Employee HSEC Awards
The BHP Billiton Employee HSEC Awards encourage and recognise those employees and their teams who openly embody the values expressed in our Charter and go beyond what is required in their day-to-day jobs to care for their fellow employees, the community and the environment.
The Awards also provide a platform for sharing creativity and best practice. A wealth of knowledge is gathered through the entry submission process and this is published across the Company to bring business benefits.
Awards are presented in the four categories of Health, Safety, Environment and Community, together with an award for Individual Excellence, the recipient of which is personally selected by the Chair of the Judging Panel, The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen (former Governor General of Australia). Each category of nominations is assessed by a separate judging panel for each category, comprising one Company representative and four experts from the non-government, government and academic sectors.
This year, more than 260 nominations were received from around the world. The judges selected a shortlist of finalists in each category. From these, the recipients of Excellence, Highly Commended and Merit Awards were chosen.
In recognition of their initiative, each Excellence award and Highly Commended award recipient will be presented with a specially designed sculpture, and each Merit award recipient will receive a certificate. The finalists each nominated a charity or not-for-profit organisation to share in their award. These organisations will receive a donation of US$7500 (Excellence Award), US$3750 (Highly Commended) or US$1500 (Merit). All the recipients are to be congratulated for the high standard of their contributions.
We also thank the judges who participated in the assessment of entries and acknowledge their contribution to the Awards process.
The Award recipients in this year's Awards are presented below, together with a brief description of their project.
- Individual Excellence Award Recipient
- Health Awards Recipients
- Safety Awards Recipients
- Environment Awards Recipients
- Community Awards Recipients
Individual Excellence Award
Personally selected by the Chair of the Judging Panel, The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen.
- Ed Pinceratto
- Petroleum, Bass Strait Asset, Australia
Health Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
- Ash Goodwin (team representative) for Wagon Vibrator Program
- Carbon Steel Materials, BMA Coal - Hay Point Services, Queensland, Australia
Highly Commended Awards
- Larissa Pinto Barbosa for Baby Teeth Program
- Carbon Steel Materials, Samarco Mineração, Brazil
- Linda Kissane (team representative) for Respiratory Health Management Program
- Aluminium, Aluminium Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Eliseu Canuma for Mozal HIV/AIDS Program
- Aluminium, Mozal, Maputo, Mozambique
Merit Awards
- Dale Bradford (team representative) for ‘Your Health Matters’ Wellness Program
- Petroleum, Glomar CR Luigs Offshore Drill Ship, Worldwide Drilling, Louisiana, USA
- Noelle Emmett (team representative) for Worsley Waist Reduction Program
- Aluminium, Worsley Alumina, Western Australia
- Keith Griffin (team representative) for Development Capital Projects Health and Wellness Program
- Aluminium, Worsley Alumina, Western Australia
- Paula Northam for Health Assist Program
- Carbon Steel Materials, TEMCO, Tasmania, Australia
- David Todd (team representative) for Project 0.5
- Carbon Steel Materials, Iron Ore Pilbara Operations, Western Australia
- Bobbie Walker (team representative) for Proactive Injury Prevention Health Program
- Base Metals, Cannington silver, lead and zinc mine, Queensland, Australia
Safety Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
- Nelly Magnan (team representative) for Zero Harm Enrolment Project
- Base Metals, Minera Escondida, Second Region, Chile
Highly Commended Award
- Yogen Chetty (team representative) for HEART: Hillsiders Eliminating Accidents and Risks Together
- Aluminium, Hillside Aluminium Smelter, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Ross Naumann (team representative) for China CBM Exploration Campaign 2004
- Petroleum, China Coal Bed Methane Project 2004, Mongolia, China
