It is the policy of PETRA ENERGY to ensure
the health and welfare of employees by
taking appropriate measures in providing
clean and healthy workplaces, minimizing
exposures to health hazards, and conducting
adequate medical fitness screening at the
work place.
PETRA ENERGY's occupational health management
meets the requirement of Shell Minimum
Health Management System (MHMS) which
currently at Level 3.13 on the assessment
verification done in 2008. The system covers
applicable elements within PETRA ENERGY's nature of
operations such as risk assessment,
performance monitoring, fitness to work, and
medical emergency response.
Health risk assessments have been conducted
regularly for both offshore and onshore
activities and improvement measures have
been identified with controls put in place
to adequately manage health hazards at the
work sites. Exposure monitoring has also
being carried out for relevant activities as
per statutory requirements.
All employees are subjected to
pre-employment medical examination by
approved panel doctors according to set
parameters by local authority and existing
client requirements. These examinations are
also required for employees being assigned
to different job categories, or after
recovering from injuries of an accident.
Parameters do include drugs and alcohol
screening.
Health performance has also being monitored
by the site medical personnel with health
return analysed monthly for improvement
measures. Health issues are regularly
discussed on sites by the site management
personnel with related activities such as
occupational health hazard identification
via Job Hazard Analyses and Accident Control
Technique program; securing health awareness
via healthy lifestyle campaigns and talks;
and audit and inspection activities with
regards to occupational health requirements
on site.
Structured emergency management procedure
has been established within PETRA ENERGY to manage
all site related emergencies including
medical ones. Medical facilities are made
available on site with site clinics,
quarantine and medivac procedures, trained
emergency response team, and on-shore
support. |
