SafeWork SA announces winners of Safe Work Month contest

SafeWork SA has announced the winners of its 2025 ‘Organise Your Own Workplace Activity’ competition, recognising South Australian employers that ran standout activities during National Safe Work Month in October.

Key points at a glance

• Competition winners were revealed after the month-long campaign wrapped up across South Australia.
• This year’s theme, ‘safety: every job, every day’, encouraged every workplace to keep health front of mind.
• Award recipients spanned sole traders through to large organisations, in metropolitan and regional areas alike.

What the contest asked each workplace to do

The annual contest urged workplaces to plan activities that demonstrate commitment to maintaining health and safety standards where people work each day.

Entries typically featured toolbox talks, walk-throughs to spot hazards, refreshed emergency drills, and practical sessions on controlling risk during high-consequence work.

Why this news matters beyond South Australia

Awareness campaigns pay off only when talk becomes action. Momentum builds once crews sit down together, list the hazards in front of them, question whether each control still holds up, then agree on who owns residual risk.

Compliance news travels quickly among safety professionals in construction, manufacturing and healthcare, so recognition programs double as a prompt for everyone else. Earlier coverage — SafeWork SA urges employers to prepare for the annual campaign — outlined how early planning lifts participation.

Who took home the 2025 awards

According to SafeWork SA, this year’s recipients came from both small and large companies in urban and rural regions. Announced entries included gold award winner Sutterby Electrical, while Lala Williams was acknowledged for individual contribution.

Additional information about the results is available directly through the regulator.

Turning campaign momentum into everyday practice

Use recognition season as a trigger to review documentation. Hazardous work such as rigging, hazardous chemical handling or power tool operation deserves current, site-specific safety procedures rather than dusty paperwork.

• Rigging Safe Work Procedure — controls for lifting, load movement and exclusion zones.
• Jigsaw operation SWMS template — cutting hazards, guarding plus PPE requirements.
• Linisher Safe Work Method Statement — abrasive finishing controls with machine inspection points.

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Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2025 SafeWork SA competition?

Winners ranged from small enterprises through to sizeable organisations across South Australia, with Sutterby Electrical taking gold. Complete details sit inside the regulator’s news release.

When does the campaign run?

Every year the regulator dedicates a full month to the initiative, and 2025 carried the theme ‘safety: every job, every day’.

How can our workplace prepare for the next round?

Begin early: schedule a planning session that covers health obligations, map priority risk areas, build a calendar of toolbox talks, then gather supporting resources ahead of launch.

Safety leadership shows up in daily decisions rather than award nights alone. Follow our safety news feed for regulator updates, refresh your highest-risk documentation, and make certain each crew begins a shift knowing exactly what good safety looks like.