Coffey Construction Ltd a division of Coffey Group handed RoSPA Silver Award for health and safety practices
Coffey Construction Ltd a division of Coffey Group, based in St Helen’s and Bathgate, has been handed a prestigious award in recognition of its practices and achievements in helping its staff get home safely at the end of the working day.
Coffey Construction Ltd a division of Coffey Group has achieved a Silver in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Awards, the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK.
There will be an awards ceremony at DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central on Thursday, September 12, 2019.
The RoSPA Awards 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.
Gareth Coffey HSQE Director of the Coffey Group, said: “For the past 40 years Coffey Group has always recognised that our staff are our greatest asset and we are committed to ensuring that the group’s activities are conducted in a manner that maintains the highest Health, Safety and Environmental standards. We are relentless in our desire to keep people safe from harm and provide them with a healthy working environment.”
Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of qualifications, awards and events, said: “The RoSPA Awards have become the key fixture in the health and safety calendar with new sponsors and new awards this year including the Leisure Safety Awards, the Safe@Work Safe@Home Award and the Inspiration Awards. Highly-respected, with almost 2,000 entrants every year, RoSPA award winners benefit from the wide-ranging rewards of improved sector reputation.”
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 2019 is NEBOSH – the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health – for the 14th consecutive year.
For more information about the RoSPA Awards visit www.rospa.com/awards
Press enquiries: HSQE Department, Coffey Construction Ltd.
