BPA is ‘Keeping the UK moving 24/7/365’ by ‘managing pipelines and terminals safely and sustainably’.
To support this aim, BPA’s Health and Safety policy commits us to the following principles:
- To provide a caring, safe and healthy working environment for the prevention of work-related injury and ill health and to maintain process safety.
- Create a working environment which is psychologically safe.
- To fulfil legal (and other) requirements to which we subscribe.
- To eliminate hazards and reduce Health & Safety risks.
- To continually improve our Health & Safety management system.
- To consult and encourage the participation of all employees and employee representatives through our HSSEQ groups.
To achieve these principles, BPA’s Leadership Team implement and maintain a Health & Safety Management System, positively managing health and safety as a business-critical activity, which:
- Is externally certified to ISO 45001:2018.
- Regularly reviews performance with representation from across the business.
- Implements a risk framework process and site assessment programmes.
- Sets health and safety objectives via an annual Health, Safety, Security, Environmental & Quality (HSSEQ) Plan.
- Supports regular visible safety leadership at all levels of the organisation.
- Is monitored regularly to review performance, undertake audit programmes and perform an annual management review.
BPA shall:
- Promote a culture involving all employees by sharing a commitment to achieving a high level of H&S and process safety performance, and to consult, communicate and seek ways for continual risk reduction.
- Ensure that adequate resources are made available to meet this policy, including access to competent advisory support, and that employees are trained and competent to perform their assigned H&S roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure that all H&S incidents and significant near misses, including operational process safety, are fully and formally investigated, ensuring that lessons are implemented promptly.
- Maintain emergency response plans in consultation with relevant authorities and stakeholders.
- Ensure that all partners and sub-contractors apply H&S policies and standards consistent with those of BPA.
- Keep our employees, customers, contractors and relevant stakeholders informed of known risks arising from our activities and welcome third-party views on H&S matters.
- Effectively control changes that could impact on H&S (including process safety) management.
- Learn from industry groups such as UKOPA, TSA, CONCAWE and FIUK.
- Create a safe and healthy workplace for all.
BPA employees shall:
- Carry out their duties in a safe manner.
- Adhere to H&S rules and procedures.
- Undertake appropriate risk assessments before commencing work.
- Report incidents, near misses and potential hazards.
- Stop work they consider to be unsafe.
John Armstrong
Director and General Manager, BPA
For and on behalf of the BPA Board
July 2025