Safety

Safety:

Topaz Engineering Company LLC. is committed to ensure Zero harm to its employees, contractors’ employees and other stakeholders. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is considered as topmost priority, with the following objectives.

o    Prevent Accidents & Occupational Illness.

o    Comply with relevant legal requirements.

o    Safety awareness to all.

o    Enhance & Promote OHS.

o    Participatory OHS Management.

The company implements a comprehensive occupational health and safety (OHS) management system that conforms to the latest international standards. The OHS system comprises an incident prevention program, including Permit to work system, near miss & incident reporting and investigation system, hazards identification and communication, emergency preparedness plan, training, personal protective equipment and incentive schemes. The incident prevention programs are designed to provide an injury free working environment to ensure healthy and motivated workforce.

Some of the other initiatives of Topaz Engineering establishing a safety culture include:

1.     HSE induction for all employees, contractor workers and visitors. Conducting test after HSE induction.

2.     Well laid Safety Work Permit system. Local language Arabic is also incorporated along with English in the formats of permits. Hazards identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) and Safety tool box talk are the part of Work Permit System.

3.     Lockout and Tagout system is in place to ensure isolation of all types of energy before start of any maintenance and is the part of Permit to Work System.

4.     Safety Guide booklet (English & Arabic) issued to all employees.

5.     Checking of toxic and flammable gasses in the potential exposure area on daily basis.

6.     Practices of PSSR (Pre-start up Safety Review).

7.     Safety meeting with employees and contractors.

8.     System for reporting “Near Miss” Incident.

9.     Root cause (why – why) analysis is done for the incidents to prevent its recurrence.

10.  To minimize / prevent the manual handling and related illness / injury, BOT (Battery operated trucks), FLT (Fork lift trucks) etc. are provided with its controlled driving.

11.  Regular health monitoring of employees and special health check up of those who are required to work at height.