The Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) Safety Ambassador program has been named the winner of the 2016 Dive Awards: Safety Initiative of the Year. Across the waste and recycling industry, several initiatives were put forward in efforts to improve the safety of workers, but few were as comprehensive and impactful as the SWANA Safety Ambassador program.
鈥淲e selected SWANA鈥檚 Safety Ambassador initiative as Safety Program of the Year due to SWANA鈥檚 efforts to promote safety at each of its individual chapters across the nation. SWANA has made very clear strides in promoting safety throughout 2016 and the ambassador program has certainly propelled those efforts forward,鈥� said Kristin Musulin, editor of Waste Dive.
鈥淪WANA is very proud to receive this award,鈥� stated SWANA Executive Director David Biderman. 聽He added, 鈥淭he Safety Ambassador initiative has been our most successful new safety activity, and many chapters in both the United States and Canada have embraced this new program. This initiative, together with other SWANA safety programs, is helping to change the safety culture of the industry. 聽We urge the entire industry 鈥� and in particular, small haulers 鈥� to take advantage of these programs, and help SWANA get the industry off the list of ten most dangerous jobs in the United States. 聽Nothing we do is more important.鈥�
Chad Grecsek, SWANA鈥檚 Florida Sunshine Chapter Safety Ambassador, added, 聽鈥淪WANA has taken on the challenge of improving industry safety through a variety of ways. As the newly appointed Safety Ambassador for Florida, I am proud to service in this function to improve safety locally through the implementation of proven best management practices and lessons learned throughout the Country.鈥�
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