Safety and compliance remains top of the agenda in the highways industry, and leading UK road planing contractor Jet Plant is setting the standard with a renowned safety and quality culture driven from the top of the company.

Jet Plant has no fewer than 19 accreditations and memberships, showcasing its commitment to safety, employees, quality and compliance across its operations. It’s all part of a company-wide culture that encompasses internal processes and external accreditations to drive standards and accountability across the business, with directors responsible for HSEQ objectives and targets.

Andy Williams, HSEQ Manager at Jet Plant, said: “This is more than box ticking, it’s a real commitment driven by our directors to maintain the highest standards across HSEQ.

“We recognise the importance of safety and compliance, not only to our own performance but to that of our clients too. We’ve implemented a series of internal practices, including annual management reviews, an annual conference for all employees with specific focus on HSEQ and monthly HSQ and environmental management meetings with operations and contract managers.

“Our directors review and monitor performance of HSEQ objectives and targets monthly, with weekly reviews at operational level, monthly employee safety forum meetings and a minimum of ten on-site audits carried out each month to ensure that our processes are operating correctly and safely.

“We’ve introduced a structured incident reporting and investigation process, independent external audits to check standards and regular inspections of plant and vehicles. All on top of rigourous training programmes and the everyday safety tasks and practices that you would expect.

“It’s a tremendously robust programme, designed to minimise risk and enhance quality across every step of our organisation. And the results show, with consistently good performance in all our safety KPIs.”

Jet Plant holds ISO 45001 accreditation for road planing and associated activities and has won RoSPA Gold Awards for seven consecutive years for both Health and Safety Performance and Fleet Safety. This is alongside a host of other industry awards and accreditations for safety standards. The company’s ISO 14001:2015 certification demonstrates the company’s environmental management system and performance, while the Investors in People accreditation shows the businesses commitment to its employees.

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