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Damac Properties has doubled its safety performance record for 2009, the Dubai-based developer has announced.
Last year, the company increased its man hours to 21 million, a 16% increase from 2008, and recorded three lost time incidents, putting the frequency rate of lost time incidents per 1 million man hours at 0.2 – a reduction from 0.4 two years ago.
There were no fatalities at Damac sites and medical treatment cases were reduced by 54% to 58 for the entire year.
“We have many different contractors and sub-contractors that we work with at our various sites and they may all have different approaches to safety. It is our responsibility to ensure that we introduce consistent and clear expectations across all of our sites and to work with all the different safety officers and staff to ensure that these are adhered to,” said Damac health, safety and environment manager Ekarath Raveendran.
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In 2009, 430 site visits were carried out with on-the-spot checks, which resulted in positive changes including closer attention being paid to the wearing of personal protective equipment.
Raveendran added that training workshops and presentations had contributed to greater awareness and sign-on from contractors, allowing for an exchange of views and discussions on the solutions to potential safety problems or issues.
“We introduced regular HSE demonstrations on site and also discussed any matters of concern by using case studies of other incidents to look at the correct procedures to adopt. We also use all Build Safe UAE safety alerts and posters to share both good and bad practice,” he said.
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