Much of the work to build and maintain safe and healthy workplaces happens behind the scenes, with unsung heroes dedicating themselves to eliminating hazards and helping send workers home safe to their families and friends at the end of each work day.

Now is the time to shine a spotlight on these unsung heroes as part of the largest workplace safety conference in the Pacific Northwest and one of the largest in the U.S. Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health (GOSH) Conference Awards, which will honor organizations and individuals who make exceptional contributions to workplace safety and health.

The conference will be held March 3-6, 2025, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. The awards will be presented March 5, 2025, as part of the four-day GOSH event. Nominees will compete with like-sized organizations in the following categories:

• Workplace safety program
• Association
• Safety committee or safety/health/wellness team
• Innovation
• Safety/health/wellness advocate
• Labor representative (union or nonunion)
• Safety and health professional
• Rising safety star
• Business leader

To nominate an unsung hero of workplace safety or health, visit the GOSH Awards nominations webpage. Nominations are due Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, is partnering with the Columbia-Willamette Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals to sponsor the conference.

We encourage you to save the date for Oregon GOSH 2025, see and be seen by registering to exhibit, and to learn more by contacting the Oregon OSHA conference section at 503-947-7411 or Oregon.GOSH@dcbs.oregon.gov.

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Oregon OSHA, a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, enforces the state's workplace safety and health rules and works to improve workplace safety and health for all Oregon workers. For more information, go to osha.oregon.gov.

The Department of Consumer and Business Services is Oregon's largest business regulatory and consumer protection agency. For more information, go to oregon.gov/dcbs.

The Oregon AFL-CIO is the statewide federation of affiliated unions, representing more than 300,000 working Oregonians. For more information, visit Oregon AFL-CIO.

Contact information

Mark Peterson,
communications director
971-283-5405
mark.peterson@dcbs.oregon.gov