Rockwool, the world鈥檚 leading manufacturer of non-combustible stone wool insulation, has been awarded a five star safety rating by the British Safety Council (BSC).
The award has been given following the successful 95.5% pass rate of the BSC鈥檚 Five Star Audit, an internationally recognised compliance system, enabling companies to benchmark the effectiveness of their safety management against best practice processes.
The audit involved a comprehensive assessment of Rockwool鈥檚 manufacturing plants in Bridgend looking at possible safety risks and analysis of safety processes and regulations.
This prestigious award will be presented to Rockwool at an award ceremony on 30th June 2011 on board HQS Wellington on The Thames.
Rockwool has also retained its ISO 18000 certification that is awarded to companies which can demonstrate that their occupational health and safety management systems are operating well and protecting employees effectively.
Wayne Gwilym, HR Director, Rockwool UK said:聽 鈥淩ockwool works continually to ensure its operations are carried out in the safest way possible and the five star award from the British Safety Council is testament to these efforts. We are delighted to receive this award and to retain our ISO 18000 certification.
鈥淲e take the safety and wellbeing of our employees extremely seriously and will make every effort to improve our high safety standards even further.鈥�
Key Facts:
- Rockwool achieved the successful 95.5% pass rate of the BSC鈥檚 Five Star Audit
- Award will be presented on 30th June on HQS Wellington
- Rockwool retains health & safety ISO 18000 certification
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