EMAL wins Gold Award for health and safety

Emirates Aluminium has been recognised for its commitment to health and safety on the 14th of May with a Gold Award from the Royal Society of Accident Prevention (ROsPA) - the UK’s leading safety organization, under the patronage of Her Majesty The Queen of England. The Award received almost 2,000 entries in 2012, and EMAL came out on top taking home one of the most sought after accolades in the industry.

The Gold Award establishes EMAL as a leader in health and safety on the global industrial stage, sharing workplace expertise in health and safety with an international safety community.

Commenting on the accolade, Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei, President and CEO of EMAL said: “This prestigious international award is welcome recognition of the importance we place on a safe and healthy work environment. Safety has been at the heart of our project since the beginning and we continually set new industry Health and Safety benchmarks. Our relationship with RoSPA will help us to continue this impressive record of success and continue our journey to achieve a Zero Harm workplace.”

In addition, EMAL also surpassed another Health and Safety milestone by achieving 15 million operational work hours with zero LTI in early May.

EMAL also further heightened its commitment to workplace safety for employees with an expanded (Environment, Health and Safety) ‘EHS Representatives Program: Developing EHS leaders on the shop floor’ for 2013 by integrating NEBOSH Award in occupational health and safety at work.