Foster Wheeler Awarded Fourth Successive Order of Distinction by the UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
May 31 2011 - 8:38AM
Business Wire
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that the UK
subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has
been awarded, for the fourth year running, the prestigious Order of
Distinction Award for Occupational Health and Safety by the UK’s
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), and also its
eighteenth consecutive RoSPA Gold Award for outstanding health and
safety performance on UK and international projects.
The Order of Distinction is RoSPA’s highest achievement award
and is only presented to those companies which have attained at
least 15 consecutive RoSPA Gold Awards for outstanding health and
safety performance on projects around the world.
“We take great pride in receiving once again the prestigious
RoSPA Order of Distinction Award for our 2010 safety performance,”
said Troy Roder, Chairman and CEO, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited.
“This award reflects our company’s commitment to health and safety
and the dedication of our employees who share our company’s core
values and our drive to maintain the world-class health and safety
performance of which we are all very proud. Maintaining this high
standard takes tremendous effort and focus, and we are implementing
a range of new health and safety initiatives to ‘raise the bar’
even higher.”
David Rawlins, awards manager, RoSPA, said, “RoSPA firmly
believes that organizations that have demonstrated their commitment
to continuous improvement in accident and ill-health prevention
deserve recognition. Foster Wheeler has shown that it is committed
to striving for such continuous improvement and we are delighted to
honor it through the presentation of this award.”
RoSPA, a safety charity, launched its awards program 55 years
ago. The scheme looks not only at accident records, but also
entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems,
including important practices such as strong leadership and
workforce involvement.
Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction
contractor and power equipment supplier delivering technically
advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company employs
approximately 12,000 talented professionals with specialized
expertise dedicated to serving its clients through one of its two
primary business groups. The company’s Global Engineering and
Construction Group designs and constructs leading-edge processing
facilities for the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids,
refining, chemicals and petrochemicals, power, mining and metals,
environmental, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare
industries. The company’s Global Power Group is a world leader in
combustion and steam generation technology that designs,
manufactures and erects steam generating and auxiliary equipment
for power stations and industrial facilities and also provides a
wide range of aftermarket services. The company is based in Zug,
Switzerland, and its operational headquarters office is in Geneva,
Switzerland. For more information about Foster Wheeler, please
visit our Web site at www.fwc.com.
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