The importance of a good working
environment in regards to promoting safety is hard to calculate with data and
pie charts. Why? Because each and every plant have their own unique traits or
characteristics. No doubt that the company management play an important role in
setting the “tone” in a plant. The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog has noticed that
plants who have a positive environment tend to be safer. One way to instil an
environment where safety is promoted is for the workers to feel acknowledgement
and appreciated for their hard work. That acknowledgement and appreciation can
be used as motivation for fellow workers. Here is a recent story where an
aluminium company acknowledge the great work that individual employees:
EGA
holds first annual Rashid Awards
Awards ceremony
highlights employee best practice in Environment, Health & Safety and
Operational Excellence
United Arab Emirates: Stemming from a 34 year old tradition of recognizing and encouraging
exceptional achievements, and inspired by the heritage of the late Sheikh
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Global Aluminium (“EGA”)
has launched the “Rashid Awards”. An annual ceremony which recognizes employees
who have excelled in the areas of Environment, Health & Safety (“EHS”) and
Operational Excellence, the Rashid Awards are an integral component of
EGA’s quest to excel through continuous improvement and innovation.
Keeping with tradition, all employees and executive management
were invited to attend the Rashid Awards ceremony, which took place on 25
February at the Dubai World Trade Center. Speaking at the event, Abdulla Kalban
(MD & CEO at EGA) said, "We are here today to recognise the
outstanding contribution that EGA employees have made in the past year towards
the success of the company. We attach great importance to these awards, which
enable us to express our appreciation to those individuals and teams who have
shown immense dedication towards our vision of building a legacy of excellence
for the UAE." With more than 1,000 employees in attendance, the award in
each category was presented to the following winners:
EHS
·
Best
EHS Contractor
§
Major Projects Contractor – William Hare
§
Operational Contractor – Al Banna Engineering
·
Best
Environment Performance
§ Al Taweelah – Carbon
& Port
§ Jebel Ali – Reduction
·
Best
Environment Initiative
§
Jebel Ali Power & Desalination for “Minimizing
Emissions through Energy initiatives”
·
Best
Health & Safety Performance
§
Al Taweelah – Power & Desalination
§
Jebel Ali – Reduction (Potlines 1-3)
·
Best
Health & Safety Initiative
§ Al Taweelah Power &
Desalination for “Behaviour Based Safety Campaign”
·
Best
EGA Environment Health & Safety for Support Services
§
Operations – Jebel Ali Casthouse Process Control
& Metallurgy; Casting Services; and Production Control for “Improving EHS
in Casthouse Services areas”
§
Administration – Al Taweelah Training & Development for “Implementing an EHS
Sub-committee”.
Operational Excellence
·
Lean
Six Sigma
§ Al Taweelah – Carbon
& Port
§ Jebel Ali – Casthouse
·
Kaizen
§
Al Taweelah – Reduction
§
Jebel Ali – Carbon Operations (Rodding)
·
5S
§
Al Taweelah – Carbon & Port
§
Jebel Ali – Smelter Services (Planning, Cell Lining
& Preheat)
·
Best
Suggestion of the Year (Environmental)
§
R K Sharma and S Ramalingam from Potroom
Maintenance for “Oil filter crusher to remove oil and protect environment”
·
Best
Suggestion of the Year (Safety)
§
Al Tawleelah - Raseesh Kumar, Laiju Jose and Ronel
Delica from Reduction for “Pot Tending Machine extractor cam guide
modification”
§
Jebel Ali - Mudassar Hassan and Zakir Hussain from
Cell Lining for “Use sacrificial fuse to energise pot without using shunts
bypass system”
·
Best
Suggestion of the Year (Innovation)
§
S Ramasamy and P K Nadar from Potroom Maintenance for “Reliable vent
valve for Potline Dense Phase System”
·
Best
Suggestion (Plant Sustainability)
§
Jebel Ali – Florencio and Abdul Latheef from Dock Operations for “Improve suction
unloader blower 3 room temperature”
§
Jebel Ali – Sivakumar, Thilak Kumar and Elvis
Asingal from Potroom Maintenance for “Enhance pot demolition hydraulic system”
§
Al Taweelah –
Syam Kumar, Mahesh Mhatre and. Mohamed Al Dhanhani, for “Potline 3 superstructure junction box 1”
·
