2006 Safety Awards Winners

Minister Announces Winners of Safety Awards

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, presented the annual Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission Safety Awards in Canberra on the evening of 18 October 2006.

The award categories recognised the importance of injury prevention and injury management. The five categories of awards were:

• Leadership Award for Injury Prevention and Management
• Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System
• Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue
• Best Individual Contribution to Health and Safety; and
• Rehabilitation and Return to Work.

Nominations were invited from all agencies in the Commonwealth occupational health and safety and/or workers’ compensation jurisdiction.

In the Leadership in Injury Prevention and Management Category the winner was Centrelink, Area Central and Northern Queensland for its management of occupational health and safety during Centrelink’s response to Tropical Cyclones Larry and Monica.

Visionstream was the winner of the Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System Category for its Project 5 and Arrive Alive After 5 programmes.

The Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue Category was won by the Royal Australian Navy for its HMAS Anzac Pontoon.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s Michael Hauptmann won the Best Individual Contribution to Health and Safety award for his initiatives to reduce manual handling injuries.

In the Rehabilitation and Return to Work Category the winner was Linfox Australia and Linfox Armaguard for their innovative strategies to facilitate site engagement in the return to work process and improve outcomes.

SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION COMMISSION 2006 SAFETY AWARDS RECIPIENTS

LEADERSHIP IN INJURY PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT CATEGORY

Winner: Centrelink, Area Central and Northern Queensland – Managing OHS during Centrelink’s Response to Tropical Cyclones Larry & Monica

Highly Commended: Medicare Australia - South Australia & Northern Territory – Medicare SA/NT OHS Model

Highly Commended: Austrade – Strategy for Staff Safety and Return to Work

Commended: Australian Bureau of Statistics – ABS Leadership in Injury Prevention and Management

BEST WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CATEGORY

Winner: Visionstream – Project 5 and Arrive Alive After 5

Highly Commended: Department of Defence – Royal Australian Navy – Fleet Intermediate Maintenance Activity – Perth – FIMA Perth OHS Management System

Commended: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation – Marine and Atmospheric Research Division Diving Management System

BEST SOLUTION TO AN IDENTIFIED WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE

Winner: Department of Defence, Royal Australian Navy – HMAS ANZAC Pontoon

Highly Commended: Linfox Australia – LINSafe – Walkway to Safety

Highly Commended: Australian Sports Commission – Work Alone Safely Pendant (WASP)

Commended: Australian Taxation Office – Occupational Overuse Syndrome Prevention Program

BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CATEGORY

Winner: Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation – Mr Michael Hauptmann

Highly Commended: Linfox Australia – Mr Samuel Amalfi

REHABILITATION AND RETURN TO WORK CATEGORY

Winner: Linfox Australia & Linfox Armaguard – Innovative Strategies to Facilitate Site Engagement in the RTW Process and Improve Outcomes

Highly Commended: Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service – Action through Intervention.

2006 SRCC Safety Awards - Case Studies of Finalists Booklet [pdf582kb]