Health, Safety & Environment
We are committed to Health, Safety and Environmental excellence in all our operations
Our Commitment to Safety
The Health, Safety & Environmental Management System (HSE MS) demonstrates Ciscon's commitment to ensure consistent and effective management of health, safety and environmental matters. The system promotes continuous improvement by ongoing measurement and evaluation of performance against established standards. It also provides an effective HSE management interface with clients and contractors.
It is the policy of Ciscon to plan and execute all its activities in such a manner that:
- The safety, health and security of employees, contractors' employees and members of the public who may be involved in its operations are safe guarded or preserved.
- Reduce impact of our operations on the environment.
- Be sensitive to the concerns of the host communities.
In implementing this policy, management shall be fully committed to and shall continue to provide safe systems of work, safe equipment, personal protective equipment and appropriate training to all our staff to ensure that gains derivable are adequately harnessed. The company's monthly HSE meeting shall continue to be chaired by me and I urge you all to attend all appropriate levels of the meetings as a means of promoting HSE consciousness.
People Are Our Greatest Asset
Putting the well-being of the people first, Safety ranks next as the major important area of CISCON's day-to-day concern.
CISCON is fully committed to and provides safe systems of work, safe equipment, personal protective equipment and appropriate training to its entire staff and contractors' employees and other members of the public who are involved in its operations. The company's monthly Quality, Health, Safety, Security & Environment (QHSSE) meeting helps to refocus and continuously stress the company's concern about people, safety, health and the environment to our entire staff. Happily, our safe record has been on a yearly upward rise and we hope to keep it that way.
Comprehensive HSE Planning
Planning & Risk Management
Planning is critical to the elimination of identified risks or management of them to ALARP (As Low As Reasonable Practicable). This requires competent staff following adequate and appropriate procedure. The HSE plan contains the HSE related activities needed to deliver and keep risks levels at ALARP and permits the development of viable HSE case.
The HSE plan is a supporting document to the overall Operations Execution Plan and contains links to clients Business Model.
Procedures & Work Instructions
Document Control procedures are in place and maintained for activities which are considered critical to the management of HSE. This includes:
- Necessary procedure to manage environmental matters effectively.
- Work instructions for HSE critical tasks at work site level documented by clients.
- Work instructions identified in the HSE case for specific HSE critical activities.
- Personnel responsible for preparing procedures and work instructions are required to be closely involved with the activities concerned.
Emergency Response & Contingency
The following emergency response and contingency plans are in place:
- Emergency fire response plans
- Man over board plans
- Medical Evacuation plans
- First Aid Plans
- Armed Robbery Attack plans
- Community Riots plans
- House Boat Drifting
Every staff shall be inducted about the safety signals posted in all strategic locations in work place and sites.
HSE Activities & Tasks
Ciscon plan is to reduce the risk of incidents being caused by an individual's impaired health having an immediate impact on safety. HSE critical activities for the operations will be carried out through implementation of the HSE plan including:
- Updating Environmental Impact Assessments
- Initiating and maintaining HSE action Feedback Loop
- Evaluating Contractors' HSE management systems
- Establishing HSE responsibilities for each department
- Establishing HSE performance standards
- Developing Emergency Response plans
Continuous Improvement
Ciscon believes that it is important to maintain a common vision of the HSE objectives and monitor progress in achieving them through the operations both in workshops and work sites.
Regular Audits
The HSE Department prepares and maintains Audit and Review reports. Audits are conducted at key milestones in the operations.
Frequent Inspections
Inspections are conducted at frequent periodic intervals in workshops and work sites and always produce written "findings" with recommended actions.
Continuous Review
The HSE-MS is continuously reviewed by the management to ensure that its effectiveness, suitability and objectives are not compromised.
Everyone's Role in HSE
Ciscon management recognizes the fact that prevention of accidents requires cooperative efforts as well as committed attitude of mind to HSE. As a consequence of this fact, the responsibility for preventing any kind of incidents rests with every one of you.
You shall be required to use and respect all protective equipment provided by the company and to comply with all HSE rules and regulations. Immediate action shall be taken to remove or minimize all hazards observed.
While assuring you of management support, we enjoin you all to participate actively in all HSE programmes for improved standards.
Safety is Our Priority
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