14th September by Jane Goult
px Group has achieved a flurry of awards in the internationally renowned Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Health and Safety Awards for its Health & Safety performance in 2020.
The outstanding accolade this year goes to Teesside Gas Processing Plant, which has received a RoSPA Patron’s Award. The Patron’s Award is one of the highest accolades distributed by RoSPA and is awarded to organisations that have achieved at least 25 consecutive Golds Awards for health and safety performance throughout 2020.
Gold Awards are issued to those “have achieved a very high level of performance, demonstrating well developed occupational health and safety management systems and culture, outstanding control of risk and very low levels of error, harm and loss”, according to RoSPA.
px Group has been recognised by the ROSPA with further awards for the following sites which it operates:
- Fellside CHP, Cumbria, wins the President’s Award (10 consecutive Gold Awards)
- St Fergus Gas Terminal, in Aberdeenshire, wins Gold Medal (5 consecutive Gold Awards)
- px Stockton offices, SCHP, SCPL, BEL, and NFT sites (5 consecutive Gold Awards)
The RoSPA Awards scheme, which receives entries from organisations around the world, recognises achievement in health and safety management systems, making it the benchmark for health and safety performance.
px Group was presented with the awards during a virtual ceremony on Thursday, September 9th.
px Group has responsibility for operating several Top Tier COMAH sites as well as a range of other critical sites across the UK. Across all its operations, from on-site to in-office, px Group applies its Zero Harm approach to Health & Safety and Risk Management.
Paul McCann, Executive Director – Executive Director – SHEQ, Risk, ICT & Cyber Security, adds: “Health & Safety is our primary focus at every single site we’re based at. We are committed to Zero Harm to our people and our assets – and Health & Safety is a central part of that. Being recognised for our track record shows just how much emphasis we place on ensuring safe workplaces for our people.”
“I’d like to thank all our employees and contractors for their continued support throughout what has been an extremely difficult year. Health & Safety processes require buy-in from each and every individual, so it’s no exaggeration to say we could not achieve safe workplaces without our people.”
