The inaugural Australian Work Health & Safety Awards (AWHSA) took place last week – June 1st to June 5th 2020. The AWSHA aim to recognise organisations and individuals located throughout Australia who have exhibited excellence in the field of workplace health, safety & wellbeing. The AWHSA will recognised the achievements in Workplace Health, Safety & Wellbeing across 10 individual award categories.

Nominations came from over 150 organisations Australia wide. It was an opportunity for companies and individuals to nominate, highlight and recognise peers, colleagues and their organisations. It has been particularly popular with the executive, people & culture and operations functions who have nominated colleagues, peers and their own organisations for recognition of excellence in the health safety & wellbeing areas.

Award 1: Enterprise Health & Safety Program Initiative

To be eligible for this award you must be able to demonstrate the implementation of a unique program and show evidence of the impact it has had upon your organisation’s Workplace Health & Safety.

Award 2: Enterprise health/well being initiative

To be eligible for this award you must be able to demonstrate a unique program and show evidence of the impact it has had upon Workplace Health & Safety in Australia.

Awards 3: Emergency First Aid Response

To be eligible for this award you must be able to demonstrate an outstanding First Aid Initiative and show evidence of the impact it has had upon your organization or Workplace Health & Safety in Australia.

Award 4: Health & Safety Rep of the Year

To be eligible for this award you must be able to demonstrate an outstanding First Aid Initiative and show evidence of the impact it has had upon your organization or Workplace Health & Safety in Australia.

Award 5: Enterprise Health and Safety Innovation

To be eligible for this award your organisation must be able to demonstrate the impacts of a unique innovation which has been implemented within a WHS environment in Australia.

Award 6: Young Health & Safety Leader

To be eligible for this award you must qualify as a young professional and be able to demonstrate your outstanding contributions to WHS in Australia.

Award 7: Enterprise Health and Safety Leadership Award

To be eligible for this award your organisation must demonstrate how they have contributed to improvements in WHS.

Award 8: Health & Safety Professional of the year
To be eligible for this award you must demonstrate how an individual has contributed to improvements in WHS within an organisation or community.

Award 9: Harold Greenwood Thomas Life Time Achievement Awards

The Harold Greenwood Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award is the most prestigious award presented by the Australian Institute of Health & Safety and may be presented to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the field of WHS throughout the course of their career, which has had significant impact on OHS outcomes in Australia.

And the finalist are…