Haymills - General - RoSPA Gold Award

Date: 06 Jun 2005

Haymills, national building contractor based in Stowmarket, has recently won a RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety excellence in the construction sector by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) at their recent annual awards ceremony.

The dynamic safety culture and excellent health and safety record developed through the years by Haymills, has earned them an eighth consecutive award for a building contractor.

John Howard, RoSPA's Chief Executive said: "Haymills is to be congratulated for their success and we would like to see many more organisations following their lead. The awards reinforce the message that good health and safety reflects good business management."

Haymills has consistently recorded improvements in its reportable accident figures, ensuring that the level of accidents remains well below the industry average.

Dean Murphy, Haymills Technical Director added: "The Company is strongly committed to the continuous development of its safety culture. There is an established mechanism for setting and owning improvement initiatives and these are measured and communicated to all within the Company. I am sure I speak for everyone at Haymills when I say that we are pleased to collectively receive this latest award - but our high standards will not let us get complacent and detract from improvement. One accident is still one too many."

As a Company, Haymills concentrates on improving safety and minimising risk at all levels, maintaining a flexible and practical brief when concerned with the key issues raised by the Health and Safety Executive. Recent initiatives include an 'Asbestos Awareness Seminar' for management and site operatives and a mixed client/professional best practice forum titled "Working at Height and Alternatives". The latter involved members from the HSE, CITB, NASC and industry professionals who openly discussed ways to address one of the most serious problems in today's construction industry - falling from heights (which accounted for 38 of the 72 construction fatalities last year).

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