Health & Safety Achievers Make The Finals
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Health & Safety Achievers Make The Finals
Finalists have now been announced for The New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Awards, organized by Safeguard magazine in association with the Department of Labour.
The judging panel – Dr Geraint Emrys from the
Department of Labour, Ceri Davies from ACC, Karen Fletcher
from the Council of Trade Unions, last year’s OHS
practitioner of the year, Buddy Chaffey from Carter Holt
Harvey, and Jackie Brown-Haysom from Safeguard – says the
100-plus entries received for this year’s competition
maintains the high standard that has been established in
previous years.
The winners in each of the ten
award categories, and the overall winner, will be announced
at a gala dinner at Auckland’s SkyCity Convention Centre
on Tuesday May 1.
The category finalists (in alphabetical order) are:
The category finalists (in
alphabetical order) are:
Department of Labour best
productivity gain from a health and safety
initiative.
Fletcher Construction, Auckland.
O-I New Zealand, Auckland.
EBOS/Ansell best initiative to
address an occupational health hazard.
EnviroWaste
Services Ltd, Auckland.
Horizon2, Whakatane.
Ministry Agriculture & Forestry Quarantine, Christchurch
Airport.
OfficeMax best initiative to improve employee
wellness.
Coca Cola Amatil NZ Ltd, Auckland.
O-I New Zealand, Auckland.
Recreational Services,
Auckland.
Air New Zealand best system to encourage
employee participation in health and safety.
Alcan
Packaging Danaflex, Wellington.
Palmerston North City
Council.
SICK best design or technology initiative.
Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga.
Collins Corporation Ltd, Napier.
Hutch Design,
Inglewood.
Wedgelock Equipment Ltd, Upper Hutt.
NZ
Safety best health and safety initiative by a small
business.
Famous Fish Music Ltd, Auckland.
Karl Boniface Plumbing, Invercargill.
ACC ThinkSafe best
leadership of an industry sector or region.
Hawkins
Construction Ltd, Auckland.
Manukau City Council,
Auckland.
New Zealand Chemical Industry Council,
Wellington.
Otago University Students’ Association,
Dunedin.
Roading New Zealand, Wellington.
Air New
Zealand best initiative to promote or communicate and
improved safety culture.
- Metrowater Ltd, Auckland.
-
Recreational Services, Auckland.
- Ribbonwood Yarding
Systems, Tokoroa.
Safeguard health and safety practitioner
of the year.
- Peter Kiely, Hawkins Construction,
Auckland.
- Brendan Lenihan, Karl Boniface Plumbing Ltd,
Invercargill.
- Fran O’Keefe, O-I New Zealand,
Auckland.
NZCTU most influential employee.
- Jan Dunn,
Ministry of Social Development, Christchurch.
- Ricky
Dunstan, NZ Steel Hollow Section, Waiuku.
- Yohan
Theodore, O-I New Zealand, Auckland.
Awards are presented at the prestigious Gala Dinner on 01 May 2007 at the SKYCITY Convention Centre, in Auckland.
ENDS