- Noel Harden (team representative) for Load Haul Dump Operators Cabin Project
- Carbon Steel Materials, Illawarra Coal, New South Wales, Australia
Merit Award
- Mike Borchardt (team representative) for Valve Lifting Frame Project
- Aluminium, Worsley Alumina, Western Australia
- Scott Carson (team representative) for Berth Warning System
- Carbon Steel Materials, BMA Coal – Hay Point Services, Queensland, Australia
- Jeff Clifton (team representative) for Dragline Tub High Voltage Cable Plug Innovation Project
- Carbon Steel Materials, Blackwater Mine, Queensland, Australia
- Steve Maddison (team representative) for Ohanet Oil and Gas Development Project
- Petroleum, Ohanet Oil and Gas Development, Wilaya de Ouargla, Algeria
- Tom Raleigh (team representative) for Tyre Handler Proximity Protection
- Carbon Steel Materials, Norwich Park Mine, Queensland, Australia
- Steynberg van Rensburg (team representative) for Electronic Permit System Project
- Carbon Steel Materials, Metalloys Meyerton, Gauteng, South Africa
Environment Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
- Chris Hanks (team representative) for Naonayaotit Traditional Knowledge Project
- Diamonds and Specialty Products, EKATI Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, North West Territories, Canada
Highly Commended
- Mónica Arrieta (team representative) for Water Efficient Use and Savings Program
- Stainless Steel Materials, Cerro Matoso, Montelíbano, Colombia
- Kim Norman (team representative) for Point of Ayr Land Management Program
- Petroleum, Liverpool Bay Oil and Gas Project, Wales, United Kingdom
- William Cornes and Nicole Plint(team representative) for Clean Air Task Force Beltwash Stations
- Carbon Steel Materials, Nelson Point/Finucane Island, Western Australia, Australia
Mertit Award
- Adri Salim (team representative) for BHP Kendilo Coal Closure Project
- Energy Coal, PT BHP Kendilo Coal, Petangis, Indonesia
- James Glasston (team representative) for Flue Dust Recycling Project
- Base Metals, San Manuel Southwest Copper, Arizona, United States
- Juan Reinaga (team representative) for Operations Energy Campaign
- Base Metals, Minera Escondida, Second Region, Chile
- Jamie McCorkell (team representative) for Hay Point Foreshore Development and Restoration Project
- Carbon Steel Materials, BMA Coal - Hay Point Services, Queensland, Australia
- Hendrik Louw (team representative) for Hillside Aluminium Waste Program
- Aluminium, Hillside Aluminium Smelter, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Gordon Maclean (team representative) for Tailings Flow Control Reduces Water Consumption
- Carbon Steel Materials, Goonyella Riverside Mine, Queensland, Australia
Community Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
- Humera Malik (team representative) for Changing Lifestyles - Sustainable Livelihoods of Women in Johi
- Petroleum, Zamzama Gas Project, Islamabad, Pakistan
Highly Commended Award
- Sergio Molina Berrios (team representative) for Corporate Social Responsibility Fund
- Base Metals, Minera Escondida Foundation, Second Region, Chile
- Frans-Jozef Jaspers (team representative) for SME Development Program
- Aluminium, Mozal, Maputo, Mozambique
- Michael Jose (team representative) for BHP Billiton Iron Ore Aboriginal Education Partnerships
- Carbon Steel Materials, Iron Ore - Nelson Point, Point Hedland, Australia
Merit Award
- Juan Alvarez Guzman (team representative) for Minera Escondida Foundation School
- Base Metals, Minera Escondida Foundation, Second Region, Chile
- Clóvis Bastos de Oliveira (team representative) for Safety Campaign - Community Boats
- Aluminium, Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN), Oriximiná, Brazil
- Venecia Van Loggerenberg (team representative) for Unizul Science Centre
- Aluminium, Bayside and Hillside Smelters, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Mark Kelly and Mark Golding (team representative) for QNI 'Adopt a School' Program
- Stainless Steel Materials, QNI Yabulu Refinery, Queensland, Australia
- Sheldon Narine (team representative) for La Brea Village Agricultural Project
- Petroleum, Angostura Asset, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
- Salvador Traquino (team representative) for Community Livestock Breeding Project
- Aluminium, Mozal, Maputo, Mozambique
