The Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards' ceremony was held at Optus Stadium on 31 October 2024.
These awards recognise outstanding solutions and innovations to specific workplace health and safety problems in Western Australia.
This year, a record 89 submissions were received with 41 companies/ or individuals recognised as finalists. Nine of these finalists were awarded with a winner’s trophy and three finalists received a certificate of merit.
An outline of all finalists is available in the Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2024 booklet .
The department would like to congratulate the winners, those that received certificates of merit, and all finalists.
2024 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards winners
Winner Taz Drone Solutions – Prism tripod dropping drone Finalists Barefoot Creative Collective Pty Ltd – Star picket cap project FlashHatz – Safety helmets GTE Group – AuditSense LIFTr Pty Ltd – Magni by LIFTr 16.10U Taz Drone Solutions – Prism tripod dropping drone
Winner Schlam Payload Industries – Tray stand trolley Certificate of merit recipient Trac Skirt International – Trac Skirt Finalists Austal Ships – Innovations in the application of vessel floor coverings Breight Group – Kelly clip Cape Dunstans – Clip gun extension handle for the Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO) Goldstar Transport Group Pty Ltd – Special purpose dual deck trailer Schlam Payload Industries – Tray stand trolley Trac Skirt International – Trac Skirt
Winner PSM Upstream Solutions – Engineered structural preservation crates Certificate of merit recipient Support Vehicles Australia – Off highway tank body pins and clamps Finalists BGIS Pty Ltd (Perth Stadium account) – AFL behind goal nets Dredge Robotics (a division of Fremantle Commercial Diving Pty Ltd) – Safer alternative to water asset maintenance Eurospares Depot Pty Ltd – Electric secondary park brake (70 Series LandCruiser) PSM Upstream Solutions – Engineered structural preservation crates Support Vehicles Australia – Off highway tank body pins and clamps
Winner St John Western Australia – Stryker Power PRO stretcher rollout Certificate of merit recipient Bethanie – ember @ risk project Finalists Beam Mobility – BeamSafe thermographic monitoring system for lithium-ion battery charging racks Bethanie – ember @ risk project Monadelphous – Frame-Flexer Rio Tinto and Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Pilbara X annual learning symposium and emergency response exercises St John Western Australia – Stryker Power PRO stretcher rollout WA Country Health Service – CCTV security operations centre Western Power – Live work justification tool Western Power – Enhancing safety in hazardous high voltage environments through 3D visualisation technology
Winner Anglicare WA – well @ work Finalists Anglicare WA – well @ work Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREEA) – Resources and energy industry mental health maturity assessment tool Bethesda Health Care – Staff wellness program Legal Aid WA – Check in guide Rio Tinto – Improving leadership practices by enhancing supportive leadership capability Talison Lithium – Apprentice and trainee program
Winner Shire of Ashburton – LEADing by example: creating a sustainable healthy and safe workplace for today and tomorrow Finalists Before You Dig Australia (BYDA) – Digital safety innovation B Strata – Work health and safety in strata Shire of Ashburton – LEADing by example: creating a sustainable healthy and safe workplace for today and tomorrow
Winners City of Stirling Volunteer Services – Volunteer work health and safety consultations WA Police Force (Children’s Crossings Unit) – Project Ruth Less Finalists City of Stirling Volunteer Services – Volunteer work health and safety consultations FQM Australia Nickel Pty Ltd – Ravensthorpe WA Police Force (Children’s Crossings Unit) – Project Ruth Less
Winner James Walker – WA Country Health Service Finalists Susan Cresswell – St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital Helen Higgins – Roy Hill Tiq Rehman – St John WA James Walker – WA Country Health Service Bree Wiley – Fortescue Metals Group
