EMAL wins H&S International Gold Award

Dubai, May 28, 2013 (WAM) - Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) has been recognised for its commitment to Health and Safety with a Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROsPA) - the UK s leading safety organisation, under the patronage of Her Majesty The Queen of England. The Award received almost 2,000 entries in 2012, and EMAL came out on top, taking home one of the most sought after accolades in the industry. The Gold Award establishes EMAL as a leader in health and safety on the global industrial stage, sharing workplace expertise in health and safety with an international safety community. Also recognised regionally as a health and safety leader, EMAL won the Gulf Safety Council Award in 2012 for its efforts in developing Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Leaders on the shop floor. EMAL also further heightened its commitment to workplace safety for employees by integrating the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) Award in Occupational Health & Safety at work. The employees receive training based on global best practices, establishing accountability for shop floor safety leadership and an evolving culture of continuous improvement for EMAL EHS performance. EMAL is the world s first organisation to deploy the NEBOSH Award program at the shop floor level, and holds the record for the single largest number of people sitting for the examinations. In its fourth year after launching in 2010, 77 EMAL employees are being trained this year to join the 100 EHS representatives that have already graduated from the EHS leaders on the shop floor program. – Emirates News Agency, WAM