Super Wednesday- Safety Stand Down

Dear All,

Although the number of incidents have reduced this year we see a high percentage of Fail lucky incidents including HiPo¿s . We cannot always rely on luck to always to keep us safe but need to ensure our controls are robust to either prevent the incident or to fail safely in case an incident happens . Historically Q4 tends to see a higher number of High potential incidents due to various factors but let us ensure our controls are strong enough to achieve our Goal of ¿ Q4 ¿ Target ZERO¿ by ensuring effectiveness of our existing HSE tools.

Please engage with your team using the UWD townhall pack and the feedback received during the same on the theme of ¿ Q4-Target Zero¿ and how can we achieve it together.

Updated I PDO HSE Policy

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that our Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Policy has been comprehensively updated to reflect our current HSE climate and evolving requirements. This updated policy, now endorsed by our Managing Director, Dr Aflah Al Hadhrami, reinforces our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our people, protecting the environment, and ensuring operational excellence.

Key enhancements in the policy include:

• Worker Welfare: Strengthened measures to prioritise the health, safety, and well-being of our workforce.
• Learning from Incidents: A renewed focus on systematically capturing and applying lessons learned from incidents to prevent recurrence.
• Reporting: Enhanced protocols to encourage timely and transparent re porting of all HSE-related matters.

These policies are not merely guidelines but mandatory standards that every PDO employee and contractor must adhere to in their daily duties. They are integral to our business processes and reflect our commitment to the highest levels of safety and ethical conduct, as outlined in our Statement of General Business Princip les.

As a PDO employee, it is your responsibility to fully understand and comply with these policies. Please take the time to carefully read the updated HSE Policy and familiarise yourself with the supporting procedures that apply to your role.

You can access the policy by clicking here

We will continue to review our policies annually to ensure their effectiveness and relevance. Your cooperation in adhering to these standards is vital to our collective success in maintaining a safe and healthy working environment.

Reminder I HSE Contractor Awards

Dear Colleagues,

As part of PDO¿s efforts to recognise excellence and to encourage exceptional performance in the field of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) within our Contractor Community. We are pleased to launch the PDO HSE Contractor Awards highlighting PDO¿s key Contractors who strive towards cultivating a safer working environment.

The Awards are designed to focus on demonstrated best practices in safety as well as in areas such as occupational health, mental health, welfare, net zero, environmental sustainability and lastly to recognise efforts of key HSE Professionals in our community.

Furthermore, this award extends to recognise the HSE Professionals that demonstrate outstanding achievement in the occupational safety and health (OSH) field while also advancing their HSE capabilities and contributions towards the community.

The Awards Objective is:

• Build a positive safety culture and a safe working environment.
• Collectively work towards continuous improvement of health and safety in the workplace.
• Encourage the betterment of ourselves and our contractor community through learning from experiences and striving for excellence.

Please visit the HSE Contractor Awards webpage (Internal/ External)

Awards closing date: 30 September 2024.

HSE TLs and Contract Holders: please encourage your contractors to participate and showcase their outstanding HSE performance and initiatives.

Learning From Assurance

The self assurance theme (level 3 auditing) for the month of September is Pressure Control Equipment. Please ensure at least one level 3 Self Assurance (site visit) audit is completed by the Team Lead / SWE for each Cluster before the end of the month and is recorded in IDEAL: IDEAL (pdo.om). 

Attached is a PWR on Zone Management Barrier requirements.

As was also highlighted in this week¿s UWD Townhall ¿Q4 ¿ Target Zero¿ session, we see an increasing trend in HIPO¿s / Dropped Objects recently. Therefore adequate Zone Management is absolutely critical to ensure everyone gets home safely at the end of his/her shift. Ensure you have strong Barriers in place. Do not compromise.

To access more LFAs/PWRs from UWA activities please follow this link to UWD Knowledge Base KB.

Links for UWD HSE Website

To download HSE alerts & other HSE info please follow the below link and steps.

            PDO : https://sww16.corp.pdo.om/WEHSE/UserPages/HomePage.aspx

            Contractors: https://web.pdo.co.om/WEHSE/UserPages/Login.aspx