by the judging panel. They will be announced at the gala dinner

ENDS

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