Oman- Sohar Aluminium organises caign on heat stress prevention management

9/5/2015 8:04:37 AM

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat-

SoharAluminium(SA) has beenbusy this summer successfully raising awareness across the sultanate on the various dangers associated with heat stress and the measures that can be taken to best prevent this very avoidable danger.

Since the hot months began in April up until this date SA has launched a series of internal and external activities around Heat Stress Prevention and Management reaching out to thousands of people across the sultanate.

Ever since SA was established the company has worked tirelessly towards safeguarding its employees and contractors from any potential health and safety risk. Realising the dangers high temperatures pose the company introduced an Annual Heat Stress Management Campaign in 2012 to raise awareness amongst its workforce about the dangers of heat stress and the best practices to adhere to during the summer period. In its third consecutive year the company continued its Annual Heat Stress Campaign amongst its employees and contractors through hosting awareness sessions and ongoing physiological monitoring by SA's medical team. The campaign is usually launched through an innovative Meet & Greet activity where SA's management greet all the employees and contractors coming and leaving the site offering them water fruit and pamphlets to remind them to stay hydrated.

The activity was held at the Smelter the Port and the Power Plant to ensure every individual working at SA is included.

In efforts to combat heat stress and promote a healthy safe and engaging work environment SA introduced a 'Quench Squad' as part of its Annual Heat Stress Campaign in August. The 'Quench Squad' is a bus that carries volunteers and goes around the company's various departments and facilities to remind and encourage their colleagues to stay hydrated and eat a balanced diet.

In April SA organised the sultanate's first-ever Heat Stress Management Symposium in Sohar. The symposium gave delegates the opportunity to discuss various heat stress prevention mitigation monitoring and management best practices.

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