WorkSafe Awards 2027

Finalists by category

The WorkSafe Awards recognise excellence in workplace health and safety and return to work and the 23 finalists shortlisted for the 2027 WorkSafe Awards are:

Leading Return to Work Practice

• Mark Bennett - Greenfreight
• Garth Quast – Primary Connect Barnawartha
• Opal Healthcare

Worker Return to Work Achievement

• Kiara Watson - Berry Street
• Progress Nyoni - JBS Australia
• Clinton Wilde - Cranbourne Transit Admin 
• Sam Jones - Wannon Region Water Corporation

Excellence in Preventing and Managing Psychosocial Risk

• Office of Public Prosecutions
• Opal Packaging Australia Pty Ltd

OHS Leadership/Achievement 

• Maree Shelly - Colac Area Health
• Yiota Paraskevopoulos - Victorian Ambulance Union 
• ACCIONA Australia
• Henderson & Co Cleaning
• St John of God Healthcare, Berwick

Workplace Health and Safety Solution of the Year 

• Footpath measuring tool - Mitchell Shire Council
• Quick Deploy Self Structuring Lift for the Events Industry - KESA AUST PTY LTD
• Ventura OCC - Ventura Bus Lines
• Paperclip Access Frame system - McConnell Dowell Constructors

Health and Safety Representative of the Year 

• Tammy Basso-Bondini - South Gippsland Water
• Michael Toussaint - Ambulance Victoria
• Flynn Bryce - Bendigo Health
• Simon Petch - Racing Victoria
• Andrew Axford - Infrabuild Steel

Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations for this year’s awards. 

WorkSafe received over 150 nominations across the award categories this year and as always it was a challenging process to determine the Finalists for 2027.

Winners of the 2027 WorkSafe Awards will be announced at the Awards Dinner and Presentation on February 25^th next year.