Volvo Construction Equipment Division retains RoSPA Gold Award

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), a safety charity, launched its awards programme over 50 years ago. The scheme looks not only at accident records, but also entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including important practices such as strong leadership and workforce environment.

In winning the RoSPA Gold Award, Volvo Construction Equipment Division has demonstrated a high level of health and safety performance, including well developed occupational health and safety management systems and culture, control of risk and low levels of error, harm and loss.

Volvo Construction Equipment has demonstrated the following to a panel of independent health and safety professionals:

•  Excellent occupational health and safety management systems (e.g. systems used and levels achieved - OHSAS 18001 or equivalent)

•  Strong health and safety culture (as demonstrated by answers to Key Performance Questions)

•  A rigorous approach to occupational health
 
•  High levels of compliance with control measures for principal risks (evidence from active monitoring of performance)

•  Below average and reducing rates of error (e.g. near misses), harm (accidents and work related ill health) and loss (e.g. accident and ill health costs)

•  No fatal or major injuries due to employer negligence

•  No significant enforcement issues (notices or prosecutions)