SETTING A STANDARD FOR
HEALTH AND SAFETY RESOURCECO IS IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO MINIMISE RISKS AT EACH OF ITS SITES NATIONALLY. MAZEN ELFEKY, THE COMPANY’S NATIONAL MANAGER FOR HEALTH, SAFETY ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY, IS LEADING THE CHARGE.
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reventing health risks for waste recycling business such as ResourceCo is no easy task. With employees frequently exposed to hazards such as moving vehicles, working at heights, dust and noise, ResourceCo has taken steps to ensure its workers remain injury free. As Mazen Elfeky, the company’s National Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager says, the goal is to create a safe
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working environment for all staff. “We have a proactive approach to hazard management,” he says. “That is our philosophy and as a result, we are on a steady decline when it comes to the frequency of injuries at our sites.” This approach has proven to be effective, with the number of Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) at ResourceCo decreasing by 90 per cent since 2004. ResourceCo has multiple sites in Australia
across recycling and waste management, tyre recycling, material solutions and energy. As a result, Elfeky says it is important to have a robust health and safety policy which could be applied across all areas of the ResourceCo business pillars. Sanj de Silva, Director – Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at ResourceCo, says “We keep a keen eye on everything that’s happening at each of our sites. We want to make sure that our staff understand
