Keppel Group wins flurry of work-based health and safety awards

Keppel Group has clinched 36 awards at this year’s Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Awards, organised by the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in Singapore. This is the highest number of awards won by a single organisation this year.

Of the 36 awards, Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) received 28 awards under the Safety and Health Award Recognition for Projects (SHARP) category for good project safety and health management systems. Keppel FELS and Keppel Singmarine, subsidiaries of Keppel O&M, also clinched the WSH Performance (Silver) Awards for exemplary safety performances and implementation of strong WSH management systems.

Four companies from the Keppel Group won WSH Innovation Awards, which recognise companies for their efforts in creating solutions which help to improve safetyin the workplace.

Keppel Merlimau Cogen, the operator of a power plant in Singapore, won the innovation award for its Sea Water Intake Guide Cleaning project, which improves safety by eliminating the use of divers to clean the power plant’s stop gate guides. Its mechanical spring-loaded scraper shaved off barnacles and marine growth effectively, improving efficiency and helping to achieve cost savings of about $80,000 per annum.

Keppel FELS received the innovation award for its Handy Bolt and Nut Tightener, which improved work productivity and reduced the risk of finger injuries. Its spring lock mechanism can be adjusted to fit bolts and nuts of different sizes, and its neodymium alloy magnets firmly secure the bolt and nut in place during the tightening and dismantling of flanged pipe connections.

Keppel DHCS, a subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure, clinched the innovation award for its Multi-Purpose Lifter, which reduces the risk of musculoskeletal injuries from the lifting of heavy manhole covers, and the risk of workers falling into the valve chamber during the maintenance and inspection of district cooling systems.

Keppel Logistics won the innovation award for redesigning the manual and laborious process of cable cutting and re-spooling. The project reduces the risk of injuries and improves productivity by 30% by implementing changes such as lowering the height of the re-spooling unit, recreating the cable cutting unit with metal guard panels to prevent the drum from rolling over, and installing a full rotational function to help with spooling the cables easily.

Saravanan Marimuthu, Senior Welding Superintendent at Keppel FELS, and Mani Rajasekaran, Assistant Control and Instrument Engineer at Keppel Merliamu Cogen, received the Supervisor Awards for their exemplary performances in ensuring a safe working environment for workers under their charge.

R K Jaggi, General Manager, Group Health, Safety and Environment, Keppel Corporation, said: “Safety is a core value for Keppel. We place the highest priority on the health and safety of people and the protection of assets and the environment in all our different businesses, wherever we operate. We strive to promote a strong safety culture built on strong leadership from management, employee knowledge and skill sets, innovation, campaigns, as well as employee-led initiatives which empower workers to make changes on the ground.

“We are encouraged by the WSHC’s recognition of our concerted efforts. These awards are a testament to our commitment to provide a workplace where everyone goes home safe every day.”
The Keppel Group has participated in the WSH Awards since they began in 2006. In 2016, the Group also clinched the highest number of WSH Awards won by a single organisation, with 35 awards.

Keppel’s WSH Awards in 2017

WSH SHARP AWARDS

KEPPEL FELS
• B362 FLOATEL TRIUMPH
• B364 SAGA
• B365 SKALD
• B366 TIVAR
• B369 ENSCO 123
• B370 TS JASPER
• B371 FECON 1
• B372 FECON 2
• B373 FECON 3
• B378 HAKURYU-15
• M1179
• M1222
• M1286
• R411 OCEAN GREAT WHITE

KEPPEL SHIPYARD
• Armada LNG Mediterrana
• Armada Olombendo FPSO
• Armada Olombendo FPSO Modules
• Armada Olombendo FPSO Turret
• BW Catcher
• FPSO Armada Kraken
• FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor
• Golar Hilli FLNG
• Golar Hilli Land Fabrication
• Karapan Armada Sterling III FPSO
• Marsya
• PLV Castorone

KEPPEL SINGMARINE
• DLV 2000
• MPV Everest

WSH PERFORMANCE (SILVER) AWARDS

• KEPPEL FELS
• KEPPEL SINGMARINE

WSH INNOVATION AWARDS

KEPPEL FELS
• Handy Bolt Nut Tightener

KEPPEL DHCS
• Multi-Purpose Lifter

KEPPEL MERLIMAU COGEN
• Sea Water Intake Guide Cleaning

KEPPEL LOGISTICS
• Cable Cutting and Re-Spooling

WSH AWARDS FOR SUPERVISORS

KEPPEL FELS
• Saravanan Marimuthu

KEPPEL MERLIMAU COGEN
• Mani Rajasekaran

Source: Keppel Group