May/June 2010 - Keppel Offshore & Marine

BUSINESSSafety all the wayKeppel O&M management and workers pledge their commitment for a strong safety cultureLending a safety handPlaying its part to promote safetybeyond its workplace, Keppel O&Msupported the National WorkplaceSafety & Health (NWSH) campaign2010 by actively participating invarious competitions.Spanning three months, thecampaign was launched on 29 April2010 by Minister for Manpower,Gan Kim Yong. This year’s campaignslogan “Safety is in my hands”aims to change mindset, and builda strong safety culture across thedifferent industries in Singapore.This is the third year that Keppelis supporting the National safetyefforts with a contribution of$100,000. Taking the lead,senior management fromKeppel came together to pledgetheir commitment to safetythrough a video.From the over 800 entries in thisyear’s competition, Kenny Xu, anengineer (Mechanical/Machinery)from Keppel Singmarine won thesilver award for the Short Video/Film segment.SUSTAINING BEST PRACTICESThis year’s HSE Excellencepromotion campaign at KeppelFELS focused on remindingeveryone to work safely at heights.To reinforce the message, thecommittee adopted the slogan– G.U.A.R.D.S. – which in shortstands for “Go Up And ReturnDown Safely”.At the opening ceremony,CH Tong, CEO of Keppel O&Mencouraged staff, contractorsand customers to join hands withKeppel FELS in striving towards asafe and healthy workplace for allas “sustained improvements in HSErequire strong commitment fromeveryone”.Innovative rewardsAt Keppel Shipyard, 11 teamspresented ideas on ways to savelives and prevent workplaceinjuries at its annual SafetyInnovation Team convention on11 May 2010.Team ‘E’ Star from Alpine’s electricaldepartment win the gold awardfor their project “Improving MultiCable Transit and Cable CoamingInstallation” which significantlyreduced the installation time andexposure to hazards.16OffshoreMarine May – June 2010