IHSA’s Enzo Garritano receives the King Charles III Coronation Medal

Enzo Garritano, President and CEO of the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA), was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal during a ceremony at Queen’s Park on May 20.

The medal recognizes individuals who have made a profound and lasting contribution to Ontario and to Canada. It was created to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and will be awarded to 30,000 people.

Enzo was recognized for his exceptional contributions and dedication to strengthening Ontario’s occupational health and safety system and prevent injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the Ontario construction, transportation, electrical utilities, and aggregates industries.

“The award represents the value this province and country puts on ensuring we have the safest and healthiest workplaces in the world,” Garritano says. “There are many contributors to ensure this happens, including government, associations like IHSA, employers, workers, unions, and suppliers.

“I am proud of IHSA’s efforts with the assistance of our Labour Management Network stakeholders and Board of Directors—and I want to recognize staff past and present, who all deserve a piece of this recognition.”

Garritano started working at IHSA more than 27 years ago. Before becoming President and CEO in 2016, he held several different roles where he managed the association’s technical content and its extensive Labour-Management Network.

Dedicated to helping workplaces succeed, Garritano focuses his efforts on raising awareness of risks and prevention strategies and making it easier to set up occupational health and safety management systems. His work is guided by the vision of a province where all workers return home safe and healthy every day.

“Creating a growing and prosperous Canada is in all our interests, but that becomes secondary if our workers are injured, become ill, or worse,” Garritano adds. “I am hopeful that with the uptake of health and safety management systems among employers and buyers of service, as well as an improving culture of care and awareness among all workers, Ontario will continue to be a leader in ensuring workers arrive home healthy and safe every day.”