Entry opens for 2010 RoSPA Health & Safety Awards
November 1st 2009 The Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents
has launched its 2010
Occupational Health and
Safety Awards.
The RoSPA Awards - an
annual celebration of good
practice in health and
safety in the UK and
overseas - are open to
businesses and
organisations of all sizes
and types. In addition to
looking at accident records,
they consider
organisations' overarching
health and safety
management systems and
recognise practices such as
strong leadership and
workforce involvement in
accident and ill health
prevention.
The development of
robust health and safety
management systems was
encouraged by the Health
and Safety at Work etc Act
1974, which celebrates its
35th anniversary this year
The Act, which was an
umbrella for bringing
together and reforming a
patchwork of existing
health and safety laws,
provided a framework of
goal-setting duties for
reducing occupational
accidents and ill health,
stating that organisations
should ensure the health
and safety of their workers
and others "so far as is
reasonably practicable".
The closing date for
entries is February 12,
2010.For more information
or to request an entry form:
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