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RoSPA award recognises Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s commitment to safety

Published on: 8 Aug 2017

RoSPA award recognises Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s commitment to safety

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has received the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) Gold Achievement Award in recognition of its efforts to preventing ill health and accidents. 

 

DIO’s chief operating officer Geoff Robson, who collected the prize during an awards ceremony at the Birmingham Hilton in July, said the accolade was “a great honour”.

 

He commented: “Putting safety first is our primary value and what better evidence of our organisation honouring that commitment than receiving such a prestigious award.

 

“Moreover, it demonstrates to those visiting, working or living on the defence estate our commitment to their safety.”

 

To qualify for the RoSPA Gold Award, DIO was required to provide evidence of a very high level of safety performance, demonstrating well-developed occupational health and safety management systems and culture, outstanding control of risk and very low levels of error, harm and loss. It also had to demonstrate continued and improving performance over the past five years.

 

Clare Read, DIO’s head of regional health and safety support team, coordinated the organisation’s entry and said the award was “a fantastic achievement” that recognised the hard work the group put into developing and improving its safety management system.