A message from Lex Russell, Chair of the UK Health & Safety Committee. The MPA have launched their 2024 Health and Safety Awards and are now calling for entries.
The key philosophy behind the MPA Health & Safety Awards is that we are all ‘Safer by Sharing’. By actively participating you will be helping to prevent injuries and fatalities within the mineral products industry. Please watch the short video by clicking on the link below. It highlights the benefits for our employees, our organisation, our stakeholders and others working within the mineral products industry, by submitting entries to the MPA Health & Safety Awards.
Please watch the video to find out more.
Over the years, the Awards have played a pivotal role in preventing serious injuries and fatalities within the mineral products industry and enable the industry to learn about and share the innovations and good practice that improve health, safety, and wellbeing in the workplace. Many of the entries highlighted in the Awards from previous years have now been widely adopted across the mineral products industry and shared via the Sharing Good Practice guides.
For the attention of All General Managers and Operational Managers
It would be great if you can all please encourage entries from your teams, in any of the eight topics listed below, and also for Individual and Young Leader Recognition. The Awards are a great opportunity to share good practices across Cemex UK and the wider industry, to recognise the efforts of our teams and, most importantly, to help keep everyone safe.
**Please note – nominations must be made by Managers.
Eight Award Topics:
- Safer production
- Safer maintenance and housekeeping
- Safer handling of inbound and outbound materials
- Safer management of pedestrians and transport on-site
- Safer transport and logistics
- Safer operations at a contracting, construction or customer site
- Safer through improvements in health and wellbeing
- Safer together
The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 30th April. A briefing note and the entry forms are available via the following link:
https://www.safequarry.com/home/best-practice-awards/ent.aspx?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0
The Health and Safety team are available to provide guidance on possible award entries and submissions as necessary.
We look forward to continuing our long history of success in these prestigious Awards.