Kitsons support National Grid towards No lost time incidents in last 12 months

20.04.2010

Kitsons Environmental Europe Limited have been working on various projects to support the National Grid maintain their infrastructure, and have committed towards achieving a zero accident culture.

Michael Dyke, Construction Director for National Grid commented: “I am both pleased and heartened that Substation Projects, in conjunction with their Partners, have achieved a full twelve months without any lost time through injury. Well Done! I place huge emphasis on us continually driving improvements in our safety performance in all sectors of the business. Our collective ambition will always be to create an incident and injury free working environment and by achieving a 12 month-free period and you have demonstrated that with the right level of focus, commitment and sheer hard work, the delivery of a positive result is possible.”

He went on to say “That said, we are all still on the journey to creating a sustainably safer workplace so, you should take some time out to pause and savour your success however, never take your foot off the gas, never assume we're safe and always challenge the way we put people to work each and every day.”

Andy Watson, Managing Director for Kitsons said, “We are delighted to be part of a team that has achieved such high safety standards. Our commitment towards safety and best practice has been one of continued behavioural development over many years through training and awareness. This recognition complements the RoSPA Gold Award received earlier this month. Kitsons strive to maintain the highest levels of safety at all of our sites to protect our employees, partners and clients.”

Kitsons are a leading multi-disciplinary contractor providing access, Insulation, asbestos and remediation solutions. Markets served include Nuclear, Power Generation, Petrochemical, Construction, Local Government, Retail, Finance, Defence and Property sectors. Trading from offices nationally, Kitsons are committed to delivering safe and quality services in accordance with our Suite of ISO 9001:2000, ISO14001 and ISO18001:2007 accreditations.

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Kitsons are part of the Silverdell Plc Group of companies. The Silverdell Group provide managed solutions for asbestos, industrial, remediation and environmental services for large and small projects nationally. Working with partners in public, private, construction and industrial markets, we are committed to creating an improved environment in which to live and work.

Further information on Silverdell Plc can be found at www.silverdell.plc.uk.