The warehouse team at MSC Industrial Supply Co. UK (MSC) has been crowned the ‘Health and Safety Team of the Year’ at the 2025 Health and Safety Awards.

The Health and Safety Awards honour the businesses, professionals, and initiatives dedicated to creating safer workplaces and protecting employee wellbeing.

Judges for the awards singled out MSC’s warehouse team for its outstanding commitment to employee wellbeing and safety, which has translated into exceptional reliability and quality for MSC customers.

The award follows the implementation of several new initiatives and key measures over the past 12 months.

MSC’s warehouse leadership team reevaluated their approach to health and safety and, over a lengthy period, worked closely with their teams to create a safe, sustainable working environment, focusing on developing the thinking and actions towards prioritising safety, and proactively addressing health and safety risks.

The team recognised the importance of fostering a culture where safety is not just a requirement, but a core value that guides decisions and behaviours.  To achieve this, it introduced daily team briefings and warehouse walk-arounds with the leadership team, end-of-shift tidy ups, as well as ongoing education and communication around best practices for health, safety, and cleanliness.

“As a result of these steps, we have achieved a significant reduction in our near misses over the past year,” explains Jane Hollis, Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager at MSC.

“This has had a transformative impact on wellbeing and morale in our warehouse team, making colleagues feel safer and more confident in their day-to-day roles. In turn, this has allowed us to ramp up our operational efficiency and drive our already impressive service levels to new heights, with more orders going out the door on the same day, ready for next working day delivery.

Health and safety sits at the forefront of all MSC’s operations. As the leading distributor of cutting tools, safety products, and general consumables for the manufacturing and engineering sectors, it is a registered safety supplier with the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF). This accreditation provides MSC’s customers with a guarantee that they will receive genuine, appropriately approved products and sound advice.

Jane adds: “We are absolutely delighted to have been named ‘Health and Safety Team of the Year’ at this year’s Health and Safety Awards. It is a huge validation of all the hard work and commitment that has gone into ensuring safety in our warehouse operations.

“Our dedication to safety extends beyond our product offerings; it is embedded in every aspect of how we serve our customers. Receiving this award further solidifies our unwavering commitment to maintaining high levels of service excellence and I would like to thank everyone, especially our warehouse team, for making this amazing achievement possible.”

For more information on MSC Industrial Supply Co. UK, please visit: https://www.mscdirect.co.uk/.

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