Best
Suggestion (Energy-Saving)
§
Al Taweelah – Charavartyi, Bhavin and Swamy for
“Improve Steam Turbine 10 power generation”
§
Jebel Ali – Sultan and Thiyagarajan for “Reduce
riser in new cells by welding strips”
·
Best
Suggestion (Idea of the Year)
§
Al Taweelah – Sayed Kurshid and Avinash Chougule
from Reduction for “Auto tapping logic”
§
Jebel Ali – Majid Murtaza and Nageshwara Rao for
“Standardize the location and fabricate the tool for stub in carbon drop”
At EGA, operational excellence is a fundamental constituent of the
company’s DNA, where teamwork, problem-solving and innovation result in
continuous improvement throughout the organization. EHS is a core focus area,
and EGA has already made
significant advancements in this direction, reducing operational environmental
impact and investing in social and economic development to ensure a sustainable
future for the UAE.
Fortified by a rich history of innovation and operating
achievements by EGA’s subsidiaries, the first Rashid Awards have set the bar
high. Moving forward, the company is targeting
perfection in EHS performance with the aim of bringing EGA substantially closer
to the target of zero harm to people and the environment. Specific components of
operational excellence such as improving customer satisfaction, lowering costs,
minimizing error and maximizing efficiency also remain under the spotlight.
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About
EGA
Emirates
Global Aluminium (“EGA”) is a jointly-held, equal-ownership company formed by
Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and the Investment Corporation of
Dubai by combining their respective aluminium industry interests. EGA’s core
operating assets are Dubai Aluminium (“DUBAL”, also known as EGA Jebel Ali) and
Emirates Aluminium (“EMAL”, also known as EGA Al Taweelah), whose combined
annual production capacity of 2.4 million tonnes per annum (“tpa”) places EGA
among the top five primary aluminium producers in the world, by volume. The
UAE-based EGA also owns Guinea Alumina Corporation (“GAC”), a strategic bauxite
mine and alumina refinery development project in West Africa. In addition, EGA
has plans for significant local growth and international expansion.
DUBAL,
where commissioning began in 1979, operates one of the world’s largest
single-site primary aluminium smelters. The DUBAL complex, built on a 4.75
square kilometre site in Jebel Ali, Dubai, comprises a 1 million tpa smelter, a
2,350 MW power station, a large carbon plant, extensive casting operations
(more than 1.2 million tpa), a water desalination plant, dock and other
facilities. DUBAL holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 20000-1,
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 29990, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001 certification.
EMAL,
where commissioning began at the end of 2009, is the world’s largest
single-site primary aluminium smelter. The EMAL complex, housed on a 6 square
kilometre site in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, comprises a 1.3 million tpa smelter, a
3,100 MW power station, a large carbon plant, extensive casting operations
(more than 1.8 million tpa), a water desalination plant, dock and other
facilities. EMAL holds ISO 9001 accreditation and Nebosh certification in
Occupational Health and Safety.
The
combined DUBAL-EMAL portfolio comprises high quality primary aluminium products
in three main categories: high purity and foundry
re-melt products (for electronics
and aerospace and automotive applications respectively); rolled products (for packaging, lithographic sheets and the automotive
industry); and billets for extrusion
and forging (for construction, industrial, transportation and automotive
purposes). Busbars and anode bars are also
made for the electrolytic process used to produce primary aluminium from
alumina ore. Over 350 customers are
served in at least 68 countries, predominantly
in Asia, Europe, the MENA region and the Americas.
Congratulations to everyone at Emal and Dubal for the continued
effort to become safer. Congratulations to EGA for their inagural Rashid Award
which will enhance the safe working enviornment that you have worked so hard to
promote. Keep up the good work!
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