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16/07/04

A Venomous Project!

Protherics is the first UK biotechnology company to have fully developed and manufactured two biopharmaceutical products to the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Sales from these products – CroFabTM, for the treatment of rattlesnake bites and DigiFabTM, for the treatment of digoxin overdose – have enabled Protherics to become one of only a handful of profitable European biotechnology companies.

Clean Room Construction Ltd is a specialist construction company designing controlled environments for science and technology. It is one of only 1,000 winners from large and small enterprises all over the country in the public and private sectors. They faced a tough test in order to satisfy the independent Awards Panel.

Mike Webb, CRC’s health and safety co-ordinator, has attributed the achievement to the company’s “proactive stance.”
He said: “The key requirement of the award is that you need to achieve an excellent record on workforce accidents which is better than the average in your industry. CRC didn’t have any workforce accidents last year.”

“You also have to demonstrate a commitment to health and safety procedures and systems and to a show proactive approach rather than just simply reacting to the requirements of legislation.”
CRC has developed training programmes for staff and prides itself on encouraging everyone to play an active role in all health and safety matters. All members of staff actively promote it rather than treat is as a necessary chore.

Winners must have lower than average accident rates, good safety policies and safety plans and commitment to health and safety at the highest board level. They must detail their health and safety officers’ qualifications and provide details of significant advances in health and safety for the year.

Mr David Ballard, Director General of the British Safety Council, says: “The International Safety Awards highlight organisations that demonstrate a commitment to health and safety. By making safety an important feature of everyday work practice, Clean Room Construction Ltd is reducing accidents and ill health while improving productivity and profitability.

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