Pharmaceutical outsourcing suppler PCI Pharma Services has reached a significant safety milestone this month having operated for five full years without a single reportable accident at its facility in Tredegar.

This landmark equates to three million working hours worked by around 300 staff and is a record of which PCI Pharma Services is proud.

The five-year milestone has been achieved not only with the backdrop of running general day-to-day services, but also with substantial expansion and investment programmes including a contained manufacturing facility for the processing of highly potent molecules, additional expansions to incorporate a large-scale commercial manufacturing suite and the addition of contained roller compaction technology to further enhance the site offering.

Norman Barras, managing director of the PCI Tredegar site, said: “A safety record of this nature is achieved through cultural site-wide ownership of safety. Each employee on site has played a vital role in getting us to this point through their personal commitment to safety.

“Safety is as important to our clients as it is to our business and sharing this important milestone gives me great pride in our site, our employees and our company.”

Bill Mitchell, PCI President and CEO, said: “Safety is fundamental to the global PCI Pharma Services business. Every employee has the right to work in a safe environment which is exactly what we provide and celebrating an achievement of this nature is a genuine success for our business.”