Gallagher Bassett (GB) has congratulated the winners in this year’s WorkSafe Victoria Awards, which recognise Victorian people and businesses who have made an outstanding contribution to workplace health, safety, wellbeing, and return-to-work in their fields.
Two of the eight GB clients who were chosen as 2019 finalists were named as award winners – Scope won the Commitment to Workplace Health, Safety, and Wellbeing category; and Baw Baw Shire Council won the Leading Return to Work Practice by an Employer category.
Disability service provider Scope launched its ScopeSAFE health and safety system across four divisions, 226 locations, and 2,500 employees this year, resulting in positive employee engagement, improved manual handling techniques, improved occupational violence, and aggression support and increased early intervention on safety issues.
In 2018, the Baw Baw Shire Council updated its early intervention and supported work programs to provide better immediate assistance to employees who suffered a work and non-work related injuries.
“We’re proud to have two GB clients recognised as part of the 2019 WorkSafe Awards,” said Andrew Farlow, GB’s general manager for Victorian workers’ compensation. “Being recognised at an industry level reflects the incredible work that they do to improve their workplace health and safety,”
The other GB clients who made it as 2019 finalists were Opal Aged Care, Metropolitan Fire
