Every organization is encouraged to apply.
Nominees will compete with like-sized organizations.
Award recipients will be presented in these categories:
- Workplace Safety Program
- Association (must have members)
- Safety Committee
- Safety/Health/Wellness Team
- Innovation
- Safety/Health/Wellness Advocate
- Labor Representative (union or nonunion)
- Safety and Health Professional
- Rising Safety Star
- Business Leader
Nominations open!
Awards presented on Tuesday, March 2, 2027, at the GOSH Awards Luncheon
Nominations due: Monday, Oct. 12, 2026 at 10 p.m.
Congratulations to our 2025 GOSH Award Recipients!
Congratulations to our previous GOSH Award Recipients!
The 2023 GOSH Award Recipients
- Association Awards
- Oregon Trucking Association
- Business Leader
- Luke Norenberg
- Innovation Award
- Andrea Dayot
- Flynn BEC
- Safety and Health Professional Award
- Dede Montgomery, MS, CIH
- Darren Toy, CSP
- Safety & Health Committee Awards
- Children’s Farm Home Safety and Health Committee, Trillium Family Services
- Elizabeth McMahan, LCSW, Training and Safety Director for Trillium Family Services
- Workplace Safety Program Awards
- Arauco Duraflake Particle Board
- Portland International Airport (PDX) Operations
- Whitaker Ellis Builders, Inc.
The 2019 GOSH Award Recipients
- Association Awards
- ADSC West Coast Chapter
- Innovation Award
- Boise Cascade Willamina Veneer
- Snyder Roofing of Oregon LLC
- Labor Representative Award
- Barry Moreland, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), Oregon-Columbia Chapter, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union #48 (IBEW)
- Safety and Health Professional Award
- Chuck Easterly, SAIF Corporation
- Rick McMurry, MHA Resources
- Scott Knutz, Les Schwab Tires Inc.
- Safety Committee/Team Awards
- Construction Safety Summit
- Duro-Last, Western District Safety Committee
- Safety/Health/Wellness Advocate Award
- Judi Croft, SAIF Corporation
- Andrew Hall, Portland Rescue Mission
- Kathy Nishimoto, Duckwall Fruit
- Workplace Safety Program Awards
- Boise Cascade Co. Western Oregon Region
- BMWC Constructors, Inc.
The 2017 GOSH Award Recipients
- Association Awards
- Oregon Trucking Associations, Inc.
- Workplace Safety Program Award
- Deschutes Brewery
- Safety Committee Awards
- Fortis Construction, Inc.
- Diamond Fruit Growers, Inc.
- Safety and Health Advocate (Team)
- Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
- Samaritan Health Services – Employee Health & Safety Team
- Safety and Health Advocate (Individual)
- Scott Simmons
- Safety and Health Professional Awards
- Kiley Ross
- Lisa Simmons
The 2015 GOSH Award Recipients
- Association Awards
- Central Oregon Safety & Health Association
- SafeBuild Alliance
- Employer Awards
- City of Hillsboro
- Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort
- Purdy Brush
- R&H Construction
- Safety Committee Awards
- Fortis Construction, Inc.
- Qorvo, formerly TriQuint
- Safety and Health Advocate (Team)
- TriMet Bus Operators Continuous Improvement Team
- Huntair Target Zero Team
- Safety and Health Advocate (Individual)
- Cathy Erickson, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Dan Johnson, Skanska
- Judy West, Clean Water Services
- Safety and Health Professional Awards
- Corinna Kupelwieser, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort
- Peter Kimbrel, Orenco Systems, Inc.