The winners have been chosen!

We received a great response from photography enthusiasts across Europe and we would like to thank all those who have taken part for creating and submitting such inspiring images.

The jury (who met in Bilbao) was faced with a considerable task, but after long and lively discussions, we can now confirm that the winners of the competition have been selected:

Christopher Azzopardi from Malta was awarded with the 1st prize for his photograph entitled, “Beekeeper” at the European Summit on Risk Assessment and SMEs in Bilbao, the closing event of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign.

“The beekeeper is an unusual choice of subject – not one that is normally associated with occupational safety and health – yet it has all the right ingredients: the hazard (the bees), the risk (of being attacked or at least stung); measures to control the risk (the smoke gun); and personal protection (the suit, the headgear and the gloves). The jury thought that this was an original, creative photograph taken with skill and care.” Peter Rimmer (Jury Member)

The second and third prize was handed to Eric Despujols from France (“Welder”) and Rodrigo Cabrita from Portugal (“A hard and complicated life”). In addition we decided to award the entry of Katja Wittig from Germany with the title “Special mention”.

It is with regret that we have to announce that the Public’s Favourite prize will be cancelled this year. There has been a number of cases where suspect voting has taken place and therefore we cannot verify who the legitimate winner of this particular prize would be. Our apologies to all those who have taken part and voted for their favourite. We thank you for the time you have taken to visit our website and selecting your favourite photograph. We sincerely hope that you enjoyed the significant number of high-quality and creative pictures on show!

This pan-European photo competition is organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work to promote awareness on occupational safety and health. The Agency’s mission is ”to make Europe's workplaces safer, healthier and more productive“.