The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai has won an International Safety Award with Merit from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to protecting its employees and contractors from the risk of injury and ill health at work, and keeping them and workplaces safe and healthy. The winning organizations are selected out of a list of organizations from the UK, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. 30 organizations have marked the excellence degree, which the highest in the Award.
H.E Matar Al Tayer, RTA’s Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Director expressed his satisfaction over this winning when he received the Award from Nasser Abu Shehab, Acting CEO of Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector and Eur. Ing. Amair Saleem, Director of Safety, Risk Regulation and Planning. This Award represents another success for RTA in the application of health, professional safety and environment. RTA is considered the first public transport government organization in the region, which has obtained the international accreditation in risk management. This accreditation can fundamentally be attributed to its accurate commitment to apply the best practices and KPIs, and it abounds with superior technical and administrative experiences as well as the availability of the professional competencies of RTA’s leaders on all fronts.
Nasser Hamad Abu Shehab, Acting CEO of RTA’s Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector accompanied by Eur. Ing. Amair Saleem, Director of Safety, Risk Regulation and Planning Department, who received the Award in a celebration event recently hosted by the British Safety Council in London, confirmed that RTA is committed to promote the world’s best safety practices in all phases of RTA projects and operations, and increase the ownership and accountability of safety responsibilities at all levels. In addition, we continuously endeavour to raise safety awareness for stakeholders and motivate them to adopt the best health, safety and environment practices and ensure their compliance with the applicable legal requirements in safety.
RTA is one of the few organizations that won a merit in the 2016 British Safety Council International Safety Awards. Now in their 58th year, the International Safety Awards recognise and celebrate organisations from around the world that have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the scheme’s independent judges their commitment to preventing workplace injuries and work-related ill health during the previous calendar year, said Abu Shehab.
Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, congratulated RTA on their success in winning an International Safety Award with merit for 2016: “The British Safety Council commends RTA on their achievement.” “The award is in recognition of their commitment and effort to keep their employees and workplaces free of injury and ill health. Our warmest congratulations.”
“The British Safety Council’s vision is that no one should be injured or made ill by work, anywhere in the world. Across all of the winning organisations are examples of dedication and hard work to ensure that the risk of injury and ill health is prevented. We commend the winning organisations and urge them to continue working with us to ensure that our vision becomes a reality.
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