Thursday 19 February 2015

Still time to nominate for Safety Awards

There is still time to get recognised in the UK Oil and Gas Industry Safety Awards as the deadline for nominations has been extended by a week.

Step Change in Safety and Oil & Gas UK have pushed back the closing date of their Awards to February 27 following requests from potential entrants.

Robert Paterson, health, safety and employment issues director at Oil & Gas UK, said  “We’ve  been really impressed by the level and standard of entries we have received so far for our annual event which celebrates the people, teams and companies making a real difference to offshore health and safety - so important for our sector.”

Les Linklater, executive director with Step Change in Safety, added: "This year's nominations have been outstanding and reflect some of the considerable effort ongoing across the industry to make the UK the safest place to work.  I look forward to seeing the rest of the nominations in the next week."

The award categories are: • Safety Leadership - for an inspirational and motivational team leader. • Safety Representative - for an enthusiastic and committed safety rep. • Innovation in Safety - for a company which has put in place a safety-boosting process. • Workforce Engagement - for a person/ team actively embracing worker safety engagement. • Occupational Health and Hygiene - for a person/ team / company behind steps that have improved workforce health. • Sharing and Learning - for a person/ team/ company responsible for a workplace learning and sharing culture,  or a significant contribution to safety either by working with Oil & Gas UK or Step Change in Safety or within their own organisation.

See here for more information on the awards, how to nominate, or to book a place at the ceremony.

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Notes to Editors:

Oil & Gas UK is the leading representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Its growing membership, which comprises oil and gas producers and contractor companies, numbers around than 500.

Step Change in Safety is a member-led, not-for-profit organisation which seeks the make the UK the safest oil province in the world to work in.  The organisation has 137 members, which represent operators, contractors, trade unions, regulators and the onshore and offshore workforce.  Step Change in Safety is made up of four Steering Groups:  Helicopter Safety, Asset Integrity, Competence & Human Factors and Workforce Engagement.