ASSE organizes first session of Contractor Safety Month

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Kuwait Chapter is Kuwait’s premier voluntary & non-profit organization providing professional guidance, training and consultancy; in the field of Health, Safety and Environment; to the industrial and social sectors in the region. Continuing its constant efforts towards social responsibility and commitment, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Kuwait Chapter, organized the first session of the Contactor Safety Month, where specialist from M/s Scott Safety conducted a presentation on the Gas Detection System technologies which are widely used at the hazardous work places.

The event sponsored by Raja Company was conducted at KOC Hubara Centre -Assembly Hall at Ahmadi township. It started with the welcome address by Jignesh Shah, Chapter Secretary. The Chapter President G Sampath Reddy in his address informed that the chapter is organizing the Contractor Safety month for the benefit of contractors in state of Kuwait who are exposed to various safety risks. These technical meets are open to everyone, so that the contactors who have a major role in industrial sector are updated to the best practices and latest technologies in life saving critical devices.

Ahmad Abbas, Manager - HSE, Kuwait Oil Company, Chief Guest for the technical meet inaugurated the event. In his inaugural address Ahmad Abbas acclaimed the efforts of ASSE - Kuwait Chapter’s in bringing such excellent sessions, where in new technologies and developments happening in the world of HSE is introduced to contractor staff. He advised all the participants to attend all the sessions and reinforce their knowledge, so that their effort in preventing an accident at site can be accomplished. He also highlighted the need for preventing Motor Vehicle accidents and improvement in Contractor personnel welfare for improvement of HSE performance.

Balaji General Manager Raja Company briefed on their company activities. Sunil N Sadanandan, Head of Technical Event Committee introduced the speaker Garry Collins, Regional Business Director, from M/s Scott Safety, leaders in the manufacturing of safety equipments. Garry Collins in his presentation explained about the new development in the field of gas detection which is an important activity in hazardous industries and latest innovation technologies available. The presentation was followed by an interactive question and answer session with the speaker and participants. A quiz session was also conducted, where the winners received gift.