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Do You Have What It Takes to Be One of America’s Safest Companies?

March 10, 2016
Previous winners of EHS Today's America's Safest Companies Award have included

Each year since 2002, EHS Today has honored America’s Safest Companies. The application can be downloaded here, and provides a snapshot of your safety program: what drives it, what challenges it and what can be shared with other companies looking to achieve the same results.

Questions provide insight into:

  • Your company/management philosophy regarding safety.
  • Examples of management’s dedication to safe production.
  • Employee engagement in the safety process.
  • The key elements of your occupational safety and health program.
  • The role safety plays in the way your company does business.
  • The important elements of your safety process.
  • How you track and verify your safety performance.
  • Examples where your safety process went beyond compliance.
  • Why your company should be named one of America’s Safest Companies.

Previous winners have included manufacturing companies, construction firms, laboratories, printing companies, engineering firms, heavy industrial, remediation companies, oil and gas exploration frims, mining companies and much more.

Applications can be submitted from May 1 to July 15. Companies that already have been named one of America’s Safest must wait five years before re-applying. America’s Safest Companies is a corporate award – not a facility award – although autonomous business units will be considered.

Winners will be expected to attend the awards program, which will be held in Pittsburgh in September as part of the Safety Leadership Conference, scheduled for Sept. 19-21, 2016.

About the Author

Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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