Banagas has been awarded OHSAS 18001:2007 certification after having successfully passed both stage one and two of the audit requirements.

Representatives of the certification body have expressed their complete satisfaction for Banagas's occupational safety, health and environment management system. No non-conformities have been discovered throughout the sections and departments which were subject to the auditing process.

Banagas has achieved a record safety rate of 6.5 million hours without any lost time incidents since May 27, 2007.

This year, the company has won several international safety awards from reputed organisations such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the Gas Processors Association and the UN National Safety Council.

'I am grateful to each and every member who has worked dedicatedly to make this achievement,' said Banagas general manager Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.

'I call upon the staff to maintain such excellent performance to reach our next goal of ISO 14001:2004 on environmental management systems,' he added.-TradeArabia News Service