The City of Abbotsford has won a pair of awards from the BC Municipal Safety Association (BCMSA) in recognition of its dedication to creating a safer and healthier workplace.
The City received the following awards at a special presentation by the BCMSA during the council meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 29) –
Health and Safety Stewardship Award: Recognizing the significant contributions of the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) towards improving the health and safety. The JOHSC has demonstrated extraordinary leadership, initiative, creativity and innovation in developing policy, procedures, tools or communications for protecting the health and safety of all within the group they support.
Innovation Safety Solution Award: Acknowledging the City’s innovative approach to addressing challenges in occupational safety, ultimately leading to a safer, healthier work environment. This includes finding new solutions to reoccurring issues, identifying corrective actions to eliminate preventable workplace injuries, and implementing new practices or procedures that go beyond what is considered routine in the industry.
Through the development of a safety culture strategy and its JOHSC, the City emphasized its dedication to occupational health and safety, encouraging active employee participation in safety initiatives and training. The safety culture strategy focuses on building a confident and committed workforce, with the ultimate goal of preventing and reducing workplace incidents and injuries.
“Safeguarding the well-being of all city staff is a top priority for city council,” stated Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens. “It’s our goal to create a workplace where every member of our team has the training, resources and support needed to do their job safely. These awards reflect the great efforts of the city’s JOHSC and our entire workforce for upholding and sharing in these goals.”
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