Looking back last year, Takeda Ireland’s Grange Castle facility won the Health & Safety Excellence Award – Manufacturing at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2025, celebrated for its proactive and innovative approach to controlling hazardous energy during maintenance and service activities.

The company implemented an enhanced lockout tagout and hazardous energy programme that goes beyond the global Takeda standard, introducing systematic approaches to energy isolation and maintenance safety. This initiative ensures that all future installations prioritise secure equipment management while embedding safety into everyday operational practice.

Judges commended Takeda for its organisation-wide rollout and strategic integration of energy isolation into change management processes. “Takeda demonstrated outstanding commitment to operational safety. The programme not only mitigates risk effectively but sets a new benchmark for proactive safety practices across the manufacturing sector,” the panel said.

This recognition reflects the rising standards within the Health & Safety Excellence Awards, showcasing how organisations are increasingly embedding operational discipline, data-driven monitoring, and strategic leadership into their health and safety practices. Takeda’s achievement highlights the sector’s drive toward innovation, best-in-class performance, and measurable impact in manufacturing safety.

With momentum building from 2025’s winners, attention now turns to the 2026 awards, where entrants will be expected to demonstrate measurable impact, strategic leadership, and technological innovation in health and safety. Who will rise to take the spotlight next year and continue to define best practice in manufacturing safety?

Entries for this year’s Health & Safety Excellence Awards are open until 16 January 2026, with finalists announced on 26 February.

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