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, comprising one Company representative and four experts from the non-government, government and academic sectors.
This year, a record 365 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$7,500 (Excellence Award), US$3750 (Highly Commended) or US$1,500 (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.
Muliawan Margadana
BHP Billiton Indonesia, Jakarta Office, Indonesia
Individual Excellence Award Short-Listed Nominees
Jannie Kleynsmith
Aluminium, Bayside Aluminium Smelter, South Africa
Rossana Espinoza
Base Metals, Cerro Colorado, Chile
Terry Fletcher
Base Metals, Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico, USA
Eduardo Lara
Base Metals, Cerro Colorado, Chile
Tarique MacDonald-Razvi
Carbon Steel Materials, Western Australia Iron Ore
Trefor Penno
Carbon Steel Materials, Western Australia Iron Ore
Graham Perkins
Carbon Steel Materials, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Peak Downs Mine, Australia
Barry Quiroz
Diamonds and Specialty Products, Exploration, East Asia, Beijing, China
Aubrey Matuludi
Energy Coal, Ingwe, Middelburg Mine, South Africa
Jim Trench
Petroleum Products Marketing, Supply & Trading, Singapore
Health Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
Ramiro Roy for Reducing Dust and Noise Generation during Metal Ladle Lifting Beam Testing
Aluminium, Mozal, Mozambique
Highly Commended Awards
Yusdi Sangadji (team representative) for Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Project
Corporate, MKT Jakarta Office, Indonesia
Mariaan Smit (team representative) for Digital Noise Display Board
Energy Coal, Ingwe, Khutala Colliery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Garry Hughes (team representative) for Fatigue Management in Coal Mining Program
Carbon Steel Materials, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Peak Downs Mine, Australia
Merit Awards
Tony O’Keefe
(team representative)
for Fatigue Management Project
Carbon Steel Materials, Western Australia Iron Ore
Carlito Rena (team representative) for Hallmark Nickel Prospect Community and Health Development Project
BHP Billiton Minerals Exploration, Region XI, Philippines
Sebastião Rodrigues (team representative) for Improving Ergonomic Conditions at Horizontal Direct Chilled Casting Machine
Aluminium, Valesul Aluminío S.A., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Samantha Lee for Risk-Based Medical Assessments
Petroleum, Australia Operated Asset Team, Griffin Venture, Western Australia
Horatio Reeves (team representative) for Fatigue and Sleep Control Project
Base Metals, Antamina, Chile
Iona Williamson (team representative)
for Nickel Hygiene Baseline Study
Stainless Steel Materials, Kwinana Nickel Refinery, Australia
Safety Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
Dale Bradford (team representative) for Eliminating High Risk Activities in Drilling Operations
Petroleum, Worldwide Drilling Team, Houston, USA
Highly Commended Awards
Muhammad Aftab Khan (team representative) for Contractors Safety Awareness Program
Petroleum, Pakistan Asset, Islamabad, Pakistan
Edan Stolberg (team representative) for Dozer Training Package
Carbon Steel Materials, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Australia
John Christowitz (team representative) for Reducing Road Transport Risks
Aluminium, Mozal, Mozambique
Merit Awards
Ross Truelson (team representative) for BMA Road Haul Watering Project
Carbon Steel Materials, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Peak Downs Mine, Australia
Nicole Sabourin for Zero Incident Process
Diamonds and Specialty Products, EKATI Diamond Mine, Canada
John Mitchell (team representative) for Six Sigma Visibility Project
Energy Coal, Mt Arthur Coal, Hunter Valley, Australia
Anthony Peterson (team representative) for HSEC Contacts Process
Carbon Steel Materials, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Goonyella Riverside Mine, Australia
Ramón Parrguez (team representative) for Behaviour Based Competence Model
Base Metals, Escondida, Region II, Chile
Johan Badenhorst (team representative) for Measuring Contractor Performance
Energy Coal, Ingwe, Middelburg Mine, South Africa
Environment Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
John Groves (team representative) for Ore Moisture Conditioning Project
Carbon Steel Materials, Western Australia Iron Ore
Highly Commended Awards
Nora Patricia González Jorquera (team representative) for Punta Negra Salt Lake Biodiversity Monitoring Plan
Base Metals, Escondida, Chile
John Read (team representative) for Arid Recovery
Base Metals, Olympic Dam, Australia
David Trench (team representative) for Shenzi Subsea Architecture Optimisation
Petroleum, Shenzi Development, Gulf of Mexico, USA
Merit Awards
Ademar Cavalcanti Silvi (team representative) for Brazil Nut Germplasm Bank
Aluminium, Mineração Rio do Norte, Brazil
Emanoel Varão (team representative) for Coal Fine Reuse as Secondary Fuel
Aluminium, Alumar, Brazil
John Kline (team representative) for San Manuel Mine Reclamation Project
Base Metals, BHP Copper, San Manuel Mine, USA
David Unger (team representative) for Miami Unit No 2 Tailings Site Reclamation
Base Metals, Pinto Valley Operation, USA
Carl Bagnall (team representative) for Reusing Town Treated Effluent Program
Energy Coal, Mt Arthur Coal, Hunter Valley, Australia
Patrick Fee (team representative) for Tank Cleaning System
Petroleum, Fourchon Shore Base, USA
Community Awards Recipients
Excellence Award
José Haroldo Chaves Paulo (team representative) for Fish Farming Development Program
Aluminium, Mineração Rio do Norte, Brazil
Highly Commended Awards
Humera Malik (team representative) for Community Sanitation Program
Petroleum, Zanzama Asset, Pakistan
Alfredo Zuniga (team representative) for Tintaya Foundation
Base Metals, Tintaya, Chile
Frans-Jozef Jaspers (team representative) for Mozlink II
Aluminium, Mozal, Mozambique
Merit Awards
Salvador Traquino (team representative) for Drought Relief Program
Aluminium, Mozal, Mozambique
Rick Peters (team representative) for Groote Eylandt Liquor Management Plan
Carbon Steel Materials, GEMCO, Australia
Ralph Chelotti (team representative) for Professional Skills Development Program
Carbon Steel Materials, Samarco Mineração S.A., Brazil
Luis Alberto Ponguta (team representative) for Community Relocation Project
Stainless Steel Materials, Cerro Matoso, Colombia
Sheldon Narine (team representative) for Livestock Training Program
Petroleum, Angostura Oil and Gas,Trinidad and Tobago
Victor Ladeira (team representative) for Valesul Volunteer Program
Aluminium, Valesul Alumínio S.A., Brazil
