Oil Marketing Companies Celebrate Safety Week

Kwaku Agyeman-Duah, Chairman for AOMCs

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) would from today, Monday, 20th May, 2019, begin the celebration of its annual Petroleum Safety Week to raise awareness about the need for safety at the fuel stations.

This years’s Petroleum Safety Week is under the theme: ‘Leveraging Technology and Competence to Assure Safety at the Retail Outlet’.

Association of Oil Marketing Companies’ Safety Week Celebration (ASWEC) was institutionalised two years ago with the cardinal objective of educating its members and the public, focusing more attention on health, safety and environment.

Ghana has witnessed fuel explosions in recent past resulting in the death of scores of people, as well as destruction of properties.

Some of the explosions were blamed on the failure of filling stations operators to enforce safety regulations.

However, following the Atomic Junction Gas Filling Station explosion, which resulted in the death of Net 2 TV Cameraman and six others, National Petroleum Authority (NPA) intensified its effort to ensure that safety regulations were adhered to.

This seems to have yielded positive results as the country has not recorded any major explosion for the past two years.

The issue of Health & Safety is now of great importance to all industry players especially AOMCs, since petroleum products are volatile and highly inflammable.

Below is the programme outline for the Petroleum Safety Week:

DAY 1

Launch of programme

➢ Guest Speaker – Minister for Energy

➢ Special Guests of HonourInaugurate and hoist an ASWEC Flag
Safety Exhibition & Demonstration

DAY 2

Safety ExhibitionTraining/Discussion for AOMCs Members (CIE)

➢ BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) TRAINING FOR AOMCS MEMBERS
(CIE)

➢ DISCUSSION ON FORECOURTDAY 3Safety ExhibitionSafety Training for AOMCs Members (CIE)

➢ BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) TRAINING FOR AOMCS MEMBERS
(CIE)➢ DISCUSSION ON LPG REFILLING PLANT SAFETY

DAY 4

Launch of Safety Programme’Forecourt Day’ by OMCs/LPGMs at their various retail outlets

➢ Train their personnel at the forecourt/LPG refilling plant on Safety

➢ General Public can visit the various …..