Thursday, October 8, 2009

MINING COMPANY ORGANISES COURSE FOR SAFETY OFFICERS (SEPT 28, PAGE 51)

GOLD FIELDS Ghana (Tarkwa Mines) limited has organised a two-week safety management training course for its 26 safety officers towards the attainment of acceptable safety standards as well as the development of effective safety system for the company.
The participants were taken through topics such as unsafe acts and conditions, hazard identification and risk assessment, incident investigations, documentation, environmental management, technical safety, occupational health and hygiene and management systems.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Operations Manager of Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Mr Gary Chapman, explained that the training programme was to ensure effective maintenance and management of the company’s safety system.
He said the programme was also to enable the company to concentrate and have focus on getting everybody to an equal safety standard.
A participant, Mr Francis Hooper Fynn, on behalf of his colleagues commended the management of Gold Fields for organising the course to upgrade their knowledge and skills in safety.
He promised that they would deliver as safety officers to the expectation of management.

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