Safety is our priority: Sameer Nass

Manama : Nass Corporation yesterday said it targets to achieve OHSAS18001 (ISO 45001) qualification standards across all its divisions by the first of April 2018 to establish a behaviour based safety culture throughout the organisation..

The move also follows the reconstitution of the company’s Nomination, Corporate Governance and Safety Committee with Dr. Mustafa Al Sayed as its Chairman. A strategic meeting was held at Alba Nuwaidrat Occupational Health, Safety and Environment training Centre to promote safety within the corporation. 

The event was attended by Nass Corporation Chairman Sameer Abdulla Nass, Director Ghazi Abdulla Nass, Bahrain Health and Safety Society Director Yassar Abdulrahim Alabbasi, and all Nass Corporation General Managers between whom a ‘Corporation Safety Group’ will be formed. David Anthony, General Manager of Nass Contracting will lead its implementation. 

Inaugurating the event, Sameer Nass said: “Developing a culture of safety in our workplace not only holistically supports our employees, but it also directly impacts the company’s bottom line. Hence, most importantly, management must establish the authority of the Safety Group and then support it. When divisional management sees the impact that the lead group created, they will acquire it and then pass that vibration along to all levels of the company.”

Dr. Mustafa Alsayed also emphasised on the importance of safety by saying: “Poor safety standards cannot be blamed on individuals; it is management responsibility to achieve a unified standard for safety. If we can oversee this aspect from a board level; then we can create a preeminent culture in the minds of all NASS workers and associates”.

The group formed will study the natural evolution of the existing safety system and hope to shape it with a behavioural system on a corporate-wide level and to achieve a swift result, the group decided to meet twice a year to review the implementation plan set.

Once they start to secure its role as a safety watchdog and train its representatives, individual division’s safety standards and current performance will be reviewed.