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MAGAZINE

EVENTS

EXECUTIVES FROM QATALUM PROPOSE
A CHALLENGE FOR CONTRACTORS:
IMPROVE SAFETY STANDARD
PERFORMANCE IN WORKPLACES

The Qatalum Management Team (QMT) attended the 2nd Annual
Contractor HSE Forum. 18 contractors attended the Forum along
with 34 representatives and 25 attendees from the QMT and
other contract sponsors.

The Forum provides an opportunity Recordable Injury for contractors, and resources and improving safety
for Qatalum and contractor both directly and indirectly standards in the future. Futhermore,
management entities to discuss, supervised by contractors. Following other companies like Multi-Mech
interact and address issues his presentation, contractors were provided more solutions to the
and concerns related to HSE. given the opportunity to showcase issue of safety. A contractor from
Furthermore, the essence of the their company’s HSE Performance the Technical Department shared
meeting was to encourage more and share preventive and corrective ideas and practices on Heat Stress
information from the Qatalum actions that will prevent injuries in Prevention.
contractors; the 2016 forum featured the workplace. Representatives from Qatalum
more contractor representatives Other interesting contributions closed the conference by
than in 2015. include showcasing an innovation emphasising that Qatalum HSSE
This year’s key talking point was in General HSE Induction process: has an open door policy and always
Safety Standard Performance. the Online PIB Application system. provides support to any contractor
Likewise, in their opening Through this system, a contractor or employee that may need
remarks, Qatalum’s CEO Khaled can request an induction through clarifications on safety and other
Mohamed Laram and COO Olaf the online system, thus saving time related issues.
Wigstol, challenged contractors to
improve their safety performance.
They pointed out that it is a
leader’s responsibility to ensure
employees are operating safely
and in compliance with rules and
regulations. Moreover, Deone Earle,
HSE Manager, presented Qatalum’s
HSE Performance, in which he
pointed out the alarming Total

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