The Star Award is the Nebraska Safety Council’s is presented to member companies who demonstrate that they have made great strides to become leaders in safety. Companies who are recipients of the Peak Award have gone 50% below their NAICS code for DART (Days Away, Restricted Time) and TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) and established dedicated and active training programs and Safety Committee’s!

The Nebraska Safety Council Star Award is perfect for companies who have demonstrated that they provide training to employees to make sure employees stay safe at work but have also taken steps to protect employees off the clock as well. They have implemented programs, such as a PPE take home program, to keep people safe 24/7.

To be considered for the Star Award, companies must provide documentation and successfully demonstrated that they have been 50% below the DART and TRIR for the past two years of OSHA 300A logs. Companies must exhibit that they have an active Safety Committee meeting at least monthly and are making decisions that improve the workplace culture, by participating in audits, managing safety competitions or other tasks to demonstrate that they are diving the culture in the workplace.

Companies receiving the Star Award have installed near misses over the past 2 years and have trained their employees in hazard corrections and demonstrated that they have been encouraging an upward safety trend.