RoSPA Press Office : Press Release

September 29 , 2006
AWARDS FOR SCOTLAND’S HEALTH AND SAFETY LEADERS

ScottishPower Fleet Business has won Scotland’s top occupational health and safety award at a ceremony in Glasgow honouring around 130 businesses and organisations.

ScottishPower Fleet Business is responsible for supplying and maintaining about 3,500 vehicles for ScottishPower and companies formerly within the ScottishPower Group. It has not had a lost-time accident for four years.

Fleet Business manages the risks of operating a diverse fleet of vehicles, comprising company cars, vans, 4x4 vehicles, heavy trucks and specialist vehicles, including excavators, platforms and cranes.

The business is based in Glasgow and employs 64 staff at locations in Scotland, the North West of England and North Wales. It operates 13 workshops, which provide a comprehensive range of services to its customers.

John Parker, ScottishPower Fleet Business Operations Manager, said: “We are delighted to have won this award because we are always striving to improve on safety.”

The presentation was made by Lord Jordan of Bournville, Deputy President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, last night.

ScottishPower Fleet Business has won six consecutive RoSPA gold awards for occupational health and safety and has been commended, and highly commended for its work-related road safety record through the award for Managing Occupational Road Risk.

Roger Bibbings, RoSPA Occupational Safety Adviser said: “They are a fine example to business throughout Scotland and the whole of the UK. We want to see other companies following their lead.”

Other major presentations at the awards, sponsored by NEBOSH – the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health - included Aberdeen-based Expro International Group (Oil and Gas Industry Sector winners) and Royal Mail Vehicle Services from Milton Keynes (Engineering Industry Sector winners).

RoSPA’s Occupational Health and Safety Awards celebrated their Golden Jubilee this year and had more than 1,300 successful entrants. They recognise excellence in health and safety performance.