Latest News: RoSPA Health and Safety Award Winner

April 30th, 2018

RoSPA Health and Safety Award Winner

Sheet Piling UK Limited, the UK’s leading Steel Sheet Piling Contractors, based in Preston, Lancashire, has been handed a prestigious RoSPA Health and Safety Award in recognition of its practices and achievements in helping its staff get home safely at the end of the working day.

Sheet Piling UK Limited has achieved a Silver in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Award, the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK.

They will be presented with the award during a ceremony at Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel on Thursday, July 5, 2018.

The RoSPA Health and Safety Award scheme, which receives entries from organisations around the world, recognises achievement in health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

Andrew Cotton, Managing Director of Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd, said: “We’re delighted to have been recognised in the 2018 RoSPA Health and Safety Awards. As a company we’re 100% committed to the ensuring the health and safety of not only our own team but the other contractors whom we work alongside every day.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of qualifications, awards and events, said: “The RoSPA Awards are the most highly-respected in the health and safety arena, with almost 2,000 entrants every year, and allow organisations to prove excellence in the workplace, demonstrating a commitment to the wellbeing of not only employees but all those who interact with it.”

The majority of awards are non-competitive and mark achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Gold medals, president’s awards, orders of distinction and the Patron’s Award are presented to organisations sustaining the high standards of the gold level over consecutive years.

Competitive awards go to the best entries in 24 industry sectors including construction, healthcare, transport and logistics, engineering, manufacturing and education.

There are specialist awards for health at work, environmental management and fleet safety, and excellence trophies for the best international, new entry, workforce involvement and organisation operating or based in Scotland. RoSPA’s top accolade is the Sir George Earle Trophy.

Headline sponsor of the RoSPA Awards 2018 is NEBOSH – the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health – for the 13th consecutive year.

For more information about the RoSPA Awards visit www.rospa.com/awards

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NOTES TO EDITORS
Sheet Piling (UK) Limited is one of the UK's leading piling contractors. Owning and operating a comprehensive range of specialist piling equipment Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd also carry extensive stocks of new and used piles enabling rapid reaction to any urgent requirements or emergency situations.