Our Approach
Health and safety is our primary concern for any project and we understand this is of paramount importance to our clients. Soilfix prides itself on having an exemplary health & safety record with no prosecutions or enforcement actions since forming in 2004. Our recent RoSPA Awards are a testament to our commitment to continual improvement in our approach to Health & Safety.
Our NEBOSH NGC Accredited Health & Safety Director, Richard Mabe, is responsible for ensuring that Soilfix leads best practices and stays in compliance with the latest legislation.
Lewis Hunt, our NEBOSH NGC Tech IOSH accredited Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental (QHSE) Manager supports Richard to ensure full compliance with, and continual improvement of our Health & Safety procedures. Soilfix also employs external health & safety consultants to provide advice and external auditing to ensure Soilfix stays at the leading edge of safe working practices.
Soilfix takes the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees and people working and visiting our sites and offices very seriously. We are committed to achieving the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing across our business, and have devised our own site safety initiative – ‘SafeGround’.
We encourage all staff to raise any health, safety and wellbeing feedback or concerns they may have, and have two mental health First Aiders on hand to discuss any mental health issues our staff may be experiencing in a confidential manner and safe space. Any safety or wellbeing issues can be raised directly with line management or via our Health & Safety committee which is made up of staff from multi-disciplines with a wide range of experience.
As part of our strive to safeguard our workforce’s mental wellbeing, Soilfix are an active member of the Construction Industry ‘Mates in Mind’ initiative. Several of our staff have engaged on their ‘Start the Conversation’ Mental Health awareness course.
Soilfix projects regularly involve working under the CDM Regulations, and we often take on the role of principal contractor. We are also experienced in working to the stringent procedures required by our many clients including those from fuel retail and petrochemical sectors.
Soilfix employees participate in the management of health and safety by reporting incidents and near misses, maintaining plant and equipment, attending regular toolbox talks, and undergoing targeted training both internal and external. As much of our work is conducted on contaminated land, we are trained and highly experienced in the handling, storage and transport of toxic substances.
We are continually evolving our H&S procedures and documentation to ensure effective communication of safe working practices to our site staff and other suppliers. We actively encourage worker engagement on-site to take on board suggestions for more efficient (and safe) working practices to evolve our H&S management system. this takes place during daily task awareness briefings, weekly toolbox talks and bi-annual safety standdowns.
Health and safety is reviewed at Soilfix’s monthly management meetings and, where appropriate, systems are improved and the information disseminated to all employees, suppliers and sub-contractors. We undertake regular external audits of both our procedures and training requirements to ensure we are positioned to exceed our clients’ expectations.
Soilfix site staff are regularly awarded ‘Green Cards’ or similar initiatives by our clients through achieving zero lost time accidents during contracts and exceeding expectations on Health & Safety. We are proud to have been awarded RoSPA Gold in 2022 in recognition of our advances in health & safety management.
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Jamie Mitchell
Pre-Construction Manager
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