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Marking safety excellenceKeppel Offshore & Marine (KeppelO&M), as part of the Keppel Group,contributed to several milestonesin the Group’s continuing effortsto uphold best safety practices inits operations and to raise safetystandards in the industry.COMMITED TO bizSAFEFor the fifth consecutive year,the Keppel Group sponsored theannual bizSAFE Convention heldon 22 February 2013 and organisedby the Workplace Safety andHealth (WSH) Council.Seven companies under the KeppelGroup are bizSAFE Partners, ofwhich three, Keppel FELS, KeppelShipyard and Keppel Singmarine,are subsidiaries of Keppel O&M.As bizSAFE Partners, the companiesparticipate actively in the safetyinitiatives of the WSH Council suchas the implementation of risk andWSH management systems toreduce injuries and illnesses. Thishelps to lower the cost associatedwith such incidents and also allowthe companies to better assessthe WSH performance of itscontractors, suppliers and tenants.Within the Keppel Group,Keppel Land has attained thehighest recognition possible fora bizSAFE status – Mentor. ThebizSAFE Mentor is accorded tocompanies that have consistentlyshown exemplary leadershipin WSH management andperformance, and share theirpractices with other small andmedium enterprises participatingin the bizSAFE Programme.Mr John Birchall, Group SafetyCoordinator for Keppel andDirector of Safety & Healthfor Keppel Land, spoke at theconvention on the topic of “ThebizSAFE Mentor and Industry” andencouraged other companies tostrive for the mentor status.DOUBLING UP ON SAFETYAs Keppel FELS targets to deliveran unprecedented 20 rigs in 2013,the yard is focused on ensuringthat every project is delivered ontime and with an excellent safetyrecord.The two jackup rigs being built forArabian Drilling Company (ADC),ARABDRILL 50 and ARABDRILL 60,achieved 2.5 million and 1 millionsafe man-hours respectively.A double celebration washeld on 26 February 2013 withMr Mohamed Yusof Rafie,Chairman of the Board fromADC and Mr Tong Chong Heong,CEO of Keppel O&M joining theproject teams in commemoratingthe milestone. ADC awarded theKeppel FELS and Arab Drilling Company celebrate their strong partnership and the excellent safety performance on the two jackup rigs,ARABDRILL 50 and ARABDRILL 6014OffshoreMarine March – April 2013