The Award Categories
Please make sure you have properly read the categories and criteria before entering. The criteria is different for each category and you are able to enter multiple categories. You can also enter more than once in each category, provided they are different entries.
DEADLINE EXTENDED – FINAL DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Friday 24th February 2023 at 11:59PM.
The Alan McArthur Unsung Hero Award
This category has been launched in memory of Alan McArthur who dedicated more than 20 years to innovating and improving health and safety.
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Best Health & Safety In Manufacturing
This category is designed to recognise a manufacturing premises, which can demonstrate either an exemplary health and safety record or how it has taken significant steps to improve health and safety standards. Entrants must explain how they have ensured the health, safety and wellbeing of anyone who had access to or worked at the premises.
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Best Health & Safety Project
This category is designed to recognise a project, which has delivered significant improvement(s) to health, safety or wellbeing of people and/or premises.
Best Health & Safety Manager Of The Year
This category is designed to recognise a health and safety manager who made a significant contribution to the implementation or enhancement of health, safety or wellbeing standards within either their own or a client organisation.
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Campaign of the year
This category is designed to recognise the implementation of a campaign that has led to significant improvements to any of health and safety for persons or premises.
Health & Safety Team Of The Year
This category is designed to recognise health and safety teams that are making a significant difference in their workplace.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
This prestigious award, sponsored by Shawcity, and chosen by our judging panel of key industry bodies and figure heads, will be awarded to an outstanding individual who has made a tremendous contribution to health and safety during their lifetime.
Rising Star Of The Year Award
This category is designed to recognise an individual who made a significant contribution to the implementation or enhancement of health, safety or wellbeing standards within either their own or a client organisation. They must also have made a significant contribution to the introduction and promotion of standards within the health, safety or wellbeing and not been in post prior to 1 January 2021.
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The Safer Logistics Award
The Safer Logistics Award is a celebration of safety excellence in the logistics and supply chain sectors.
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Woman Of The Year Award
This category is designed to recognise a female health and safety professional who made a significant contribution to the implementation or enhancement of health, safety or wellbeing standards within either their own or a client organisation or a woman working within the health and safety sector who has made a significant contribution to their organisation.
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Marketing Campaign of the Year
This category is designed to recognise the implementation of a marketing campaign that has led to significant improvements to any of health and safety for persons or premises or use of products.
Distributor of the Year
This category is designed to recognise distributors of health and safety products that have gone above and beyond to ensure great customer service, fulfilment of customer needs and demonstrated great product/market knowledge.
Best Driver Risk Management Performance
This award has been developed to recognise employers who have proactively demonstrated a consistent and comprehensive approach to the management of their work-related road risk, and in doing so have delivered significant business benefits through the reduction in vehicle related incidents and collisions involving staff who drive for work.
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Best Use of Health and Safety Data to Lower Incident Rates
This award recognises organisations that have endeavoured to collect data linked to risk control systems and health and safety management arrangements with an aim to analyse routine data and better understand the likelihood of future events. They will have shown exceptional understanding of leading indicators and be able to demonstrate how they plan to better understand incidents in order to protect their workforce.
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Best Health & Safety In Construction
This category is designed to recognise a construction project, which has an exemplary health and safety record. Entrants must explain how the project ensured the health, safety and wellbeing of anyone who had access to or worked on the construction site.
The project must have been completed no earlier than 1 January 2020 and if the project is ongoing the entry must apply to a health and safety strategy that was implemented after 1 January 2020.
BSIF Customer Service Award
An award for companies in the safety field offering exceptional and innovative service solutions. Voted for by the entrants' own customers.
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BSIF Product Solution – PPE Award
An award for products that are new and innovative and will contribute to improvements in occupational safety & health.
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BSIF Product Solution – Safety Product Award
An award for products that are new and innovative and will contribute to improvements in occupational safety & health.
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BSIF Safety Solution Award
Based upon case studies submitted by members, these awards recognise major improvements in occupational safety created in 2020/2021.
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