The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is seeking nominations for the Excellence in Safety Award. Two qualified recipients will be awarded. Winners will be honored during the April 2020 CALS Awards for Excellence recognition luncheon hosted by the dean.

Each awardee will receive a $250 check and a plaque.

Award Criteria:

Examples of excellence could include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following characteristics:

• Demonstrated safety leadership;
• Creative response to a workplace hazard;
• Appropriate safety and hazard prevention orientation and ongoing training;
• Documentation and training of all individuals within group (for example, an individual who takes responsibility for training on a piece of equipment for each individual who needs to use that equipment); and/or
• Maintenance of workplace safety program through time (as personnel change)

A former award recipient may NOT be nominated again if in the same position/duties when the award was received.

Past and/or present safety committee members are not eligible for awards.

Nomination Package must include:

 Nomination Form with appropriate approvals;
 Recommendation (no more than two pages)

Submission Due Date:

Deadline: Friday, February 21, 2020 by 5:00pm

During this nomination process, we would like to encourage everyone to submit nominations of our many deserving employees.

Thank you for your continued interest and support of this special recognition program.