30 April to 9 May 2008

Coming out with the OSH kit for the Project Implementation Team was carried out earlier. the draft was commented, edited and updated before presenting and briefing held to them last month.

The attendance rate was not so good for the first and second sessions held but improved during the 3rd session. Positive feedbacks were received on the effectiveness of OSH Kit.

Meetings were held with the local Fire Dept and Red Crescent to organise the Fire and Evacuation drill which we schedule in July 2008. We intend to have a full pledge drill with the involvement of Fire Dept., Red Crescent (Medical Team) and the Police Dept.

They are very supportive of the exercise and Red Crescent even suggested that we have role play/drama for the injured staffs in full make up.

A mock fire and evacuation drill was held last year by the then organising dept which only involved the staffs only. So taking the opportunity to organise the full drill this year was indeed exciting. Checklists were listed and discussed. Setting up of the full Emergency Response Team (ERT) was also crucial before the full drill.

Earlier this year, we had organised for the appointment of the Fire Wardens from within the staffs as they have undergone the required basic trainings conducted earlier by the Fire Dept. It was also part of acknowledging their contribution or future contribution for that matter. T-shirts and Safety vests including their certificates were presented during the ceremony. They gave a positive response to their appointment. Somehow the impact of organising such event is very positive.

Following that we wanted to find a way to disseminate info to everyone without having to send emails to all staff and after discussions with the our team, it was decided to promote the dept QASHE to everyone via the company intranet.
On 5 May 2008, the first bulletin was launched on the intranet and followed by a series of infos, tips, incidents and other news related to Quality, Occ. safety, Health and Environment.
The link can be viewed from the following.

http://intranet.uemland.com/home/news/qashebulletin/1100448478/Article.aspx