Congratulations to all our winners
Partnerships in Safety Award - Sponsored by the Gas Safety Trust
The winner of this award has really gone the extra mile to raise awareness of carbon monoxide and home safety throughout the community. Effective networking, total commitment from the top and an ability to generate funds has enabled the winner to be creative and innovative in their safety messaging. One additional point is that they have used community clinics to achieve a 98.8 per cent access rate to achieve safety checks.
Winner - Kirklees Carbon Monoxide Awareness Group (KCOAG)
Collecting the Award - Penny Allison & Stacey Rodgers
Safety Product Award - Sponsored by Curzon
The judges were looking for a product which has clearly had a positive impact on safety across industry and the community. From its inception this product has saved many lives and the manufacturer has constantly shared its findings on research, development and performance with industry and governments across Europe. The worthy winner of this award, who has also supported many charitable events, is the manufacturer of a carbon monoxide alarm.
Winner - Honeywell Analytics
Collecting the Award - Tim Jack
Safety Training / Skills Initiative Award - Sponsored by ATL and Skills2Learn
This award goes to a training and skills initiative that has integrated and driven a strong safety performance culture.
Over a five year period through visible leadership and workforce involvement, they created and delivered two sustainable safety programmes – which clearly show that to improve safety performance you really do need to lead from the top.
For creating “stop 4 safety days” and management skills for supervisors in technical environment (commonly known as MATE).
Winner - M1 Corridor Gas Alliance
Collecting the Award - Ian Holliday & Richard Ashford
Public Safety Initiative / Campaign Award - Sponsored by National Grid
Rising to the challenge of improving the awareness of the dangers and symptoms of carbon monoxide, this organisation embarked on a national awareness programme. Together, with other key industry and charitable partners they delivered a comprehensive programme of public safety messages through the media and online. They acted to improve the number of alarms in homes across the UK and increased the number of appliances that are serviced by Gas Safe Registered service engineers.
The campaign was successful in increasing alarm sales by 400 per cent and also added over three thousand visitors to the dedicated website that the drive delivered. Importantly, the campaign was embraced by national media including newspapers and TV and featured on programmes including This Morning and The One Show.
Winner - Energy UK “Carbon Monoxide - Be Alarmed!” Campaign
Collecting the Award - Oliver Wright and Abigail Forbes
Individual Contribution to Safety Award - Sponsored by the Gas Forum
The judging panel considered many excellent nominations in this category. The winner has achieved so much in the area of gas safety with little funds and has tirelessly campaigned on carbon monoxide victims for several years, inspiring both the industry and public alike. Quite simply this individual has achieved so much with so little.
Winner - Stacey Rodgers
Collecting the Award - Stacey Rodgers
Process Safety Improvement Award - Sponsored by Morrison Utility Services
Process safety is at the very heart of an integrated approach to safety management and touches all parts of an organisation’s operations. The winner of the process safety improvement award has demonstrated how a risk-based approach to managing upstream gas escapes can deliver improved safety and benefits for both the general public and the network operator.
Working through a systematic process of pilot studies, field trials and national deployment (including the training of five hundred field staff), the new safety process is now recognised by the HSE as a “best practice” model in dealing with gas escapes and the programming of repairs.
Winner - National Grid OSGEM Steering Group
Collecting the Award - Ian Aldridge
Safety-Related Research Award - Sponsored by British Gas
The judges really wanted to recognise a safety research programme that has underpinned a step-change in safety on a sustainable basis.
This specific research has been extremely effective in terms of risk reduction and safety improvement, plus it has also been positively endorsed by the HSE. The original research completed between 1997 and 1999 underpins a risk assessment process that is still actively used today.
Key statistics resulting from this research include:
• 25 per cent reduction in metallic mains in the UK
• 53 per cent reduction in overall risk
• Over 100,000 kilometres of metallic mains have been replaced
• Leak repairs have reduced dramatically
Winner - GL Noble Denton
Collecting the Award - Rosemary McAll & Mark Brundle
Overall Safety Achievement Award - Sponsored by Energy Networks Association
This company has come a long way since it was created in 2005. They have significantly improved their overall safety performance as evidenced by a dramatic reduction in the number of incidents, accidents and injuries both to their own employees and members of the public.
In statistical terms, the measure of their success has been the reduction since their formation in 2005 of 75 per cent for lost time injuries and 86 per cent of injuries to the public. This has been achieved through strong leadership and the development of a clear identity and culture, that is now enshrined in the company’s “DNA”.
Active engagement at all levels of the business has kept safety at the forefront and has created the right environment to collectively move towards their target of zero accidents and injuries.
Winner - Scotia Gas Networks
Collecting the Award - John Morrea
In addition to the above awards presented, the GISG Board and Judging panel agreed four additional awards for Outstanding Safety Performance:
Outstanding Safety Performance Award - National Grid Grain LNG
Leadership from the top, world class change management, commitment to continuous improvement and a highly engaged workforce have all contributed to an exceptional safety performance in an industry working at the extremes of gas and cryogenic engineering. Its passion for process safety means that this company is constantly breaking new ground, pioneering new methods, is an exemplar of best practice and, more importantly, leads and shares its learning with others around the world.
Collecting the Award - Peter Boreham
Outstanding Safety Performance Award - British Gas
This award goes to a team who have since 1994 undertaken their work on a 24/7 365-day basis. More importantly, the outcome of their efforts has been shared across their industry and with government agencies. The judges considered that the importance of the work done on incident investigation and developing standards, training and input to the national downstream incident data report, merited a special mention.
Collecting the Award - Dave Bendle & Bob Kerr
Outstanding Safety Performance Award - Newham Homes
The winner operates in a difficult environment where fuel poor and poverty is very evident. However, there was clear evidence of dedication and the commitment to a range of gas safety measures that have delivered sustainable and tangible improvements at a local level. The work done on improving gas safety in high-rise buildings is vitally important in protecting the safety of residents and setting standards for others to follow.
Collecting the Award - Bernie Witt
Outstanding Safety Performance Award - Saltire Facilities Management Ltd
This second outstanding safety award recognises the work and initiative of another organisation in a demanding location. In this case, there was clear evidence of delivering excellent customer service designed to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction and a real reduction in gas safety risks. Serving 37 thousand homes over a ten year period and achieving a 96 per cent access rate for home safety checks and implementing many initiatives to raise gas safety awareness.
Collecting the Award - David Black & Russel Ellerby
A final award was presented to Chris Bielby in Recognition of Services to the Gas Industry and Promoting Gas Industry Safety
