Safety Person of the Year

The Safety Person of the Year Award recognizes an employee of an ASLRRA Class II or Class III member railroad who works with management on effective safety programs, exhibits a high degree of safety awareness and contributes off-duty time to activities promoting safety awareness in the community. 

A safety person candidate would be any railroad employee at any level, except those considered to be professional safety management employees, whose actions consistently show a dedication to safe performance on the railroad. In other words, a safety person is someone who has multiple jobs or responsibilities, with safety being part of what they do.

In contrast, a safety professional is a safety management employee whose job is safety on a full time basis. For example, a manager of training, safety manager, director of safety, manager of safety and training, director of safety and compliance, etc. would be considered a safety professional. Find the Safety Professional of the Year nomination form here: https://form.jotform.com/242554424523150

Nominations may include up to three attachments and include event images, press coverage, or other relevant supporting materials that demonstrate this individual's qualifications for this award. If submitting photographs, please be sure to adequately describe the relevance of the picture to the nominee and their safety work.

If this individual is chosen as the Safety Person of the Year, the individual will be invited to accept the award at the ASLRRA Annual Conference. As the winner, ASLRRA requests they participate in an in-person video interview at the ASLRRA Annual Conference the morning before the first General Session.

The winner will also be asked to provide video and photo images for the production of an award video.