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Categories of Safety and Health Awards
Departmental Safety and Health Awards Program
The Departmental Safety and Health Awards Program is administered under the guidelines
of the general Department awards and Recognition Program. Supervisors are
encouraged to reward employees and stimulate interest in accident prevention
and to promote safety in the workplace. In addition to the Safety-specific
awards below, supervisors and employees are encouraged to nominate worthy employees
for the Department awards listed in DM Chapter 451.
Departmental Awards DM
Safety Awards DM
Safety and Health Excellence Award
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Purpose: The Safety and Health Excellence Award (formerly the Award
of Merit) recognizes employees throughout the Department who contributed
in an outstanding manner to the Department’s Safety and Occupational
Health Program. Employees would be recognized for demonstrating outstanding
commitment to improving employee and/or visitor health and safety.
- Award Authorities: The Department of the Interior Safety
Awards program is governed by 370 DM 451 and 485 DM 10.
- Award Justification: This award recognizes and demonstrates
management’s
high regard for the DOI employees who have made unusual and significant contributions
toward the achievement of positive results in the advancement of security,
safety, and health in DOI.
- Award Criteria:
- Create a safety and health culture inclusive of all employees and activities.
- Improve our ability to identify and abate unsafe conditions and practices.
- Implement effective safety and health resourcing strategies.
- Facilitate accountability and improvement through evaluation and monitoring.
- Increase organizational safety and health awareness and program communication.
- Eligible Award Recipients:
- Managers and supervisors who have implemented the Department’s safety
and health program in their jurisdictions in an outstanding manner, developing
appropriate written and oral policies, plans and programs.
- Employees whose primary work is not in safety and health, but whose superior
accomplishments have advanced the cause of safety and health.
- Employees with full-time or collateral duty safety and health responsibilities
who have achieved outstanding results in furthering safety and health.
- Recommendation and Approval Process:
- The nominations should be prepared on a DI-451 (United States Department
Of TheInterior Recommendation And Approval Of Awards), The awards are
presented at the U.S. Department of the Interior Honor Awards Convocation.
- Any DOI employee may submit a nomination, but the the nomination and supporting
documents must be prepared and submitted through supervisory channels to
the appropriate bureau awards coordinator for review.
Organizational Awards
Organizational Award of Merit
- Purpose: This award is presented to organizations
for outstanding safety and occupational health program achievement. The
Organizational Award of Merit recognizes an organization
that has performed a service for, or made a contribution of unusual value
to the Department, bureau, or offices’ overall Safety and Occupational
Health Program. The organization’s endeavors must have contributed
towards the establishment of a safe and healthful environment by having
built a safety and health culture that will move the Department toward
the goal of zero loss to human and material resources. This award
is similar to the Safety and Health Achievement Award; however it recognizes
efforts that are more bureau/office based and have less of a national
impact.
- Award Authorities: The Department of the Interior
Safety Awards program is governed by 370 DM 451 and 485 DM 10.
- Award Justification: This award recognizes and demonstrates
management’s high regard for the DOI organizations that have made
unusual and significant contributions toward the achievement of positive
results in the advancement of security, safety, and health in DOI bureaus
and offices.
- Award Criteria:
- Create a safety and health culture that strives for the prevention
of accidents that may cause serious injuries or fatalities.
- Improve their organizations’ ability to identify and abate
unsafe conditions and practices.
- Implement innovative work practices that enhance the bureau or office’s
safety and health program awareness.
- Facilitate accountability and improvement through evaluation and
monitoring.
- Develop risk-reduction methods and promote managerial action to lessen
human and material resource loss.
- Advocate for the identification and control of safety, health,
and environmental hazards.
- Eligible Award Recipients:
- All DOI bureau and office organizational components are eligible
nominees for the award either individually o collectively.
- Recommendation and Approval Process:
- The nominations should be prepared on a DI-451 (United States Department
Of The Interior Recommendation And Approval Of Awards), The awards
are presented at the bureau or office’s Safety Week Ceremony
by Deputy Assistant Secretary, the Director, or their designee.
- Any DOI employee may submit a nomination, but the nomination and
supporting documents must be prepared and submitted through supervisory
channels to the appropriate bureau awards coordinator for review.
Safety and Health Achievement Award
- Purpose: It is the highest level organizational safety
and occupational health award granted. The Safety and Health Achievement
Award recognizes an organization that has performed
an outstanding service for, or made a contribution of unusual value to
the Department’s overall Safety and Occupational Health Program. The
organization’s endeavors must have contributed towards the establishment
of a safe and healthful environment within the Department of the Interior
by having built a safety and health culture that will move the Department
toward the goal of zero loss to human and material resources.
- Award Authorities: The Department of the Interior
Safety Awards program is governed by 370 DM 451 and 485 DM 10.
- Award Justification: This award recognizes and demonstrates
management’s high regard for the DOI organizations that have made
unusual and significant contributions toward the achievement of positive
results in the advancement of security, safety, and health in DOI.
- Award Criteria:
- Create a safety and health culture that strives for the prevention
of accidents that may cause serious injuries or fatalities.
- Improve their organizations’ ability to identify and abate unsafe
conditions and practices.
- Implement innovative work practices that enhance the organization’s
safety and health program awareness.
- Facilitate accountability and improvement through evaluation and monitoring.
- Develop risk-reduction methods and promote managerial action to lessen
human and material resource loss.
- Advocate for the identification and control of safety, health,
and environmental hazards.
- Eligible Award Recipients:
- All DOI bureau and office organizational components are eligible nominees
for the award either individually o collectively.
- Recommendation and Approval Process:
- The nominations should be prepared on a DI-451 (United States Department
Of The Interior Recommendation And Approval Of Awards), The awards
are presented at the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Safety Week
Opening Ceremony by the Secretary or their designee.
- Any DOI employee may submit a nomination, but the nomination and supporting
documents must be prepared and submitted through supervisory channels
to the appropriate bureau awards coordinator for review.
Professional Service Award
Although the Professional Service Award is described in 370 DM 451.3, the award
has been discontinued. Employees and supervisors should be encouraged
to nominate employees with a distinguished career in the safety arena for
the Superior, Meritorious or Distinguished Service awards as described in
370 DM 451.3
Bureau and Office Safety Award Programs
Department of the Interior Bureau and Offices are encouraged to set up their
own Safety Award programs following Department guidelines and policies.
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