Comcare has announced the finalists for the 2012 Comcare Work Health and Safety Award, with the winners to be announced at a gala dinner in Sydney on September 20.

 

The awards recognise and reward excellence in workplace health and safety, rehabilitation and return to work achieved by individuals and organisations covered by the Comcare scheme.

 

The finalists in each of the eight award categories are:

Category 1: Best Workplace Health and Wellbeing Program

  • BIS Industries for Fairbridge Bindjareb Project
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for The ACCC’s Health and Wellbeing Program

Category 2: Leadership Award for Injury or Disease Prevention and Management

  • There are no finalists in this award category.

Category 3: Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System

  • Royal Australian Mint for Converting a culture

Category 4: Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue

  • Department of Defence for Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) STUART Personnel – Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat Radiation Hazard Prevention & Management
  • Bureau of Meteorology forHydrogen Hazard Management
  • BIS Industries forRelocatable vehicle maintenance pit, “Drop in pit”
  • Royal Australian Mint for A Sticky Situation  

Category 5: Best Individual Contribution to Health and Safety

Sub-category a) A worker

  • Able Seaman Electronics Technician Lisa Pickstone, Department of Defence

Sub-category b) A worker with responsibility for WHS as part of their duties.

  • Daphne Paris, The Australian Film, Television and Radio School
  • Captain Shane Sarlin, Department of Defence
  • Dr Angelica Vecchio-Sadus, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  • John Britto, Visionstream
  • Tim Naim, Australian air Express
  • Megan Evans, Department of Human Services

Category 6: Health and Safety Representative of the Year

  • David Byrne, Department of Health and Ageing
  • Jo Coleman, Department of Human Services
  • Jerimiah Karati, Thiess John Holland

Category 7: Rehabilitation and Return to Work Award

Sub-category a) An organisation

  • Department of Defence for 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) Casualty Management
  • Department of Defence for Transient Personnel Management Cell
  • TNT Express Australia forBuilding upon Best Practice in Early Intervention

Sub-category b) An individual

  • Debra Kelly, Department of Human Services

Category 8: Claims Manager of the Year

  • Dean Stone, National Australia Bank
  • Natalie Heffernan, Comcare