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Sir Moir Lockhead, the founder of First Group, pictured, says that the award named after him does not follow traditional definitions of health and safety. "That is about compliance with regulations, and if you comply, you're fine. Here, the SOE is going one step further. Instead of usually talking about compliance, we are talking about injury prevention and well-being, which is about caring for people. There's a simple message: if you can do it safely, don't do it." He adds: "Those people nominated and who are being rewarded have created in their companies a change of culture wher injury prevention and caring for people is at the top of the list. Where this occurs, where leadership is strong, what happens, as we all know, is that they are more successful." An ex-colleague of Lockhead involved in the awards, Naveed Qamar, adds: "It's leaders that make safety happen. Where the organisation's culture is driven by the belief of leaders, it makes a huge difference, and I saw that first-hand at First Group under Sir Moir. He always put safety where it needs to be: first and foremost, and everything else fell in line behind." |