Atkins wins rail industry safety award

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Atkins’ dedication to safety has been recognised at the 2010 Rail Business Awards, as the Safe by Choice programme picked up the Safety and Security category gong – its second industry award. The Rail Business Awards recognise and reward excellence across a wide range of rail industry sectors.

Safe by Choice is a behavioural based safety programme, which aims to change behaviours and consequently reduce the chances of any safety related incidents occurring. Following the programme roll-out Atkins has seen in a 50% reduction in minor accidents.

There to accept the award was Atkins’ rail safety specialist and Safe by Choice Manager, Steve Wiskin, who said the award was great recognition of the concept and the hard work into making it a success; ‘When the judges announced that our programme was the winner I felt it was a fantastic reinforcement that SbC is the way forward. So many people across our business, from senior managers to suppliers and contractors, have  been involved, working hard to ensure Safe by Choice and its messages are implemented and being utilised across the workplace.’

Andrew Livingston, Atkins Rail business’ QSE Director said, ‘This is the second industry safety award we have received and is testament to how well both staff and our supply chain have helped embed the SbC programme into the fabric of our business.

‘The Safe by Choice programme has now been adopted by many of our suppliers and we are passionate about making the learning and programme available for application throughout the industry, via our strategic safety partnerships with clients and through our work on industry safety forums.’

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