OAKLEAF Commercial Services, part of Kidderminster-based Community Housing Group, has received a silver award for the second year running at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' Occupational Health and Safety Awards.

For more than 60 years, the awards have been internationally recognised for celebrating excellence in health and safety performance and demonstrating a company's commitment to accident and ill-health prevention.

Ian Hancock, Oakleaf's managing director, said: “It is a great achievement to receive this award for the second year running. It demonstrates our successful health and safety systems and shows that we are continuously working together to improve our standards and the safety of our employees, outside contractors and members of the public alike.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of awards and events, added: "To win an award at such a highly-regarded event as the RoSPA Awards is a great achievement for our winners. It recognises their commitment to maintaining an excellent health and safety record and raises the bar for other organisations to aspire to. We offer them our congratulations.

“This year was doubly special for our winners as their achievements were recognised as the RoSPA Awards celebrated its diamond anniversary, which is a ringing endorsement of the thousands of businesses and organisations that have committed to continuous improvement in accident and ill-health prevention.”

The majority of the awards are non-competitive and mark achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels.