FSD has had its approach to occupational safety and health recognised in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

The Gold award has been presented as part of the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2013.

Dating back 57 years, the RoSPA Awards scheme is the largest and longest-running programme of its kind in the UK. It recognises commitment to accident and ill health prevention and is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes from across the UK and overseas. The scheme not only looks at accident records, but also entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “RoSPA firmly believes that organisations that demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention deserve recognition. Field Systems Designs Limited has shown that it is committed to striving for such continuous improvement and we are delighted to honour it through the presentation of an award.”

Philip Haines, Managing Director, said: “We are extremely proud to have won a RoSPA Gold award for the third year running. The Gold Award is recognition of the significant effort expended by Dave Wray our SHEQ Manager, our Project Managers, Site Supervisors and our Site Operatives, and we would take this opportunity to thank them all for the effort expended in striving for continuous improvement.”

The majority of awards that RoSPA presents are non-competitive, marking achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Organisations maintaining high standards can win gold medals, president’s awards and orders of distinction.

The headline sponsor for the RoSPA Awards 2013 is NEBOSH (the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health). Sponsors of specialist trophies are: The International Dilmun Environmental Award – GPIC; The MORR Trophy – Allianz; The Occupational Health Award (Astor Trophy) – BHSF; The Workforce Involvement in Safety and Health Trophy – Springfields Fuels; The MORR Technology Trophy – Tesco Dotcom and The RoSPA International Sector Award – airsweb.

See www.rospa.com/awards/ for more information about the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards.