Lake Buena Vista, FL — The National Safety Council honored 4 organizations working towards – and succeeding in – stopping accidents and saving lives with its famend Green Cross for Safety Awards.
Presented throughout the twenty fifth annual Green Cross Celebration – sponsored by U.S. Steel – on Sept. 16 at Walt Disney World – EPCOT, the accolades acknowledge the most effective and brightest in three classes: security advocacy, security excellence and security innovation.
The 2024 winners:
Safety Advocate Award (sponsored by First Student):
Boston Children’s Hospital – The Safe Play Starts Here van, a collaboration between Boston Children’s Hospital’s Injury Prevention Program and Fundacion MAPFRE, promotes youngster security by way of training, outreach, analysis and advocacy.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 103 – IBEW Local 103 created the Local 103 Brothers and Sisters in Recovery Group to fight the excessive charges of alcoholism and dependancy among the many nonprofit’s employees.
Safety Excellence Award:
Aramco’s Northern Area Producing – Aramco’s Northern Area Producing confronted a rising downside of motor vehicle-related incidents, with staff youthful than 35 on the biggest danger. To tackle this, the corporate carried out a complete site visitors security framework primarily based on 4 key components: a devoted process drive, human sources initiatives, site visitors monitoring and management, and infrastructure enhancements.
Safety Innovation Award (sponsored by Amazon):
Nutrien – Nutrien is straight addressing two of the very best danger actions in underground potash mining: floor falls and interplay with cell gear. The implementation of tele-remote expertise is considerably decreasing the potential for critical accidents or fatalities throughout mining and by relocating gear by way of the mining sequence.
In addition to recognizing this 12 months’s award recipients, the NSC’s Green Cross Celebration helped elevate $610,000 for mission vital initiatives, together with security analysis, training and advocacy.
