RAWALPINDI  : For the second year in a row, Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) was awarded “Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents” Occupational Health and Safety Award 2013 under the Gold category, informed ARL spokesman here on Wednesday. 
The RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards scheme is the largest and longest-running programme of its kind in the UK. It recognises commitment to accident and ill-health prevention and is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes across the world. The scheme does not just look at accident records but also entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including important practices such as strong leadership and workforce involvement. David Rawlins, awards manager at RoSPA, in a statement said that RoSPA firmly believed in organisations that demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill-health prevention deserve recognition. He congratulated ARL for showing its commitment for striving for such continuous improvement. ARL was committed to provide the best quality products in market, endeavours to protect the environment and to ensure health and safety of its employees, contractors and customers and works for continual improvements in Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) systems.  ARL is one of first major industry to have obtained both ISO-14001 as well as OHSAS-18001 certifications and ISO-17025 accreditation. Similarly ARL’s emphasis on safety, environment and quality assurance has enabled it to meet international safety best practices benchmarks as well as compliance to National Environment Quality Standard (NEQS).  ARL is a member of the Attock Oil Group of Companies, the only fully integrated Group covering all segments of oil and gas industry from exploration, production and refining to marketing of petroleum products, besides being also engaged in power generation, manufacturing and trading of cement and other entrepreneurial activities.