We are excited to announce the 2023 winners of the o[yes] media contest!
This year, our 15th year of the contest, all entries were given the task of encouraging others to take the O[yes] online Safety Awareness Training. We had several fantastic entries, and it was challenging to pick our winners. Our panel of safety professionals rated the entries and selected the best of the best in either video and graphic design.
Here are the winners in each category (and view them on our website 2023 Media Contest Winners | Oregon young employee safety):
Video:
- First place: Parkrose High School (Portland), “Screen Grab” ($500)
| Jolynn Ta Mawuena Lux-Fiave Harley Fitzpatrick Ajah Green Paige MacDonald Payton MacDonald Rubi Martinez-Canseco | Imanuel Rehana Wynter Crowder Damien Morin Kieana Walker Tyler Wilson Frank Miyanaga Nic Buisson | Abigail Herold Grace Stitt Tyler Doby Judah Denton Michael Buisson Kiara Huaripata |
- Second: Klamath Union High School, “Safety is Success.” ($400)
- Jude Garlitz
- Third: Wilsonville High School, “Work Smarter, Not Harder.” ($300)
- Alina Jacobsen
- Finalist: Crescent Valley High School (Corvallis area), “Workplace Safety? Oyes!”
- Jake Huffaker
- Matthew Kevan
- Rayce Barnard
- Mia Evans
- Vienne Kammerer
- Finalist: Bend Senior High School, “Work Exhaustion.”
- Zack Kennedy
- Liam Schmitt
Graphic design:
- First place: West Linn High School, “5 Things You Need to Know.” ($500)
- Filippa Rudnicki
- Second place: Lincoln High School (Portland), “Be Your Own Hero.” ($400)
- Jimin Lee
- Third place: Henley High School (Klamath Falls), “O[yes] Safety.” ($300)
- Gracie Poe
- Finalist: Westview High School (Portland area), “Staying Healthy.”
- Rishab Jain
- Finalist: Springfield High School, “Mental Health Matters.”
- Jacey Cooper
- Finalist: Klamath Union High School, “Stay Alert; Don’t Get Hurt.”
- Emma Tolstikhine
- Finalist: Klamath Union High School, “Don’t Lego of Safety.”
- Jude Garlitz
Those teams who won first place also received a matching award for their schools.
We thank our sponsors who make our contest possible: Oregon Chapters of the American Association of Safety Professionals, Construction Safety Summit, Central Oregon Safety and Health Association, Hoffman Construction, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Oregon OSHA, Oregon SHARP Alliance, SafeBuild Alliance, and SAIF.
