WorkSafe Saskatchewan announces 2021 Safe Worker and Safe Employer Award winners
Regina, Sask., May 31, 2021 – On May 25, 2021, WorkSafe Saskatchewan, the partnership between the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) and the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, announced the winners of the 2021 Safe Worker and Safe Employer Awards.
Each year, WorkSafe Saskatchewan presents the Safe Worker Award to a worker who goes beyond the expectations of their position to help create a safer workplace. This award aims to recognize workers that model innovative and successful safety practices in their workplace. In many situations, the winners are not in formal leadership roles, but have taken the opportunity to become safety leaders in their workplace. The 2021 WorkSafe Saskatchewan Safe Worker Award winner is Audrey MacMurchy, Kingston Midstream Limited, Estevan, Sask.
The Safe Employer Award is presented to a best practice employer who builds safety into every task. This award recognizes employers who place a heavy emphasis on safety and make it a key part of their operations. Winners do not view safety as an inconvenient requirement, but rather as an exciting opportunity to share new safety ideas and concepts with their staff, ensuring that everyone within the organization plays their part in promoting a safe work environment. The 2021 Safe Employer Award winner is Triple A Directional Drilling Ltd., Yorkton, Sask.
“The Safe Worker and Safe Employer Awards are a very important program for the WCB and WorkSafe Saskatchewan” said Annette Goski, the WCB’s director of prevention. “Each year, we are always excited to see the new and innovative ways companies and their employees are keeping safety top of mind. We hope that by recognizing their success, we can provide motivation to others throughout the province.”
Workplace peers and colleagues nominate the recipients of these awards. Two committees representing WorkSafe Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, the Saskatchewan Safety Council and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers adjudicate the nominations.
“Our ultimate goal is to achieve Mission Zero. The steps that each individual worker and the employers throughout Saskatchewan take to improve safety in their place of work, brings the whole province a little closer to that goal.” said Goski. “Congratulations to the winners. Together, we can continue to strive for Mission Zero.”
About the 2021 winners:
Audrey MacMurchy, 2021 Safe Worker Award winner
Audrey works as an administrative assistant with Kingston Midstream Limited in Estevan, Sask. Audrey took an active leadership role within the organization to ensure that employees stayed safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to COVID-19 arriving in Estevan, Audrey continued to reinforce safe work practices and demonstrated leadership in modeling COVID-19 protocol behaviours.
In addition to setting a positive example, Audrey took the initiative to reimagine how meetings would be conducted. Despite not being in a formal leadership role, Audrey was able to influence the organization in following health and safety expectations, demonstrating the value of her informal leadership.
Triple A Directional Drilling Ltd., 2021 Safe Employer Award winner
Triple A Directional Drilling Ltd. (Triple A) “holds safety as a core value, never to be compromised for the sake of profit or expediency.” The organization believes “every worker has the right to work in a safe and healthy environment and that both management and workers are accountable for creating this environment.”
Triple A has adopted a cloud-based safety management system. This program helps to keep safety a top priority by allowing the company to monitor safety compliance in real time from a desktop computer, laptop or authorized mobile device. Consequently, information from this application can be plotted into analytics to assist in identifying deficiencies and future goals and objectives.
Fast facts:
- WorkSafe Saskatchewan has presented the Safe Worker Award annually since 2006.
- WorkSafe Saskatchewan founded the Safe Employer Award in 2007 to honour an employer who shows leadership in health and safety beyond the requirements of the industry and legislation.
- Profiles of each of the 2021 finalists, as well as a complete list of committee members and past winners, are available on the WorkSafe website at www.worksafesask.ca/safe-worker and www.worksafesask.ca/safe-employer.
- In 2020, 90 per cent of Saskatchewan employers achieved Mission: Zero. This is an increase of two per cent from 2019.
Photos are available through media contact.
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Goudy
Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board
Phone: 306.533.9746
lgoudy@wcbsask.com
