The indigenous shipping giant, Starzs Investments Company Limited is celebrating seven years of zero lost time injury (LTI).
This is as the global maritime community celebrates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
The Chairman of the company, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun who announced this stated that the Management of the company had put in a lot of time, effort and financial resources to ensure the highest standards of safety in all aspects of operations particularly in the safety of employees, employers and other third party personnel taking priority over financial benefits.
Ogbeifun described the development of a sense of family which he said came with shared purpose, a reason to care about others as much as your own safety and a passion for doing things right as the biggest key to their achievement of this milestone
According to him, “We are pleased to announce that as the world celebrates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Starzs Investments Company Limited (SICL) is also celebrating seven years of Zero Lost Time Injury (LTI) across our respective operations.
“We are proud of this great accomplishment considering the inherent risks associated with the nature of our operations offshore in the Oil and Gas Industry. The Management of SICL has indeed, put in a lot of time, effort and financial resources to entrench ensure the highest standards of safety in all aspects of operations particularly in the safety of employees, employers and other third party personnel taking priority over financial benefits.
“The biggest key to our achievement of this milestone is the development of a sense of family which comes with shared purpose, a reason to care about others as much as your own safety and a passion for doing things right.
“The SICL has made a lot of effort into developing good leadership practices with both supervision and the frontline workforce. Rigorous risk assessment processes are carried out before commencing any work and all our employees are empowered to stop unsafe practices.
“Our vendors are not left out as they are continuously engaged on safety awareness and safety practices where non conformities are highlighted and opportunities for feedback and input are created. To our joy, our vendors are also imbibing minimum LTI targets in their establishments.
“This milestone accomplishment in our quest for safety excellence shows that an injury free workplace is achievable in all organizations. The company’s everyday guiding principle is: No job is so important that we cannot afford the time to do it safely”.
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