The Safety Award recognises a distillery, individual, team or industry partner demonstrating leadership in safety within the Australian distilling industry.
Distilling involves high-risk environments including flammable liquids, high proof alcohol, pressure, heat, chemicals and production equipment. This award recognises those who go beyond minimum compliance to improve safety outcomes, safety culture and industry knowledge.
Entries may relate to a specific project, safety initiative, training program, facility design, process improvement or industry contribution that has improved safety within a business or across the broader industry.
Judges will assess initiatives relative to the scale and resources of the business, recognising that leadership in safety can be demonstrated by businesses of any size.
Who should enter?
Open to:
- Distilleries
- Distillery teams
- Individuals
- Industry suppliers
- Industry bodies
- Safety consultants working with distilleries
The initiative must have been implemented or significantly developed within the past 24 months.
Examples may include:
- Distillery safety system development
- New plant or distillery designed with safety improvements
- Dangerous goods storage systems
- Fire safety improvements
- Staff training programs
- Safety culture programs
- Incident reduction programs
- Process safety innovation
- Mental health and workplace safety initiatives
- Sharing safety knowledge with the industry
Judges will consider:
- Demonstrated safety improvement
- Leadership and initiative
- Measurable impact
- Practical implementation
- Contribution to industry safety knowledge
- Commitment to ongoing safety improvement
Entry includes:
Applicants will be asked to provide:
- a brief overview of the business or individual
- a description of the safety initiative or program
- why this initiative was introduced
- outcomes or improvements achieved
- how this initiative could benefit the wider industry
- optional supporting evidence