G.G.I. International (Nigeria) Limited recognises that the disciplines of health and safety are an integral part of its management function. The Organization views these as a primary responsibility and to be the key to good business in adopting appropriate Health & Safety Standards.
The Organization Health & Safety policy calls for continuous improvement in its Health & Safety management activities and business will be conducted according to the following principles:
We will:
Comply with all applicable Health & Safety laws and regulations .
Follow a concept of continuous improvement and make best use of its management resources in all matters of Health & Safety.
Communicate its objectives and its performance against these objectives throughout the
Organization and to interested parties.
Take due care to ensure that activities are safe for employees, associates and subcontractors and others who come into contact with our work.
Work closely with our customers and suppliers to establish the highest Health & Safety standards.
Adopt a forward- looking view on future business decisions that may have Health &Safety consequences.
Train our staff in the needs and responsibilities of Health & Safety management .
An essential part of the overall company’s management is the management of the lives of the company’s personnel, client and third party and company’s client or third party’s equipment or facility. To ensure effectiveness in this management, the company as a matter of policy takes responsibility of security of all personnel, client representatives and third party in all our work sites and premises.
In furtherance of this, the company shall employ trained (unarmed) officers. Also the services of licensed and professional security organizations shall be secured on retainership basis to boost the overall company security system. However, local security men from community where we operate will also be engaged where necessary.
Armed security agencies such as Mobile Police, Air force or Navy shall not be used in any of our work sites except where our Contract Providers insist on such. They shall however be invited in riot situation, which are out of control of the Nigeria Police Force.
Smoking is injurious to health. Therefore, smoking of any sort, inhalation or chewing of tobacco is prohibited on our worksites. Any employee of GGI found smoking cigarette or consuming hard drugs on site would be summarily dismissed.
Smoking can however be allowed only at designated places.
GGI shall continue to identify with the needs and aspirations of hers and client’s host communities in the execution of its operation.
The company is of the view that it shall not operate in isolation and therefore shall liaise with client’s communities, relevant government departments and others in order to ensure a safe and peaceful working atmosphere.
The company shall also ensure the building of sustenance of solid harmonious relationship with client and communities and shall exhaust every known peaceful strategy to resolve the conflict in case of any disagreement.
As a company, we shall:
• Pursue the goal of no harm to people and our environment.
• Monitor the health of all employees on regular basis.
• Use materials and energy efficiently to provide our services.
• Manage HSE matters as any other critical business activity.
• Play a leading role in promotion to these practice in our sector
• Promote a culture in which all employees share this commitment.
By so doing, we aim to have a HSE performance we can be proud of. To earn the confidence of customers, Share Holders and Society at large, to be good neighbour and contribute to sustainable development
This policy will seek to preserve the environment to its primary condition. Therefore, impact assessment will be carried out together with a measure of consequences before any work is started. Efforts shall be geared towards reducing noise, dust, fumes and other injurious substances by our working condition and environment. We are also committed to ensuring clean and healthy environment in the course of work .
To this effect generated shall be identified according to their nature and degree of harm to the environment. Any material that has dangerous environmental consequences will be eliminated where practicable or substituted. Waste will be segregated at source and kept in containers marked off tagged with contents. It may be necessary to seek assistance from waste disposal contractors. The permit to work where necessary shall be extended to cover environmental checks. During work, compliance monitoring shall be ensured to assess defects through regular site visit.
It is the company’s obligation to maintain safe Health and efficient working conditions for it’s employees. Been under the influence of a drug or alcohol in the work area may pose serious health and safety risks not only to the consumer bu t also to the safety of co -workers, members of the public and the employee’s performance. Most workplace accidents are caused by human error which could be drug or alcohol related. The possession, use or sale of an illegal drug or alcohol in the workplace, pose danger and unacceptable risks for safe, health and efficient operation.
In order not to jeopardize it’s good intention for employees, the company maintains the following policy in respect of drug/ alcohol;
• Management of GGI shall deal decisively with any employee(s) who engage in drug
abuse and/or take active interest in self medication and alcohol.
• Medical fitness examination shall be conducted to include urine/blood or other
alcohol/drug screening test and maintained as afore- employment screening practice.
• This is a measure to check hiring individuals who use illegal or individual whose use of
drug or alcohol indicates a potential for impaired or unsafe work performance.
• Working under the influence of alcohol puts stake the company’s obligation to sustain
safe transfer or possession of illegal obtained drug by an employee while on company’s
business or while in the facility of either the company or its clients is strictly prohibited
• Violation of this policy shall attract severe discipline and may eventually need to
discharge from duty.
