Buxton Building Contractors Limited, is delighted to be among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015 achieving a Silver award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

As the UK’s family safety charity, RoSPA’s mission to save lives and reduce injuries covers all ages and stages of life. In support of this mission, the RoSPA Awards, which date back 59 years, recognise commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention at work. Through the scheme, which is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes from across the UK and overseas, judges consider entrants’ overarching occupational health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “The RoSPA Awards encourage improvement in occupational health and safety management. Organisations that gain recognition for their health and safety management systems, such as Buxton Building Contractors Limited, contribute to raising standards overall and we congratulate them.”

David Norman, Construction Director and the director responsible for Health and Safety within Buxton said “We are delighted that our efforts to ensure we provide a safe and healthy place to work for all Buxton employees and our supply chain has been recognised by RoSPA and we will continue to invest in health and safety targets and make improvements year on year”