Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has won the 2017 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award and the 2017 Significant Improvement Award by the National Safety Council (NSC) – USA.

These wins endorse the company’s long-standing commitment to safety as well as its efforts in creating a safe working environment for its employees and contractors alike, Alba said.

The NSC Occupational Excellence Achievement Award is granted to organisations that meet strict criterions based on the results in their safety performance in accordance with the OSHA requirements in the US.

Commenting on winning this accolade, Alba chief executive officer Tim Murray said:
“Alba's track record for promoting good health and safety at the workplace has been truly phenomenal. We are proud to have cultivated a culture of safety today for a better tomorrow where our employees are taking ownership of their behaviours.

“Winning the 2017 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award and the 2017 Significant Improvement Award by NSC is rewarding as it recognizes our efforts in our journey towards Safety Excellence, which in turn will boost employee productivity as well as the Company’s performance,” he said.

Alba is reputed to be a champion of workplace safety and health; it has numerous awards for its efforts towards maintaining a safe and healthy work environment -- 2016 Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA); Green World Award 2016 for Environmental Best Practice; 2015 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award by National Safety Council – USA; 2015 International Safety Award by British Safety Council; and Gulf Aluminium Council’s 2014 Health & Safety Award under the Smelters Category, a company statement said. – TradeArabia News Service