Champion wins its
sixth consecutive Work Safe Alberta Award
(Sept. 30, 2009) CALGARY, Alberta – Champion Technologies’ Canadian Business Unit
has again been recognized as a safety leader in Alberta, winning the Work Safe
Alberta’s Best Safety Performer award. This is the sixth consecutive year that
Champion has earned the honor.
Since the award’s inception, only a handful of companies have consecutively
received the recognition. Of Alberta’s 160,000 employers, only 700 earn the
award. The criteria includes:
- A current Certificate of Recognition (COR) or a Partner in good standing under the Partnerships in Health and Safety Program.
- A disabling injury (DI) rate 40 percent lower than your industry’s average.
- No disabling injuries in the most recent 60 consecutive person years, and no more than 1 (DI) per each additional 60 person years.
- No work related fatalities in the previous 3 years.
- No outstanding compliance orders under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety OHS Legislation.
- No violations of the OHS Act in connection with any incident investigated by Alberta Employment and Immigration during the past 2 years.
- Not currently being prosecuted for a violation under Alberta’s OHS Legislation.
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