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January 2015
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themselves, and expect the best health and
safety performance from their contractors,”
Polsfut explains. “And we want our employ-
ees to know that they’re going to work under
the very best safety conditions.”
CANADA’S SAFEST
EMPLOYERS GOLD AWARD
RECOGNIZED
In October of last year, Canadian Occupa-
tional Safety Magazine announced the win-
ners of the 2014 Canada’s Safest Employers
Award. Those awards recognise companies
from across Canada with outstanding ac-
complishments in promoting the health and
safety of their workers. The award boasts 12
industry-specific categories, ranging from
hospitality to mining and natural resources.
Companies submitted for the Safest Em-
ployers Award are judged on a wide range
of occupational health and safety elements
including employee training, OHS manage-
ment systems, incident investigation, emer-
gency preparedness and innovative health
and safety initiatives. Techmation Electric
& Controls was successful as the 2014 Gold
Award winner for the Oil and Gas category.
“This is the type of award we really value,”
Polsfut says. “It’s interesting, because we
are compared against companies of various
disciplines that work in the oil and gas in-
dustry. To be able to come out as the gold
award winner is an amazing and encouraging
achievement.”
“It validates that what we are doing is right,
and that we are on the right track,” he adds.
“It’s also an award we can share with our cli-
