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