UK: Hydratight Wins British Safety Council’s Highest Award, Sword of Honour

Hydratight has officially become one of the safest companies by winning the British Safety Council’s highest award, the Sword of Honour.

The West Midlands-based joint integrity and engineering service company is one of only 54 in the whole of the UK to receive the award — and one of very few operating in potentially highly-dangerous environments around the world.

Hydratight works in onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and in oil terminals and refineries, and also undertakes heavy machining and other industrial services. The company is world-renowned for its expertise in joint integrity — the process of making pipeline joints completely leak-free, despite the toxicity, temperatures and pressures of their contents.

The awarding of the Sword of Honour followed an arduous round of creating, refining and constantly reviewing company health and safety procedures to reduce accidents of all kinds.

Hydratight had already achieved a five-star (highest) rating in general BSC safety audits at its Walsall facility.

“It is given that we have to be experts at the work we do; but after that, safety is the most important topic for all our staff, everywhere,” said Hydratight EMEA safety manager, David Stout.

David has been responsible for the company’s health and safety performance for several years and has steered the company to its latest achievement.

“This is a tremendous honour, because not only do very few companies achieve it — and even fewer in our line of work; but because it marks the success of a company-wide policy that every member of staff, from office workers to field services engineers, understand is vital. Without safe working, the company just couldn’t operate effectively.”

British Safety Council chief executive Alex Botha said of the winners: “This marks you out as one of the leading exponents worldwide of good health and safety management practices. You’re an inspiration for others to follow.”

David and other senior company members will be at Goldsmiths Hall in London on November 25 to receive the award.

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Source: Hydratight , November 03, 2011