Nominations open for manufacturing safety excellence awards

The awards celebrate some of the world’s safest manufacturing companies – those with a strong safety culture, well-executed compliance procedures, and effective use of current safeguarding and automation technology. 
 
Mark Eitzman, safety market development manager at Rockwell Automation, says: "The 2013 winners – General Motors, PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble – were selected because they make safety not only a priority, but a core value." 
 
The awards also recognise manufacturers that take a comprehensive approach to safety by successfully integrating safety practices between the engineering and environmental health and safety (EHS) departments. This helps enable the kind of collaboration that goes beyond compliance to dramatically reducing injury rates while improving plant productivity.
 
The awards are open to manufacturers, machine builders (OEMs) or system integrators, as long as they demonstrate a true commitment to safety. Nominations are due by 15th September, 2014, and winners will be announced at the Safety Leadership Conference (27th to 29th October, Indianapolis).