RoSPA Press Office : Press Release

May 17, 2004
SAFETY PROFESSIONALS REWARDED FOR THEIR WORK

Three experts in the world of safety have been rewarded for their valuable contribution to health and safety in the workplace. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has given them Distinguished Service Awards for their outstanding achievements.

The winners are from the West Midlands, Portsmouth and Northern Ireland. They were presented with their awards at a ceremony at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel last week.

The event is sponsored by RMC Group plc, and the presentations were part of the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards. The Distinguished Service Awards went to:

Dr Mike McKiernan, of Solihull, West Midlands, has had a lengthy career in occupational health and safety, working at a national and international level. Within the engineering industry and occupational safety, he has made a significant contribution to occupational health nursing and occupational health. Mike is a fellow of numerous professional institutions and has been a member of the Health and Safety Commission. He is widely respected for his diligence and professionalism and has made many significant contributions to well-respected journals and other academic publications.

Frank Gill, of Southsea, Portsmouth, has spent most of his working years in occupational hygiene. He taught at the TUC Centenary Institute of Occupational Health and was president of the British Occupational Hygiene Society. Frank was also deputy director at the Institute of Occupational Health at Birmingham University, helping to establish the occupational hygiene programme used nationally and abroad. An author of several books and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, he has contributed to the improvement of the working environment for millions of workers and the education and training of many health and safety professionals.

Wilson Lambe, of Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, has spent 25 years working for the Northern Ireland Construction Employers’ Federation and is a well-known expert in construction safety in the province. Wilson is a former President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. He has actively participated in the Northern Ireland Health and Safety Group, where he has heavily promoted involvement in health and safety at work in all sections of the community. Wilson became president of the group in 1990, a position he still retains today.