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PEIE highlights importance of industry's safety, security standards

MUSCAT, March 24, 2016

Oman’s Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) in cooperation with Capital Market Authority (CMA) recently hosted a seminar highlighting the importance of safety and security standards at industrial firms.

The seminar, titled ‘Safety and Security Standards at Industrial Firms’, underlined the significance of providing insurance coverage for industrial concerns and small and medium enterprises which require provision of appropriate security and safety standards due to the risks involved, further to establishing the concepts of occupational safety for the employees of such enterprises.

The seminar was held under the under the patronage of Abdullah bin Salim Al Salmi, executive President of CMA.

Musallam bin Mohammed Al Shehri, assistant chief executive officer of PEIE for Operations, said: “The seminar aims at bringing together specialists and those interested in the field of security and safety to unite efforts made in both the public and private sectors. It also aspires at emphasising the impact of security and safety standards in the industrial units and existing projects.”

“The event also stresses on the necessity to have insurance coverage for these firms and projects so they are compatible to the variety of risks, in addition to the spread of preventive awareness and instilling the concept of occupational safety among employees in the industrial sector," he said.

“The field of safety and security is a key one for the prevention of accidents or minimisation of their occurrence in addition to protection of lives and properties. This requires development of plans, programmes and necessary requirements to achieve the desired objectives. The seminar seeks to disseminate awareness among those in charge of industrial firms on the measures and requirements of safety and security and identify potential risks in the work environment,” he added.

A number of papers were delivered during the event by public, private and civil society institutions highlighting a variety of topics including the concept of safety and security in industrial firms; importance of safety and security requirements; industrial fire and prevention measures; requirements of reinsurance companies; safety of lives and public and private properties; how to face natural disasters;  protection of economic wealth including factories and utilities; practices that help preventing outbreak of fire; evaluation of risks and their types in terms of chemical and physical hazards; among other topics.

Al Shehri added: “PEIE works constantly in its various industrial estates to spread prevention awareness, considering the priority of protecting lives, properties and projects through a variety of seminars, workshops and lectures organised by PEIE in cooperation with concerned bodies including the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance.”

“Theoretical and practical trainings are being undertaken to deepen the concept of industrial safety. With regard to insurance aspect, PEIE in cooperation with CMA (being the legislative, regulatory and supervisory body for the capital market and insurance sectors in the sultanate) invited insurance companies due to the importance of enhancing an effective partnership between these companies and the industrial firms in safety and security aspects, and the procedures for insurance coverage,” he concluded. – TradeArabia News Service




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