Occupational health and safety has traditionally been associated with those industries that are involved in high risk tasks such as oil and gas, construction and mining industries. However, today there are numerous basis to indicate that occupational health and safety is considerably becoming significant across all industry sectors.
Health and safety issues have become a prime focus for both management as well as government bodies. They are faced with a situation where new risks are emerging while old risk still persists. The strive is to build a safety culture in a changing environment and inculcate responsibility in people towards their own safety.
Workplace injuries affect employee health, productivity, job satisfaction and increase the cost of business. Large high risk organizations in the Middle East today are faced with more challenges than their counterparts in rest of the world.
Owning to the successful inaugural summit earlier this year, Fleming Gulf will stage its next edition of the 2nd Middle East OHS Strategy Summit 2013 scheduled on 25 - 26 February in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The complete focus of this conference would be on OHS challenges and issues in the Middle East. The importance of committed leadership in driving a safety culture and the role of government in influencing this are need of the hour issues that this conference will bring to light.
“The Middle East has a great opportunity to learn the lessons from other jurisdictions and develop legislative frameworks founded on sensible and practical decision making. The avoidance of risk aversion and creation of a proportionate approach to OHS management should be an overriding objective” - Dr. Robert Cooling, Coordinator - Middle East Branch, IOSH, who addressed the summit as a speaker at the inaugural event earlier this year.
The 2nd Middle East OHS Strategy Summit will be an ensemble of case studies, panel discussions and engaging sessions designed to provide a holistic purview on Occupational Health and Safety. This conference broadly attended by industry leaders and influencers will be a stalwart platform for networking interventions.
Media Contact:
Priti Mathur
Marketing – OHS
priti.mathur@fleminggulf.com
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