Alba initiates campaign to emphasise on safety

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)strengthened its focus on occupational safety with the launch of 'Keep the Safety Momentum Alive in Alba' campaign, which aimed to enhance Alba's safety principles and reinforce the culture of safety.

The safety observation campaign was held on a plant-wide basis and mainly involved shop floor workers amongst other employees and contractors' staff.

The uniqueness of this campaign was that shop floor employees made safety observations outside their main area of work and department. It presented an ideal opportunity for employees to visit and learn first-hand about other unfamiliar operational areas in Alba,thus increasing their knowledge base of the company. It also helped to further develop and encourage employee relations between various departments, which is beneficial to the business's productivity.

Commenting on the success of this safety campaign, Alba's Chief Operations Officer, Isa Al Ansari said: "At Alba, employees are our most valuable asset and we believe in providing everyone at Alba a safe working environment. Our aim is to achieve a zero accident work environment by increasing employee awareness on safety through various activities and programmes held from time to time. This campaign involved employees across the company and it helped to increase their understanding and awareness of working safety in Alba. We appreciate their commitment and enthusiasm in promoting a safe working culture and upholding Alba's safety values through this campaign."

The safety observation campaign -- Keep the Safety Momentum Alive in Alba -received overwhelming response from employees and the company aims to conduct similar campaigns in the future, so that safety continues to remains a priority at Alba.

Alba maintains safety awareness campaigns throughout the year, and this is accomplished through the weekly Monday safety hours, five-minute safety talk before each shift, or the annual HSE Week for all the departments.