Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter announced yesterday that Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is the winner of the Navy's fiscal 2007 Ashore Safety Award for large industrial activities.

The annual award recognizes Navy and Marine Corps shore activities for their occupational safety and health programs.

"This is certainly a distinctive honor for the shipyard and all its employees," said shipyard commander Capt. Gregory Thomas. "It reflects the combined achievements of management, the unions and the workforce to embrace safety and health as an integral part of the shipyard culture."

The shipyard received a Chief of Naval Operations safety ashore award in February.

The shipyard has a combined civilian and military workforce of about 4,700 with an operating budget of $600 million, of which $390 million is payroll for civilian employees.