HSE Awards Scheme
An overview
Why an “Award Scheme”
“Recognition of outstanding
performance in Health, Safety
and Environmental
Management in the
Bituminous Products Industry”
How does it work?
Eligibility :
All current Ordinary Members that
were members on the 1st March of a
preceding year
Award Period :
Calendar year
Assessments :
During November/December of each
year
Award Categories
o Best sustained performance in
OVERALL HSE management
for the period
o Recognition of progress in
successful implementation of an
HSE Management System
o CEO Merit Awards for other
notable HSE achievements
Essential requirements for participation
General Requirements – All Categories
o MUST NOT HAVE “suffered” a recordable fatal
incident for the period under assessment
o MUST HAVE reported the required statistics to
Sabita for the period
Additional Category–specific requirement
o MUST demonstrate that ALL elements and
Expectations of the Sabita HSEMS have been
implemented
o MUST have a Total Recordable Case Frequency
(TRCF) rate of <10 for the assessment period
o
Requirements cont……
Recognition of progress in
implementation of HSEMS
o
MUST demonstrate that implementation
was in progress FOR AT LEAST 60% (6) of
the mandatory award scheme
expectations during the FIRST period of
participation and thereafter 100% (10) for
subsequent award periods
o
MUST have a Total Recordable Case
Frequency (TRCF) rate of <15 for period
under review
Award Category Elements
Best sustained OVERALL HSE
performance
o Ten (10) mandatory award scheme
elements
o Two (2) additional HSE- MS
expectations nominated by participating
member
o Three (3) additional “mystery” Sabita
HSEMS expectations (determined by a
draw from remaining expectations)
Ten Mandatory Award Scheme Elements
Code
HSE -MS Expectation
HSE-MS Core Expectation
MASE 1
4.1.1.4 & 4.1.2.1
Leadership and commitment
MASE 2
4.2.1.2 & 4.2.2.1
Policy & Strategic Objectives
MASE 3
MASE 4
4.3.1.1 & 4.3.2.1
4.3.3.1 & 4.3.3.2
Organisation, Responsibilities, Resources, Standards
and Documents
MASE 5
MASE 6
4.4.1.1 & 4.4.2.1
4.4.5.1 & 4.4.6.1
Hazards and Effects Management
MASE 7
4.5.1.1/4.5.3.1/4.5.4.2
Planning and Procedures
MASE 8
4.6.1.3/4.6.2.2 & 4.6.3.3
Implementation, Monitoring and reporting
MASE 9
4.7.1.1 & 4.7.3.1
Audit
MASE 10
4.8.1.1
Management Review
CEO Merit Award
Any notable initiatives made
by
member organisations
OR
Individual employees that have
significantly contributed to
the enhancement of HSE
Management
within their own organisation
or the bituminous industry
in general
Why an “Award Scheme”
o The Sabita Award Scheme recognises those in our
industry who achieve excellence.
o The awards are meaningful for the winners as they
are bestowed by peers.
o Award winners will be highlighted in asphaltNews
and other industry publications throughout the
country thus benefiting through recognition for
o their excellence in HSE practices.
CEO Merit Award recipients 2011
Adelaide Martin and Colin Brooks
CEO Merit Award Media Coverage
In Conclusion
Together, we can
create a sense of pride
in providing blacktop
roads that are SAFE –
to the road provider
and the road user