Ghana: Let’s Create Safe Working Environment In All Our Facilities–GRIDCo CEO Tells Staff

Ghana’s power transmission company, (GRIDCo), has held a durbar to climax its annual Safety Awareness Week with management promising to create a safe and healthy working environment in all of GRIDCo’s facilities.

This year, GRIDCo started Safety Awareness Week with the Interdepartmental Safety Quiz Competition in Takoradi, followed by a health talk on breast cancer and screening in all its work locations and a GRID walk in Accra.

Ing Robert Ben-Smith of Accra Area emerged as the overall winner of the quiz competition.

During the Corporate Safety Durbar on Friday, October 27, 2023, prizes were presented to all staff who emerged winners for both technical and non-categories of the quiz competition.

The Ghana National Fire Service was also recognized for its substantial support and proactive approach to assisting GRIDCo.

Speaking on the theme: ‘A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work’, the Chief Executive Officer of GRIDCo, Ing Ebenezer Kofi Essienyi, noted that the theme reinforced some provisions in the Labour Act 2023 Act (651) Section 9(c), 10(a) 118(1) which imposes a duty on employers to take all practicable steps to ensure that the worker is free from risk of personal injury or damage to his or her health during the worker’s employment or while lawfully on the employer’s premises.

He told the staff that they all have a role to play in creating a safe and healthy working environment in all of GRIDCo’s facilities.

Ing. Kofi Essienyi said management would do their best to ensure that GRIDCo creates a safe and healthy working environment by ensuring that regular inspections are carried out at all work locations, provide the needed tools, equipment, and training to meet the mandate stated under the company’s core values and provide the needed resources to implement all the recommendation in the safety inspection or audit report.

He tasked the Safety Management Team to strive to conduct regular work area inspections and eliminate potential hazards, make sure all the staff is properly trained and ensure contractors comply with the provisions in the contract safety manual, ensure the staff has requisite personal protective equipment, and continue the installation of safety signs, signage and messages.

“As management, we are committed to providing all the resources needed within the constraints of our cash flow to implement the initiatives mentioned,” he assured.

Ing. Kofi Essienyi charged the staff to cultivate the habits of medical checkups and exercise their bodies daily to keep fit.

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