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News Release from: Polestar
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 October 2005
Polestar's Sheffiled Wins Health And
Safety Award
Polestar Sheffield (UK) has won its first award to become Health and Safety Regional Industries Champions 2005.
Polestar Sheffield (UK) has won its first award to become Health and Safety Regional Industries Champions 2005 Headed up by Kevin Race and Raymond Matthews, printer and bindery operator, respectively and both members of the Polestar Sheffield emergency response and first aid team, the company entered the UK-wide competition and its success sees it through to the finals next month
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 24 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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John Holland, SHE Systems Co-ordinator at Polestar Sheffield, said: "Our health and safety team and in particular Kevin and Raymond, bring a wealth of information and training expertise to our in-house courses, and we are extremely proud of this achievement.
The judges were very impressed by our trained team and our response action plan and we were awarded the highest score of the day.
It demonstrates the commitment to health and safety of both individuals and management through continuous training.
By benchmarking ourselves through competitions against other organisations, we are able to improve the levels of safety around the plant.
We wish our team the very best of luck in the finals." The competition has been running for over 100 years and has previously be won by teams from the Yorkshire police, St John's Ambulance and the mining community of Yorkshire.
Polestar Sheffield has also been nominated for two other awards, this time in association with its development partner Gazeley.
The plant has been nominated in the 'Best Bespoke Industrial Development' and 'Industrial Deal of the Year' awards in the Property Week IAS/OAS awards taking place next week.
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