Promasidor Nigeria Limited has restated its commitment to ensuring the
safety of its employees and risk-free operations as it remains unwavering in
adherence to health and safety requirements for organisational development.
This position was reinforced at the company’s safety day held last week
under the theme “No Safety, Know Pain”, where stakeholders enlightened the
workforce on health and safety measures, both at work and home.
Addressing the employees, Head, Technical of Promasidor Nigeria Limited,
Jean Robert Thouanel said life is meaningful and worthwhile when safety is
present and aglow, and for the company, it is always safety first.
He said Promasidor takes delight in certifying that every employee
accepts responsibility for their own safety and others around them, as well as
stakeholders who may be affected by its operations. “Over the years, Promasidor
has continued to improve on its safety consciousness, and as the business
grows, it enhances its approach to safe work ethics,” Thouanel said.
He said the company has received commendation from government regulatory
agencies and industry associations due to its high level of compliance to
health, safety and environment.
Thouanel, who represented Anders Einarsson, the Managing Director of the
company, outlined measures undertaken on work safety to include provision of
the company’s safety manuals to employees and stakeholders, safety induction
for every visitor and contractor, and the upgrade of hose reel system which
complements the fire hydrant system and existing hose reel’s stations.
Others include introduction of iron barriers to buffer and protect
walkways, quarterly celebration of near-miss recorders, new outfit for safety
marshals and compliance to safety regulations.
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From
Left: Adesulu Morakinyo, Technical Project Manager; with Uwa Michael-Okafor,
Head, Human Resources, both of Promasidor Nigeria Limited; Oluchi Odimuko,
Executive Secretary, Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN); and Jean
Robert Thouanel, Head, Technical; Promasidor Nigeria Limited; during Promasidor
Risk and Safety Day held at the company’s premises in Lagos.
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Also, all employees of the company have insurance coverage in case of
work accident.
For upholding safety ethics in
the company, Promasidor presented certificates to deserving employees and urged
them to be steadfast in their commitment to ensure accident-free operations.
In his remark, the guest speaker, Lanre Eyinfunjowo, Managing Director,
Donald Resources and Services Limited, who spoke on the topic, Making Safety a
Culture, said safety ethics should not end at work but also be imbibed at home.
Eyinfunjowo, who is a safety expert, advised that employees should have
basic safety knowledge and operate equipment like fire extinguisher, even at
home as part of tools to combat fire outbreak.
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From Left: Adesulu
Morakinyo, Technical Project Manager; with Dr. Godwin Efobi, Head, Medical,
Hygeia HMO; Oluchi Odimuko, Executive Secretary, Manufacturing Association of
Nigeria (MAN); and Jean Robert Thouanel, Head, Technical; Promasidor Nigeria
Limited; during Promasidor Risk and Safety Day held at the company’s premises
in Lagos.
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He stated that good safety culture can eliminate accidents at work and
associated illness that may follow many years after, which a company may not
envisaged.
According to him, the International Labour Organisation’s statistic
shows that 2.2million people die every year as a result of accidents at
workplace, and this could be traced to poor leadership structure in
organisations where deaths occur. On this, he commended Promasidor for existing
facilities to ensure work safety.
The safety expert explained that an organisation without proper
leadership and safety measures for its workforce could have its corporate image
eroded as a result of regular deaths or work-related accidents, also it may
have economic effect on the company as resources meant for development would be
spent on lives and property, and also litigations from employees.
On his part, Dr. Godwin Efobi, Head, Medical, Hygeia HMO, who conducted
a health check for employees at the event, enlightened them on what they should
know about breast and prostate cancer.
He pointed out the symptoms associated with both types of cancer, how
breast cancer it can be identified in women and men as it is not related to the
female folks alone.
He advised his audience to seek the assistance of medical practitioners
at the early stage of affliction. This includes regular medical check in order
to be physically fit for work.
While adhering to health, safety and environment compliance, Promasidor
has earned recognition from the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria which
conferred the company with the ‘Best Kept Industrial Premises’ award.
It has also received commendation from the Lagos State Environmental
Protection Agency, Lagos State Fire Service and the National Environmental
Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency.
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