MPA has published the digital version of the ‘Sharing good practice guide 2024’. The Guide provides a unique summary of the best entries from the 2024 MPA Health and Safety Awards, including the following:

• The 8 Topic Awards
• The John Crabbe Trophy
• The Sir Frank Davies Award
• The Eurobitume Award
• ‘The Fatal 6’ Award
• The MPA Special Award
• The Young Leader Award
• Individual Recognition Awards – 21 Nominations

Each entry includes a direct link to a short video that highlights the health and safety issues addressed by the entry and the benefits that have been delivered.

The Guide is an ideal way to quickly review these outstanding innovations in health, safety and wellbeing and to identify those entries that could be adapted or implemented within workplaces to make it safer for all.

To coincide with the launch of the Guide, MPA is pleased to confirm that it will shortly be inviting submissions for the MPA Health and Safety Awards 2026. The award event will be held in July 2026.

In 2026, a new award will be introduced, ‘The Outstanding Contractor Award’ which will recognise the critical role that contractors play in our industry and celebrate the outstanding contribution that a contractor has made in improving health and safety in our industry.

Whilst the key theme for the event will remain ‘Safer by Sharing’ and entries can be on any minerals products industry related Health and Safety topic, MPA is particularly keen to encourage entries for the 2026 awards in two areas; Mental health and wellbeing and entries related to coated stone, contracting and the handling of bitumen.

Colin Mew, MPA Head of Health & Safety said: “These entries, which come from all sectors within the mineral products industry, from small, single site operators to larger companies – reflect the improvements, innovations and practices that have been implemented to make the working environment healthier and safer. Sharing them will enable others to embrace them, and this will make a huge difference.”

More information on the Awards and detailed guidelines will be available shortly.

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About the Mineral Products Association:
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is the trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar and industrial sand industries. MPA is the sectoral voice for mineral products, covering 100% of UK cement and lime production, 90% of GB aggregates production, 95% of asphalt and over 60% of ready-mixed concrete and precast concrete production. In 2021, the industry supplied £22 billion worth of materials and services to the Economy. It is also the largest supplier to the construction industry, which had annual output valued at £178 billion. Industry production represents the largest flow of materials in the UK economy and is also one of the largest manufacturing sectors.

For further information:
Contact Robert McIlveen: Robert.McIlveen@mineralproducts.org