Championing sun shade on-site

August 13, 2018

Congratulations to Geoff Cotton, principal environmental consultant from RSKโ€™s Hemel Hempstead, UK, office, who has been awarded a Shell Safety Champion Award by the Shell Global Contractors Safety Council (GCSC). During the recent high temperatures in the UK, Geoff was working on a site investigation project and noticed that the team on-site was struggling in the 28โ€“30ยฐC heat. Geoff used his initiative and created a shaded work area to help alleviate the difficult working conditions and to help the team stay cool. Geoffโ€™s positive intervention was recognised as an exceptional commitment to safety.

โ€œGeoff was issuing a permit during our recent site investigation,โ€ explains RSKโ€™s Nicola Dematteis, who nominated Geoff for the award. โ€œUsing on-site materials, Geoff created a sunshade to create a safe and cool area for logging samples. Geoffโ€™s idea greatly improved the working environment for the engineer and drillers. The idea has since been shared with other team leaders in the company.โ€

The makeshift sunshade was constructed using two Heras fence panels and a 5-m-wide plastic sheet, which was fixed to the fence panels with cable ties.

โ€œI am very pleased to receive my Shell Safety Champion Award and would like to thank the GCSC and all those involved for recognising this and nominating me,โ€ said Geoff. โ€œThe recent effort was a very simple solution to help alleviate the difficult conditions experienced by our engineer Hannah Bennett and the drillers while logging samples on-site. It is encouraging to know that continuing to participate in our teamโ€™s commitment to safety is recognised and does contribute to Shellโ€™s Goal Zero ambition.โ€

A representative from GCSC commented, โ€œCongratulations, Geoff, and well done to RSK for creating a culture and climate within your organisation that supports and encourages such exemplary Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) behaviour.โ€

The Shell Safety Champion Award is decided by representatives from Shell as well as Shellโ€™s nine Global Environmental Services Strategy consultants

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