2026 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards

Nominations for the Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards are now closed. 

The Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards recognise outstanding solutions and innovations to specific workplace health and safety problems in Western Australia.

Key dates

• 27 February 2026 – Nominations opened
• 29 May 2026 – Nominations closed
• August/September 2026 – Announce finalists
• October 2026 – Winners announced at awards ceremony

Award categories

• Work health and safety invention of the year
  Recognises development of plant/equipment engineering and/or infrastructure to enhance health and safety
• Best solution to a work health and safety risk
  Recognises innovation, implementation and/or design of systems or procedures to improve health and safety
• Best intervention to address a psychosocial hazard in the workplace
  Recognises an organisation’s commitment to the prevention of psychosocial hazards in the workplace
• Leadership excellence award
  Recognises an organisations excellence in leadership in improving health and safety in the workplace
• Health and safety representative of the year
  Recognises an elected health and safety representative who has made a significant contribution and demonstrable difference to health and safety in the workplace.

For more information on the award categories and criteria, refer to the Awards nomination submission: Information booklet.