2010 Utah Safety Council Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon

Nominations are being now being accepted for several levels of awards. Recipients will be honored at the 2010 Utah Safety Council Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Friday, August 27, 2010, at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City. Each year the Utah Safety Council honors companies and individuals for outstanding efforts and activities in the area of safety. 

• The "Individual Achievement in Safety Award" is given to one individual who has made major contributions in the field of safety that have substantially impacted an organization or the community.
• The "Award of Merit" and the "Award of Honor" recognize outstanding achievements in corporate safety programs. In order to receive the "Award of Merit," an organization's incidence rate must be lower than the national average for the industry, the organization must demonstrate continuous improvement or sustained levels of excellence and it must have essential elements of a safety program in place. The "Award of Honor" recognizes one organization that meets the above criteria, but exceeds the performance of all other entries.
• The “Perfect Record Award” recognizes organizations that have completed a period of at least 12 consecutive months without incurring an OSHA recordable injury or illness, and days away from work or death.
• The “Million Hours Award” recognizes organizations that have accomplished 1,000,000, 2,000,000, 3,000,000 or any other million increments of consecutive employee-hours without incurring an OSHA recordable injury or illness, and days away from work or death.
• The “Professional Driver of the Year Award” is given to one individual who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments as measured by years of driving, exemplary driver history and/or other distinguished personal characteristics including professional behavior and acts of heroism.

Entries must be submitted on the application forms that can be downloaded from the links above. In order to assist us in the selection process, it is important to include measurable factors that show or demonstrate improvement and accomplishment. Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2010.

Click here to view the 2009 award recipiants.