Alba wins big with five major international safety awards

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) yesterday announced winning five major international safety awards from the National Safety Council (NSC) - USA. “Starting 2020 strong with winning five major international Safety Awards from the National Safety Council is one of our best achievements till date,” said Alba Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali.

Alba bagged the 2020 Safety Leadership Award, 2020 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award, 2020 Significant Improvement Award, Perfect Record Award and Milestone Award from NSC, USA. Alba will be receive the Awards at the 2020 National Safety Council Congress and Expo Indianapolis USA in October 2020.

The five NSC Awards recognize Alba in various areas of Safety: Safety Leadership Award for achieving a ‘perfect record’ of zero fatalities over the last six consecutive years; Significant Improvement Award for reducing the number of Lost Time Injury (LTI) from 3 in 2018 to 0 in 2019; Occupational Excellence Achievement Award for reducing the number of all injuries in 2019; Perfect Record Award for completing at least 12 consecutive months without incurring any LTI; and Milestone Award for completing at least 30 days without incurring injuries. Adding further, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali said: “Through our strong commitment to ‘Think Safety First & Always’, we aim to soar higher and continue setting new benchmarks in Safety.”

In 2019, Alba achieved Zero Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) to top more than 15 million working-hours without LTI for the first time since its commercial operations in 1971.