Ten years of injury free ops

Business

OK TEDI Mining Ltd (OTML) has presented a certificate of achievement to Dredeco PNG Ltd for clocking 10 years of no lost time injury (LTI).
Project manager Bjorn Dejaegher described the feat as a ‘fantastic accomplishment’ by his team.
“For 10 years our employees from the local communities returned home unharmed at the end of their working day,” he said.
“Our fly-in fly-out personnel, both from Papua New Guinea and abroad, returned home free of injury at the end of their swing.
“I cannot emphasise enough the importance of this.
“We all are someone’s family, and as a son, daughter, mother, father, brother or sister, our wellbeing and safety at the workplace matters to our families.
“A lot has happened over the past 10 years, and we could not have done so without the dedication, support and perseverance of our quality, health, safety, environment and security department and our medical team.
“The energy with which they commit to continuously train all personnel to work safely and look after their health and wellbeing is truly inspiring.”
Dejaegher said during the 10 years of being LTI free, its Cap Martin had dredged nearly 100 million cubic meters of river sediment.
“This ensured seasonal flooding of the land on which the river communities live were reduced.”