Safer for All at Hills Quarry Products
Company begins the New Year with a fresh focus on health and safety as part of ongoing campaign
FOR the second year in a row, Hills Quarry Products delayed the opening of all their sites on the first day back to work in the New Year, to allow employees to participate in a special health and safety training session as part of the company’s ongoing ‘Safer for All’ campaign.
Peter Andrew, group director of Hills Quarry Products, said: ‘Last year we made significant strides to improve health and safety standards at all our sites, highlighted by the award of the prestigious Sir Frank Davis Trophy.
‘This year we have reviewed our achievements and set new health and safety targets for 2017 based on the feedback received from employees and independent health and safety auditors.
‘By starting the New Year with these training sessions we are reinforcing our philosophy that health and safety will always be a top priority and we will continue to deliver improvements in employee safety and well-being.’
The training sessions, including emergency procedures, near miss reporting and a review of safe systems of work, were held across operational sites in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, and Dorset where Hills operate sand and gravel quarries and ready-mixed concrete production plants.
The ‘Safer for All’ campaign, introduced at the beginning of 2015 following a company-wide health and safety culture survey, is aimed at ensuring that attitudes toward promoting a healthier and safer workplace remain a top priority for employees.
To date, the campaign has delivered significant results, including a 62.5% drop in Hills’ RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) reportable accidents.
