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Health and Safety

Our commitment to safety

At MPB Structures, safety is more than just a set of rules; it’s a core value that guides everything we do. We believe that everyone deserves a safe and healthy working environment, and we’re committed to providing that for our employees.

This commitment goes beyond simply meeting legal requirements; it’s about fostering a culture where safety is everyone’s responsibility and continuous improvement is the norm.

“We are proud of our total commitment to the highest standards of health and safety, which reflects in our industry leading safety record.

We have developed our approach in line with occupational and ISO 45001 standards, industry benchmarks and rigorous auditing with decades of experience at the forefront of the UK construction sector.”

Patrick Boyle - Director

Health and safety statistics

RIDDORs and AFR

Year
Hours worked
Fatalities
RIDDORs
AFR
2019
1,691,441
0
0
0
2020
1,559,906
0
0 (1)
0 (0.06)
2021
1,504,128
0
0 (2)
0.006 (0.19)
2022
1,853,112
0
0 (1)
0 (0.05)
2023
2,059,791
0
0
0
2024
2,115,494
0
0 (1)
0 (0.05)
2025
1,893,937
0
0
0

MPB HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE ROSPA GOLD MEDAL AS RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVING THE GOLD AWARD FOR A CONSECUTIVE 7 YEARS.

“We are proud to maintain the highest levels of accreditation and certification across the construction and civil engineering sectors. These certifications demonstrate our continued commitment to excellence, safety, quality, and environmental stewardship, whilst ensuring best practice governance across every project lifecycle phase.”

Martin Cragg, Safety & Sustainability Director

MANAGEMENT REVIEW

Each year, our HSEQ team and directors set annual targets to drive business improvement. We monitor performance monthly to ensure we remain on track or identify where we are exceeding expectations and constantly share best practice and lessons learnt on a regular basis.

Workforce
  • All personnel to have a recognised trade / skill specific card.
  • Full induction for all personnel.
  • All supervisors successfully completed CITB Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS).
  • Experienced Black Hats with SSSTS training at a minimum ratio of 8:1 to the workforce and will be non-working
Health and Safety Representation
  • Minimum two-weekly inspections by HSEQ team.
  • Monthly inspection by another HSEQ team (not associated with site).
  • Monthly senior manager’s inspection.
  • Weekly manager’s inspection conducted by the project team.
  • Regular on site health and safety training sessions for operatives and management, aligned with project risks and upcoming work activities.
Safe Systems of Work
  • Task specific RAMS (risk assessments and method statements).
  • Development of pictorial RAMS are used at the work face giving a better understanding of the task and the risks involved.
  • RAMS briefings.
  • Point of work risk assessment (POWRA) carried out every morning and when conditions change.
Four-Weekly Summary Report
  • Safety information from all projects collated and summarised monthly.
  • League tables for all sites.
  • Spiders web produced showing areas requiring improvement against previous safety performance.
Internal Pre-Start Meeting
  • Identification of HSE risks and control measures.
  • Site responsibility matrix.
  • Proposed methodologies.
  • Training requirements.
  • Site specific targets.
HSEQ Audit System - cloud based YellowJacket, able to:
  • Track trends.
  • Record all project data.
  • Identify close calls and positive observations.

OBSERVATION REPORTING

MPB actively encourages observation reporting to learn from incidents that did not result in a loss. These are submitted by the reporter (anonymously if they wish) and are then recorded and categorised. This data is then briefed out to the site teams through the four-weekly Summary Report.

Completing observation reporting not only helps identify trends that need investigating but also raises £1.50 towards our chosen charity for each one (for 2025, a total 11,802 observation reports were submitted, enabling MPB to donate £17,703 to Cambridge Children’s Hospital).

ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING

All MPB’s HSEQ managers are trained to carry out alcohol and drugs testing using Lion Intoximeters and Intelligent Fingerprinting equipment, respectively.

We randomly select one project each month for testing, with all safety critical personnel and other random members of the site team being subjected to alcohol and drugs testing.

our accreditations

Our health and safety policies

Whistleblowing Policy

Social Value and ESG Policy

Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy

Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy

Data Protection Policy

Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

Alcohol and Drugs Policy Statement

Anti-Slavery Policy

Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policy

Anti-Curruption and Bribery Policy

Environmental Policy Statement

Sustainability Policy

Quality Policy Statement

Health & Safety Policy Statement