7 June till 20 June 2008

Risk management meeting was attended and issues on Environmental team was highlighted to be formed. Issues on manpower was also raised and HR was to screen and identify the candidates immediately.

I6 June 2008 morning about 11am, our Safety Manager informed that he is off to site visit and I requested to follow, unknowingly, a fatal accident had happened half an hour earlier. He assumed that I was informed.

That indicates the communication flow that I need to address within the dept. The police were informed by the contractor prior to our arrival at the place of incident. The project site is managed by the Project Management Consultant ( OPUS Bhd - a subsidiary of the UEM Group of companies). The Contractor's safety officer from UEM Construction, briefed us on the incident and we advised them on the necessary actions that needs to be taken in the future.

Apparently, the trench had caved in as there were no proper shoring to the sides. To make things worst, a shallower trench was dug hardly 2 ft away from the deeper trench and was filled with rain water the night before. Reminders were given to the contractors by the PMC and project personnel even during the meeting held the week before but no actions were taken by the contractors to improve the situations.

Stop work order for 2 weeks were issued by the Dept of Occ Safety & Health and will remain until they satisfy DOSH's requirements.

The contractors were required to also attend to the deceased and make the necessary claims with the insurance,etc

By the evening a memo was issued out to all the other Project Heads and advised to ensure all necessary requirements and safety precautions are adhered to and made the above case as an example of what might happen if they do not take heed of safety requirements.

Sometimes it takes something tragic to make us realize the importance of compliance.

6 June 2008

Attended the closing ceremony of the UEM Group Sports Carnival followed by a training on Quality Management Representative. The following day, a meeting was held with Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd a Township Development Authority of Putrajaya, a Government Administrative Development.

Set up for the dept of Occ. Safety, Health & Environment were discussed and arrangement for a study tour and site visit was agreed upon, subject to our management’s approval.

From the discussion, issues arising from their experience were identified and examples given. Namely the issues were quite similar in terms of coordinating with 3^rd party property developer within the development.

Later in the week, the draft for the new OSH policy was discussed and was forwarded to Corporate Communications dept for consistency with the company’s branding, mission and vision statement. Feedbacks were obtained and amendments carried out. The new policy was then submitted to the CEO for his signature.

Vetting through of the new upgraded OHSAS manual was also done and commented.

Preparations for the launching of the new OSH policy, Appointment of Main OSH Committee members and the balance of the Emergency Response Team was coordinated and assigned to the immediate staff of QAOSHE dept.