We are pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the o[yes] media contest!

This year, our 16^th year of the contest, all entries were given the task of encouraging others to take the O[yes] online Safety Awareness Training. We had more graphic design entries than we’ve ever had, and it was challenging to pick our winners. The quality of entries was also superb in both categories, making our job to pick winners even harder. Our panel of safety professionals rated the entries and selected the best of the best in either video or graphic design.

Here are the winners in each category and you can view them all, along with video commentary from the students, on our website https://youngemployeesafety.org/2024-media-contest-winners/:

Video:

• First place: Silverton High School, “Saying Yes” ($500)
  • Makayla Chase
  • Cordelia Bay
  • Eloise Kelly

• Second (tie): Parkrose High School (Portland), “The Office Ordeal” ($400)
  • Riley Clare
  • Tyler Doby
  • Christian Scott
  • Weston Maciuk
  • Nicholas Buisson
  • Savannah Macdonald
  • Paige MacDonald
  • Payton MacDonald
  • Damien Morin
  • Deacon English
  • James Mitseff

• Second (tie): McLoughlin High School (Milton-Freewater), “On the Job Lessons” ($400)
  • Katelynn Martinez Alvarez

• Third: Crescent Valley High School (Corvallis), “Do Not Touch” ($300)
  • Alex Leskovec
  • Ryan Staben
  • Atlas Steinberg
  • Abby Burkman
  • Carl Hahn
  • Esai Vega
  • Carter McAleer
  • Mika Peltomaki
  • Ty Pryer

• Finalist: Nyssa High School, “Out of the Woods”
  • Taelyr Martinez
  • Abigail Bunn

• Finalist: Lincoln High School (Portland), “Choose O[YES]”
  • Audrey Finkelstein

Graphic design:

• First place: Hermiston High School, “Don’t Burn Yourself Out” ($500)
  • Cody Radcliffe

• Second place: Henley High School (Klamath Falls), “Safety is a Full-time Job” ($400)
  • Lillian Poore

• Third place: Henley High School (Klamath Falls), “Ensure your Safety” ($300)
  • Marquell Cardona

• Finalist: Henley High School (Klamath Falls), “O[Yes] Poster”
  • Faith Mullican

• Finalist: Beaverton High School, “Shaping Safe Workplaces”
  • Faith Meyer

• Finalist: Hermiston High School, “Safety Awareness”
  • Eliza Edwards

• Finalist: Hermiston High School, “Safety in the Workplace”
  • Marissa Sorenson

• Finalist: Henley High School (Klamath Falls), “Teen Safety Poster”
  • Addalyn Nalepa

Those teams or individuals who won first place also received a matching award for their schools.

Congratulations to everyone!

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.