HSE: Health, Safety, and Environment

Accidents do not just happen. They are caused to happen. It is important for an organisation to maintain employee good health and safety in all their operations. The priorities for Slaptech are creating a safe and healthy work place for employees, contractors and the public, and practising responsible stewardship of the environment in its activities. We work to improve our HSE performance through:

Leadership and Commitment: This is the very bedrock on which every successful system must be built. Strong visible HSE leadership must flow from the highest level of management along with the provision of enough resources to execute the job correctly. The role of a leader is to provide the vision, the strategy, the example and the resources. Management sets the expectations, goals and accountabilities, and should insist on workforce involvement to get the culture right. Health and safety must rank at least equal to other business objectives at a senior level. Company management conducts regular safety tours of facilities, and sponsors and promotes health and safety programs. Slaptech also sponsors periodic third party audits of its HSE performance and implements recommendations arising from the audits.

Training and Safe Operations: Training here implies, and should incorporate; both job training and safety trainings. Slaptech trains personnel on both the job requirements (on refresher status) and on health and safety. Compliance with the HSE policy and work procedures is a condition of employment. Slaptech also conducts regular safety training sessions and emergency response drills. Task Risk Assessments of activities are conducted regularly and control measures instituted to eliminate or mitigate HSE impact.

Incident Reporting and Investigation: To encourage employees to report unsafe conditions and practices Slaptech has adopted a “No Blame” approach to responding to accidents and near misses. Incidents are documented and investigated. Recommendations are made to help prevent a reoccurrence and lessons learned are shared throughout the company. The “No Blame” approach has ensured that there is excellent two-way communication between employees and management on health and safety issues.

Environment: Environmental protection and conservation are a fundamental part of Slaptech’s operations. We ensure that all new projects comply with the relevant standards and regulations, and upgrade our existing facilities. Slaptech collaborates with local groups to promote environmental awareness and continuously re-evaluate its performance to ensure compliance.