Growing a safety culture

The health and safety of our employees, visitors, and all site workers is of paramount importance. Crest Nicholson is committed to high standards of risk management, focussed training, clear procedures and regular monitoring. We combine this rigorous approach with a focus on engaging everyone in the business to grow our health and safety culture.

This year was a year of severe economic recession in the industry, and Crest Nicholson closed or mothballed many sites. We also saw our employee numbers (including contractors) decline by 42% from 2,490 last year to 1,439 in 2009 – in itself a cause of stress to the remaining employees. It is a tribute in particular to our site managers that, despite the higher workload and re-organisational stresses, the total number of incidents recorded fell significantly for the second successive year, down by 58% from 120 in 2008 to 50 in 2009.

This year's report is overshadowed by the death of a 15 year-old boy who, in July 2009, entered a pond on land owned by the company and sadly drowned. The Coroner had not held an inquest by the time this report was published.

We remain determined to continue to grow the safety culture within both Crest Nicholson and our supply chain to ensure that no serious or fatal injuries arise from our operations and undertakings.

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How we pro-actively manage health and safety

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