• Marks 4 Years Without Lost Time Accident
By Chioma Umeha
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC ended the year
with a new record in safety, health and environmental performance, recording
four years without Lost Time Accident (LTA).
Speaking in Lagos at an occasion marking the
achievement, the Managing Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria, Mr. Rahul
Colaco said: “People don’t wake up in the morning expecting to get hurt. In
FrieslandCampina, we believe nobody should be injured while at work. That is
why ‘Zero Accident’ is one of our company’s 4-Zero KPI’s (Zero Accident, Zero
Quality Defect, Zero Lost Sales and Zero Waste).
“Zero Accident ensures that everyone working for
FrieslandCampina, including our suppliers and visitors, return home safely and
unharmed. This campaign is focused on simulating the right safety behaviour
where safety values drive continuous improvement,” Colaco noted.
In addition to Zero Accident, FrieslandCampina
WAMCO reduces cost of operations and impact on the environment with Zero Waste,
using the 3R’s – reduce, reuse and recycle. Separation and segregation of waste
(paper, nylon, food waste, plastic) from source has substantially reduced
waste, which is then evacuated for recycling by LAWMA-approved third parties.
In September, the dairy giant was awarded ‘Company
of the Year’ at the Nigerian Safety Awards for Excellence – a platform that
celebrates exceptional corporate initiatives that promote Health, Safety and
Environment (HSE) best practices in the workplace.
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC also celebrated
its ‘Safety Day’ with an update of its safety records board, a fitness walk,
in-house safety contest and vehicular safety campaign by the Federal Road
Safety Commission (FRSC).
FrieslandCampina’s first life-saving rule is: ‘I
am safe.’
Corporate Affairs Director, Ore Famurewa,
explained: “It is only through this approach that we will continue to succeed
in setting safety records. As a company, we believe that if we are successful
in working safely, we will be successful in all other areas as well and our
consumers and business partners will also be safe.”
