Health And Safety Records

Working in the building and construction is widely regarded as high risk and Saint-Gobain Building Distribution, which employs 12,000 people in over 950 locations, has made health and safety a priority with a strong emphasis on the improvement of all aspects of its performance in this crucial area.

The company is also very vigilant when it comes to its legal obligations as a result of recent legislation such as Health and Safety (Offences) Act (2009) and the Corporate Manslaughter Act (2008).

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Kevin Crawley, health and safety director of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution UK and Ireland said: "We have a strong focus on continuous improvement in line with our overall strategy to ensure a safe working environment for our employees and all those involved in our activities. We are proud to demonstrate best practices while establishing industry standards of health and safety.

'It is important that we keep updated with the latest health and safety legislation and to ensure that we have a system in place, such as SAFEcontractor implement this, especially as industries in which we work can be dangerous if the correct procedures are not followed. It is also important to be aware that violations of sanctions on the new health and safety to show much tougher penalties for companies that are guilty of a flagrant breach of care.

"Now we have introduced the scheme SAFEcontractor, we can ensure there is consistency in all our sites in our approach to the assessment of skills and resources of all contractors to work safely. The plans of the holistic approach to health means that the management and security issues is more effective and reduces the risk of dangerous work practices.

SAFEcontractor has streamlined the process for appointing contractors and eased the pressure on our internal resources. It has enabled our team to focus primarily on the property maintenance of our many sites, which in itself is an enormous task.

"We evaluated other well-known part of accreditation schemes before choosing a third SAFEcontractor.

The decision was motivated by the fact SAFEcontractor has the greatest synergy with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) which means that we can be assured that we conform to the highest standards of health and safety. "

Darran Hughes, Director of Business Unit SAFEcontractor said: "Large organizations in the construction industry must be very vigilant when it comes to managing health issues and safety. The industry is often characterized by large dangerous sites that employ hundreds of contractors handling heavy materials and use of dangerous machines in less than ideal conditions Saint-Gobain Building Distribution. understands that as a result, strong measures must be in place to ensure they deliver on their duty of care in line with stricter health and safety. "

We now see that the first prosecutions in the wake of manslaughter Companies Act (2008) and a fine rarely less than £ 500,000, it pays * for businesses, especially those operating in the building and construction environments to be vigilant when it comes to their health and safety policies. "

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