Brett Group Awarded The Coveted John Crabbe Memorial Trophy For Health and Safety
At this year’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) Health and Safety Awards, Brett has been awarded the ‘Safer Together’ award for driving significant reduction in serious harm within the workplace, and the John Crabbe Memorial Trophy, which recognises outstanding achievements in health and safety.
The MPA Health and Safety Awards highlight outstanding actions, initiatives, innovations, and leadership practices - from individuals and small teams to major global players. Sharing crucial information about how to make the industry’s workplaces safer and celebrating the achievements of those involved.
Brett Landscaping and Building Products was recognised for its concerted efforts to uphold the highest standards in health and safety, using the MPAs ‘Vision Zero’ scheme to create a safer environment across its manufacturing sites at Poole, Pocklington, Barrow-Upon-Soar and Cliffe.
Vision Zero sessions being held at Brett Landscaping And Building Products' sites
The ‘Safer Together’ award entry focused on how the teams have worked to make sure that health and safety is a collaborative effort, that all employees have the opportunity to give feedback and put their ideas forward in group discussions, and stay motivated about health and safety matters. Some of the activities include regular health and safety roadshows to discuss the core values of ‘Vison Zero’, the ‘Fatal Six’ topics, and site issues and improvements.
Brett Landscaping also received commendations from the MPA for its dedicated work focused on on-site improvements including:
- Safer handling of inbound and outbound materials
- Safer maintenance and housekeeping.
Lee Bell, Site Manager at Brett Landscaping’s Cliffe site, said: “I’m really proud that we can do this on an individual site basis. We take a lot of time out from our busy production schedule, we stop everything. It’s a good opportunity for the whole site to come together and discuss issues or topics that are raised and we see actions from it, it’s really positive.”
Hear more about the Safer Together Award – meet ‘Eric’ the new employee who helps to get across key Health and Safety messages.
Brett Group was awarded the coveted John Crabbe Memorial Trophy for companies with over 250 employees for outstanding performance in health, safety, and wellbeing. This is awarded to companies that can demonstrate a strong health and safety culture, where all employees are pro-active in managing their own and their colleagues’ safety and is backed by regular activities and initiatives.
Richard Baldry, Brett Landscaping’s Managing Director, commented “Our sole purpose at Brett Landscaping is to keep people safe. Our Vision Zero strategy has delivered an incredible reduction in incidents across our business. We’ve been able to develop a strategy based on the available knowledge of the ‘Fatal Six’, ‘Vision Zero’, and ‘Six Core Values’ work which fits perfectly with what we were trying to achieve at the outset of this programme.
“We’re part of the MPA, and to win an award like this is fantastic recognition from our peers that a business like ours has been able to affect a significant shift in culture that has led to people being safer on site every single day.”
Richard Baldry, Brett Landscaping and Building Product’s Managing Director on accepting the award on behalf of the Brett Group.
Videos of the finalists and winning entries can be viewed on the MPA YouTube channel which also features a film of the whole of the 2024 awards event as well as previous years