Winners were celebrated at gala event in Toronto on Thursday
Canadian Occupational Safety is pleased to announce the winners of the eight annual Canada’s Safest Employers awards, recognizing health and safety excellence from coast to coast. Thirty-one companies were recognized at a gala event in Toronto on Thursday.
Canada’s Safest Employers awards boast 10 industry-specific categories, ranging from hospitality and health care to mining and manufacturing. Companies are judged on a wide range of occupational health and safety elements including leadership commitment, employee training, OHS management systems, incident investigation, emergency preparedness and innovative health and safety initiatives.
Three special awards were also handed out: The Wellness Award (for employee overall well-being); the Psychological Safety Award (for employee mental health); and the Young Worker Safety Award (for an employer with programs geared for keeping workers under age 25 safe).
The top prize of the evening is Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award, which recognizes a company that not only has everyone in its organization committed to safety (from C-suite executives to workers in the field), but also extends this passion for safety into the broader community.
Watch for the October/November 2018 issue of COS for complete coverage on the winners. Learn more about the awards here, including details on the nomination and judging process as well as listings of past winners.
Click on the company name of each gold winner (and all three of the culture award winners) for an exclusive article and video outlining its award-winning programs.
CANADA’S BEST HEALTH + SAFETY CULTURE
Silvers: ExxonMobil Canada; GE Healthcare
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Gold: Borger Group of Companies
Silvers: Kenaidan Contracting; Walsh Canada
Silvers: Michelin; Polycon Industries
MINING AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Gold: Ausenco Engineering Canada
Silvers: De Beers Canada; Klohn Crippen Berger
OIL AND GAS
Gold: Suncor - East Coast Canada Business Area
Silvers: Subsea 7 Canada; TransCanada Turbines
PUBLIC SECTOR/NON-PROFIT
Gold: Saskatchewan Government Insurance
Silver: Ryerson University
SERVICES
Gold: BGIS
Silvers: Morguard; Niagara Casinos; Western Camp Services
TRANSPORTATION
Gold: Westcan Bulk Transport
Silver: Jazz Aviation
UTILITIES AND ELECTRICAL
Gold: Toronto Hydro
Silvers: Burlington Hydro; Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro; Peterborough Utilities Group
Gold: Pronghorn Controls
Silvers: Innovative Automation; Walsh Canada
