The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), a safety charity, launched its awards programme 55 years ago. The scheme looks not only at accident records, but also entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including important practices such as strong leadership and workforce involvement.
Hewden has become the first plant rental company to achieve Gold for three years in a row, and this latest achievement adds to the company’s 2011 short listing for the HAE and ERA awards for health and safety.
David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “RoSPA firmly believes that organisations that have demonstrated their commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention deserve recognition. Hewden has shown that it is committed to striving for such continuous improvement and we are delighted to honour it through the presentation of an award.”
On achieving the award, Martin Williams, National EHS&Q and Technical Manager for Hewden, added: “The RoSPA Gold Award relates to the safe performance of our operations and locations across the UK and adds to our already impressive health and safety credentials.
“Hewden uses a wide range of communication tools to keep the issue of health and safety fresh in employees’ minds. On the back of this increased awareness, the company’s health and safety results have been significant, as is reflected with this latest Gold Award.”
The award will be presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on Thursday May 19, 2011.
About the RoSPA Awards
The majority of RoSPA’s awards are non-competitive, marking achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Organisations maintaining high standards can win gold medals, president’s awards and orders of distinction.
Competitive awards are presented in more than 20 sectors, and specialist awards recognise excellence in specific areas, such as the management of occupational road risk.
The RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2011 are sponsored by NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), the leading health and safety professional examining body.
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