Blakeley’s Waste Waste Management has celebrated winning one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards in 2010.

Eric Clark, RoSPA Trustee presented Mr Graeme Knight General Manager of Blakeley’s Waste Management Ltd with the companies Gold Award, on Thursday 13th May at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.

The Gold award was presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on Thursday, May 13th, which took place alongside Safety & Health Expo 2010, Europe’s leading annual health and safety exhibition.

The RoSPA Awards scheme is not only about reducing the number of accidents and causes of ill-health at work; it also encourages organisations to develop robust health and safety management systems.

David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “Blakeley’s Waste Management Ltd has shown a commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its employees and others. Organisations which do this deserve to have such dedication recognised and that’s where the RoSPA Awards come in.

“As well as there being clear ethical reasons and legal requirements for good health and safety management, there is also a strong business case. RoSPA is delighted to publicly honour organisations which have demonstrated their work to improve performance in this sphere.”

The majority of awards are non-competitive and mark achievement which is graded at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Organisations maintaining high standards can win gold medals, President’s Awards and Orders of Distinction.