Toronto contractor among WSIB small business award winners
A Toronto glazing contractor has been named among the winners of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) annual Small Business Health and Safety Leadership Awards.
BESI (Building Envelope Systems Installations) installs glass wall systems on buildings in the industrial, commercial, and institutional sector. For its efforts, the company earned the Silver award.
The WSIB says the company demonstrated their commitment to health and safety by digitizing their safety tracking system, which improved the accuracy, consistency and quality of their records.
Winning gold in this year’s awards was Ottawa’s Sign FX, which developed a new health and safety program and has encouraged employees to approach all projects and initiatives with a health and safety lens.
This year’s bronze winner was Vineland’s Tawse Winery. The family-owned business refreshed their health and safety program and created new policies to define employee health and safety roles and responsibilities and create a culture of accountability.
“We need to celebrate the efforts of small businesses who make their workplaces healthier and safer – and who can inspire their peers by example. These award winners demonstrate true health and safety leadership and are setting the standard for years to come,” said Rod Cook, Vice President of Workplace Health and Safety Services at the WSIB. “I look forward to these awards every year because they shine a light on organizations whose commitment and attention to the health and safety of their employees are exemplary and inspiring.”
Launched in 2017, the WSIB’s Small Business Health and Safety Leadership Awards recognize the health and safety achievements of small businesses in Ontario.
Any Ontario small business with fewer than 50 employees is eligible to apply, and 197 businesses applied for the awards in 2023.
The winners receive a cash prize that they are encouraged to reinvest in their health and safety programs. First place earns $10,000, second place $6,000, and third place $4,000.