Top Safety Accreditation for BEC

BEC (Systems Integration) Ltd is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record.

The Lancashire-based firm which specialises in Automated Data Capture and Identification (AIDC) solutions for the Supply Chain, recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.

Tony Hampson, Operations Director at BEC commented, "We are delighted to receive the SAFEcontractor certification. The accreditation demonstrates our compliance with current health and safety legislation. It shows BEC's ongoing commitment to operating safely, for the benefit of our employees, clients and general public."

He continued, "The accreditation is recognised as a stamp of approval amongst SAFEcontractor members. It reduces risk to clients by ensuring contractors pass strict health and safety controls, and illustrates our consistent upholding of health and safety activities."

SAFEcontractor is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.

John Kinge, Head of Risk at SAFEcontractor said, "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies".

"More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that BEC has done. The firm's high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".

Under the SAFEcontractor scheme, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice. Those companies meeting the high standard are included in the SAFEcontractor database. Employer-organisations who sign up to the scheme can than vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site.