Good Practice Awards
May 1st 2011 At the 10th European Good Practice
Awards, the European Agency for
Safety and Health at Work (EUOSHA)
recognised and rewarded the
outstanding contribution to safe
maintenance made by eight
organisations and companies from
across Europe, including Bristol-based
manufacturer Tarmac Quarry
Materials (West Region).
Part of EU-OSHA's Healthy
Workplaces Campaign on Safe
Maintenance, the awards were
presented at a ceremony hosted by the
Hungarian Presidency of the
European Union on 28th April, the
World Day for Safety and Health.
Entries were received from
organisations of all sizes, and from a
wide variety of industrial sectors, keen
to demonstrate and share their good
practice examples. A new booklet
showcases the good practices
implemented by the eight winners
and 15 commended companies.
"The winning companies and
organisations have really made
exceptional contributions to
promoting safe maintenance good
practice," said László Andor,
Commissioner for Employment,
Social Affairs and Inclusion. "These
good practices are in line with our
Community Strategy on Health and
Safety at Work (2007–2012) which –
as well as targeting occupational ill
health – aims to cut work-related
accidents by a quarter across the EU."
Tarmac Quarry Materials West
Region, the UK-based winner, has
workers in high risk sites such as
furnaces, manufacturing plants and
quarries. It introduced a comprehensive
health and safety training programme
for new employees and personalised
health competency evaluation plans
for its maintenance staff. Its
commitment to raising the standards
of employees' knowledge and skills
resulted in a significant reduction in
injuries, accidents and lost time. More articles from European Agency For Safety & Health At Work (EU-OSHA): | 
