2023 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards winners and finalists

Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2023
Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2023, by Department of Mines, Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety - Worksafe
Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2023, by WorkSafe

The Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards were held at Optus Stadium on 27 October 2023.

These awards recognise outstanding solutions and innovations to specific workplace health and safety problems in Western Australia.

This year 65 submissions were received with 25 companies recognised as finalists. Seven finalists were recognised with a winner’s trophy and five finalists received a certificate of merit. An outline of all finalists and winners are available in the Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2023 Booklet.

The Department would like to congratulate the Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards winners and finalists.

Work health and safety invention of the year

Finalists

  • Carey Mining Pty Ltd – Sunrise Dam Gold Mine
  • Data Station Pty Ltd – Quick response codes
  • Hydratune Pty Ltd – SafeAdjust
  • Rigsafe Lifting Solutions – Americold High Bay Cold Storage Facility 
  • Wallis Drilling Pty Ltd – Aircore automated rod handling system

Winner

  • Wallis Drilling Pty Ltd - Aircore automated rod handling system

Certificate of merit recipient

  • Rigsafe Lifting Solutions – Americold High Bay Cold Storage Facility 

Best solution to a work health and safety risk – 199 employees or less

Finalists

  • Co Connect App – Camp Connect Workforce app
  • Epigroup – Alter Ergo
  • Monford Group – Solar farm project

Winner

  • Epigroup – Alter Ergo

Best solution to a work health and safety risk – 200 employees or more

Finalists

  • City of Canning – LBin tail lift platform at the Resource and Recovery Waste Transfer Station
  • Edith Cowan University – Immersive Violence and Aggression De-escalation Experience (IVADE) 
  • Mineral Resources – Health clinic 

Winner 

  • City of Canning – LBin tail lift platform at the Resource and Recovery Waste Transfer Station

Certificate of merit recipient

  • Edith Cowan University – Immersive Violence and Aggression De-escalation Experience (IVADE)

Best intervention to address a psychosocial hazard in the workplace

Finalists

  • East Metropolitan Health Service, WA Health, Royal Perth Bentley Group, RPH Emergency Department – MAKESpace
  • FIFO Focus – Psychosocial Risk Management Capability Enhancement Program
  • Town of Port Hedland – Reducing the impact of anti-social behaviours and psychosocial related hazards to staff and the public
  • Water Corporation – Mental Health Champions

Winner

  • Town of Port Hedland – Reducing the impact of anti-social behaviours and psychosocial related hazards to staff and the public

Certificate of merit recipient

  • East Metropolitan Health Service, WA Health, Royal Perth Bentley Group, RPH Emergency Department – MAKESpace

Leadership excellence award - 199 employees or less

Finalists

  • Macco Feeds – Implementing work health and safety
  • Pirkx Australia – Pirkx meaningful support in the workplace

Winner

  • Macco Feeds – Implementing work health and safety

Leadership excellence award - 200 employees or more

Finalists

  • Curtin University – Leadership health and wellbeing project
  • East Metropolitan Health Service, WA Health, Armadale Kalamunda Group – EMHS Wellbeing Support Program, Armadale Health Service Emergency Department
  • EDL Energy – Safety Leadership Working Group as a force for real change at Maitland LNG
  • Good Sammy Enterprises – Safety management 

Winner

  • Good Sammy Enterprises – Safety management 

Health and safety representative of the year 

Finalists

  • Ceinwyn Kent and Scott Turner – Armadale Health Service Emergency Department
  • Dana Steddy, Jen Byrne, Tina Tuira-Waldon, Sharon Ruakere – Department of Justice, Banksia Hill Detention Centre
  • Robert Nankivell – BHP Newman West Operations
  • Rob Curtis – St John Western Australia

Winner

  • Rob Curtis – St John Western Australia

Certificate of merit recipient

Joint entry - 

  • Scott Turner           Armadale Health Service Emergency Department
  • Ceinwyn Kent         Armadale Health Service Emergency Department

Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards booklet

The Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards booklet provides an outline of all the finalists and winners

Download the awards booklet

 

 

 

 

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