It shall be the company that operations will be carried out at safe conditions. Attempts shall be made to curb excessive exposure to road hazards.
Distant journeys shall be planned and applicable hazards anticipated with good judgment of time speed, nature of roads, visibility and safety coupled with good journey management procedures.
All company drivers shall possess valid National Driving License for the class of vehicle he intends to drive, and shall be subjected to Port client and Glare tests to check blurred visions .
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Access to Restricted Area is on permission basis.
All visitors and authorized personnel or representative of GGI are expected to sign in and out in the corresponding register provided.
Visitors to site shall be briefed on behavior on site, clothed with appropriate PPE and shall be escorted by the safety officer, as conditions for admittance.
Movement of materials in and out of site shall be by material received and material issued vouchers
It is the policy of GGI to provide relevant and high quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – coveralls, safety shoes/rain boots, hard hats and hand gloves etc. for all persons engaged in her operations.
Continually, the management shall enforce the effective use and maintenance of available personal protective equipment, which en tails regular conditions audits and replacement of defective ones.
Site Safety Officers and Supervisor shall continue to monitor compliance with this policy
The Nigerian Government has set a minimum local content target of 75% by 2010 for all works and contracts to be undertaken in or on behalf of all oil & gas companies operating in the Nigerian oil & gas industry. This target is fully supported by GGI International (Nig) Limited. It is our belief that maximizing local content is not just a prudent political perception but a viable economic tool as lower composite rates can be attained by increasing local labour and Nigerian material resources especially where these items are readily available and the prices are commercially competitive.
To achieve this, GGI has introduced a number of processes including a contract evaluation and award criteria which favours bids that meet or exceed t he minimum local content target with a view to amongst others:
Increase value -added content, thereby contributing to national economic development as well as that of our stakeholders, partners, clients, company, employees and contractors.
Transfer technology and develop local know-how. This we intend to achieve by through the following policies:
Putting in place, a “Project Specific Local Content Plan”
Engaging the services of competent and qualified local contractors to provide technical and non -technical services and support if and when necessary.
Investing in the development training of Nigerian to participate in higher -level activities than hitherto.
Investing in office, logistics, accommodation, computing systems and other business support infrastructure, goods, and services, all of which are purchased locally to augment other equipment
procured internationally.
Setting up the local infrastructure in co-operation with our offshore partners to meet the requirement of the NCD directives.
The Management shall enforce the implementation of this policy at every stratum of GGI operations through periodic audits. Contractors, Joint venture partners and sub-contractors shall be continuously monitored to ensure compliance
G.G.I. International (Nigeria) Limited recognises that the disciplines of quality, health and safety and environmental management are an integral part of its management function. The Organization views these as a primary responsibility and to be the key to good business in adopting appropriate Quality standards.
The Organization Quality policy calls for continuous improvement in its Quality management activities and business will be conducted according to the following principals:
We will:-
• Comply with all applicable statutory laws and regulations
• Follow a concept of continuous improvement and make best use of its management resources in all Quality matters
• Communicate its Quality objectives and its performance against these objectives
throughout the Organization and to interested parties.
• Take due care to ensure that activities are safe for employees, associates and
subcontractors and others who come into contact with our work
• Work closely with our customers and suppliers to establish the highest Quality standards.
• Adopt a forward – looking view on future business decisions which may have Quality impacts.
• Train our staff in the needs and responsibilities of Quality management
GGI International (Nigeria) Limited (the Organization) is committed to reducing the
impact of its activities on the environment and assisting our customers by encouraging them to use sustainable resources
To this end the Organization has implemented an environmental management system to continuously improve its environmental performance.
In order to meet this commitment the Organization will pursue the following objectives:
• To ensure compliance with all applicable environmental legislation and regulations
• To reduce emissions and prevent pollution
• To improve waste management practices
• To reduce consumption of natural resources
• To minimise noise and other nuisances
• To assist in the management of ecology
• To continuously assess its environmental performance
• To assist in the investigation of environmental incidents in which it is involved on
operational sites
• To make its environmental information available to interested parties
The necessary personnel and financial resources will be allocated to assist the Organization in meeting its environmental objectives and targets that will be reviewed as appropriate. In addition the Organization will continue to raise the levels of environmental awareness throughout its workforce and to promote this awareness to its customers and suppliers. The Organization is committed to operating its Environmental Management System in a manner that attains and sustains compliance to the international Environmental Management
Standard ISO 14001.