RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards : Major Success Stories
The Sir George Earle Trophy
“Costain Major Civil Engineering Division winning the highly competitive and prestigious Sir George Earle Trophy in 2007 has delighted all those that have worked extremely hard to achieve this level of excellence. It provides credibility to our approach, helps us to convince other stakeholders that our approach is the right path to follow, and encourages even better performance from us all.”
Mike Robertson Safety, Health & Environmental Manager – Costain Major Civil Engineering Division
Astor Trophy (Occupational Health)
“Renfrewshire Council is committed to protecting and maintaining the physical and mental health and well-being of its employees. As a responsible and progressive employer, we have established an on-site Occupational Health Service for all Council employees and were among one of the first local authorities in Scotland to provide this. We are delighted to have been awarded the RoSPA Astor Trophy in recognition of our occupational health programme. Ensuring we have a healthy workforce means we can deliver a quality service to the residents of Renfrewshire and supports our commitment to achieving best value.”
David Martin, Chief Executive, Renfrewshire Council
RoSPA International Dilmun Environmental Award
This award is a fantastic achievement for the company and places Skanska UIS at the forefront of Environmental Management not only in the construction but for UK industry as a whole. We faced strong competition from other industry sectors and have demonstrated that the culture of Skanska is without doubt one which will ensure a sustainable future.
Dylan Roberts, SHEQ Director, Skanska UIS
Chemical Industry Sector
GE Healthcare’s Grove Centre is delighted to win the Chemical Industry Sector Award 2007 & the RoSPA Training Trophy 2007 and to be recognised once again by RoSPA for our achievements.
We pride ourselves on high levels of employee involvement in our H&S programmes to ensure the highest standards of compliance and safety for our employees.
Our site teams are extremely pleased and very proud of these Awards, which will help to inspire continued improvement over the coming years.
Samantha Canning, Site Director, GE Healthcare.
Construction (Commercial) Sector
"The 2007 RoSPA Construction (Commercial) Sector Award not only acknowledges ISG's exceptional health and safety performance over the last year, it is a tribute to its pro-active commitment in reducing accident and incidents over many consecutive years.
It's fantastic to receive such high-profile recognition for all our hard work and has been a great morale boost for the company and its staff."
Vincent Busk, H&S Director, ISG InteriorExterior
Education & Training Services Sector
“TTE provides engineering apprenticeships for young people destined for mainly the chemical, pharmaceutical and process industries where many of the manufacturing sites are potentially high risk. A strong Health & Safety culture and performance is therefore a critical priority for TTE. The RoSPA National Sector Award is an excellent external validation of what TTE staff and trainees are achieving.”
Neil Davies, CEO, TTE Training Ltd
Electricity Industry Sector Award
“ATEL Csepel Businesses was delighted to receive the prestigious RoSPA Electricity Industry Sector Award in 2007. The award is testimony to a 10-year continuous commitment by our employees to establishing a world class Health and Safety standard at a power generation business based in Hungary. The RoSPA accreditation scheme has played a major role by acting as the international benchmark for H&S standards. This has been the driving force behind our programme, enabling us to stimulate and continually develop our H&S culture in Central Europe.”
Keszler György, Station Manager
Engineering Services Sector
ScottishPower, Fleet Business were delighted to win the Engineering Services Sector award in 2007. This follows six consecutive RoSPA Gold awards for health and safety performance. The annual RoSPA Awards creates a platform where organisations, striving to improve on health and safety performance can be recognised and where employees can be proud of their achievements.
John Parker. Operations Manager, Fleet Business, ScottishPower
Healthcare Services Sector
"Receiving the 2007 RoSPA Healthcare Sector Award has greatly reinforced the ongoing positive developments in health and safety within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust. As a healthcare organisation we see first hand what injuries mean to individuals and their families. The more we can demonstrate that as an employer we successfully manage H&S and reduce injuries at work the more we can reduce that negative impact on individuals, their families and the Trust.”
Lynne Ainge CMIOSH, Lead Health and Safety Advisor, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust.
International Sector
“GPIC’s winning the International Sector award for the second time in 2007 is a gratifying achievement. It confirms that we are maintaining a continually improving SHE management system. It is also more gratifying to know that our customers recognize our SHE excellence and continue to be associated with us. The RoSPA awards provide us an opportunity to measure our SHE performance and confirm to our customers our commitment to enhancing SHE performance.”
Abdul Rahman Jawahery, General Manager, Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co.
Research and Development Sector
"I am delighted that Nexia Solutions has again been recognised by RoSPA in its annual awards. Winning the Research and Development Sector Award for the fourth consecutive year is a strong endorsement of our commitment to health and safety. There is nothing more important than achieving the highest standards of environmental, health and safety performance for our workforce, contractors and the public. Safety excellence remains our number one priority and is essential to our future success. We will continue to seek out ways of continually improving our performance in this business critical area."
Dr Peter Bleasdale, Managing Director, Nexia Solutions Ltd.
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