AW Hainsworth Announces That The Company Has Received ISO 45001:2018 Health And Safety Accreditation

AW Hainsworth is proud to announce that they have been accredited with ISO 45001:2018, which focuses on occupational health and safety in the workplace.

ISO is recognized worldwide as a respected standards body, and this standard focuses on improving employee safety, reducing workplace risks and creating better, safer working conditions. This reinforces the company’s commitment to their workforce by ensuring they provide their employees a healthy and safe place of work.

ISO 45001:2018 accreditation

The project to achieve ISO 45001 accreditation has been in progress for two years and has been a thorough process of staff training, documentation, risk assessments, emergency preparedness, tightening the COSHH controls, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) management and maintaining the legal register.

It culminated in two assessment visits from an auditor, an intensive period of evidencing, checking and formulating plans to implement corrections. AW Hainsworth finally received the certificate in December 2021, and will be assessed every year to maintain this accreditation.

Project led by Mark Liebrand and Richard Hepplestone

Put simply, we are ensuring that everyone gets to go home safe to their families"

Mark Liebrand, Quality Systems Technician and Richard Hepplestone, Health, Safety and Environment Manager at AW Hainsworth, have led the project, which has involved every department across the mill.

Mark Liebrand, Quality Systems Technician at AW Hainsworth, said “Put simply, we are ensuring that everyone gets to go home safe to their families. But more than that, it is a cultural shift at AW Hainsworth, getting our team to buy into health and safety, and care for each other. We are seeing benefits as a result of this process and there is a greater awareness around the mill, and more conversations happening about health and safety.”

Maintaining high standards

Richard Hepplestone, Health, Safety and Environment Manager at AW Hainswort, said, “We think this proves our commitment to our employees, to continuous improvement and to maintaining high standards, which benefits the people and companies we work with.

Richard Hepplestone adds, “Our partners want to know that we care about our workforce, this is one way we can prove that. A continued focus on protecting our workforce ultimately protects the supply chain, which makes us an efficient and reliable partner. It’s an added layer of confidence in the AW Hainsworth brand.”

AW Hainsworth will add ISO 45001 2018 to other certifications, ISO 9001, ISO AS9001D, RWS and UKAS, and customers are welcome to request a copy of the audit reports.