Pictured above: (l-r) Peter Brown, a RoSPA trustee,
presenting the award to Peter Jones from Midland Heart
A leading housing and care organisation has struck gold after
achieving top marks for its health and safety procedures at the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational
Health and Safety Awards 2011.
Midland Heart, which owns more than 32,000 properties throughout
the Midlands, was awarded gold for its health and safety management
system and its continuing development over the past two years.
It is the first year the organisation has entered the awards,
which looks at the entrants' overarching health and safety systems,
including important practices such as strong leadership and
workforce involvement.
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.
"Midland Heart 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."
RoSPA launched its programme 55 years ago and the majority of
its awards are non-competitive, marking achievement at merit,
bronze, silver and gold levels.
Pete Jones, Midland Heart's health and safety manager, said: "We
are absolutely delighted to receive the award as recognition for
all the hard work over the last couple of years by everyone
involved.
"Our success reflects Midland Heart's commitment to protect the
health and well-being of its employees, customers and others at the
highest level."
This year's awards ceremony was held at Birmingham's Hilton
Metropole near to the National Exhibition Centre, where competitive
awards were also presented in more than 20 sectors, along with
specialist awards recognising 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.