Safety Surges at Winder Power
Winder celebrates two years incident free.
Today, Winder Power celebrates an exceptional safety record upon reaching 800 days without a reportable incident. An industry-wide achievement, the Leeds-based energy company has not had a reportable incident since 2012. This record extends to all of Winder's projects across the UK and worldwide, as well as within its own state-of-the-art factory in Leeds.
The achievement strengthens Winder's position in the UK, and abroad, as a trustworthy and safe service provider in the transformer industry; as well as a great internal employee boost. As a power manufacturing company, Winder work in a highly technical and dangerous environment daily. All companies within this industry must report accidents and occurrences to the HSE's under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).Therefore, safety is top of mind for staff and products.
Speaking on Winder Power's impeccable record to an increased focus on health and safety in the business, Winder's Managing Director, Laurence MacKenzie said, "Our safety record is my proudest achievement since joining Winder Power in 2011. This is the longest we have gone without a reportable incident and this success can be attributed to the diligent people we have at Winder. I am delighted our customers, and potential customers, know that any project we undertake is completed to the highest degrees of safety and standards."
Winder Power have worked hard to improve the safety culture by focusing efforts on key causes of accidents, staff attitude to safety and through setting targets both for employees and sub-contractors. These efforts have communicated that Winder Power place safety at the forefront of everything they do and has focused individual ownership on safety in daily work practices - ensuring a positive approach by staff and a lack of complacency. This employee engagement exercise has led to improved safety training and supervision resulting in an 800 day achievement.
Jim Stockwell, Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager at Winder Power, added: "Safety is of the utmost importance within the energy and power sectors and a top priority at Winder. We intend to continue to look for new ways to improve our safety procedures for the benefit or our staff and customers, and ensure that our safety record is maintained year-on-year. This achievement will serve us greatly going forward as a business."
About RIDDOR:
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, often known by the acronym RIDDOR, reviewed in 2013 is a Statutory Instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It regulates the statutory obligation to report deaths, injuries, diseases and "dangerous occurrences", including near misses, that take place at work or in connection with work.
The reporting of accidents and ill health at work has long been a legal requirement in the UK. The information enables the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local government authorities to identify where and how risks arise, and to investigate serious accidents".
Health & Safety Executive accident figures in Great Britain for 2013/14 show that there were:
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133 Fatal Accidents
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78000 other injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR.
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1.2 million working people suffering from a work-related illness.
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28.2 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury.
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£14.2 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2012/13)
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Safety does not happen by accident.
The Regulations were intended to consolidate a number of earlier regulations on the reporting of accidents and diseases, generally in the workplace and specifically in the railway and offshore industries.
