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Deaths from Road traffic crashes have now reached 771 persons in 3 months, surpassing the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. The Motor Traffic & Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service gave this shocking revelation. This essentially means more people have died due to road crashes in the period than the number of lives cumulatively claimed by the novel coronavirus since the first two COVID-19 cases back in March 2020. As of the April 3, 2021, the Ghana Health Service put the mortality rate of the virus at 752 whiles the latest figures from the…

The month of April is finally here and the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021 fast approaches. To give a little bit of background of this special occasion; in 2003, the International Labour Organization (ILO), began to observe World Day in order to stress the prevention of accidents and diseases at work, capitalizing on the ILO’s traditional strengths of tripartism and social dialogue. This celebration is an integral part of the Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health of the ILO, as documented in the Conclusions of the International Labour Conference in June 2003. One of the main pillars of…

HSE Inspections are an integral part of safe system of work. Inspection is a proactive monitoring technique that allows persons to identify workplace hazards in order to develop appropriate control measures to deal with those hazards before they cause harm or injury at the workplace.  As an HSE professional, have you wondered why most of your HSE field inspections you report are not being attended to by supervisors or heads of department or area responsible? This is why; The findings you report are not being corrected and they keep reoccurring because you probably are not communicating your findings appropriately. Your…

DB Cargo has been fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to protect the safety of its workers following an incident at its Dollands Moor freight yard in 2018. Terry Currie, then aged 43 and working as a shunter, suffered life changing injuries, including the amputation of his right arm, when a freight train collided with his vehicle on a level crossing at the yard on 4 September 2018. The sentence was passed by District Judge Barron at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court, following a prosecution by rail regulator, the Office…

My sad but inspiring journey into the HSE profession is characterized by 3 things Nepotism, favoritism and tribalism; Faith and Patience The Onshore Receiving Facility (ORF – OCTP) project which began in 2016 presented some of the hot cake job opportunities every safety professional from the length and breadth of Ghana wanted to be part of, feel the exposure, and be part of the history of the project. Getting your details to the liaison officer wasn’t easy, talk about getting a slot for an interview. Names of job seekers could be sent by 3 people to the liaison officer but…

Repost from Modern Ghana, 12.05.2019: The aim of this publication is to consolidate all brilliant articles on occupational safety and health in Ghana to prevent them from losing audience for being on platforms not focused on health and safety. What indeed is the future of workers’ safety in Ghana? Whoop whoop, “World Safety Day” is here again. Am I excited? I should be, but No! I am NOT. Are our leaders excited? I should say YES… why Not? ……. it is another day for well-structured speeches from leaders detailing fantastic plans on the future of workers’ safety in Ghana which…

Repost from Radio Univers, May 17, 2019: The aim of this publication is to consolidate all brilliant articles on occupational safety and health in Ghana to prevent them from losing audience for being on platforms not focused on health and safety. Safety commonly referred to as Occupational safety and health (OSH), Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Occupational Health, or Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) is an area that concerns itself with the safety, health and welfare of people in the workplace. The main goal of workplace health and safety or OHS is to adopt safe and healthy working methods at…

As a young, passionate, and resourceful young individual who is always on the lookout for challenging opportunities to impact positively in the lives of others, I find myself in no other career than that of the Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Profession. You don’t often get to hear people in this career path talk about why they love their profession. Maybe I understand them because the job can be tough and tiring, but hey, it can be fulfilling sometimes. Read with me as I scribble my thoughts in addition to the few who have been able to share why…

Health and Safety Professionals in Ghana are calling on the government to Pass the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Bill. A petition being championed by Just Commit Foundation to present to Parliament as a call to action has received over 1,000 votes from health and safety professionals in Ghana. According to Janix Asare, the President of Just Commit Foundation, the OSH Bill has been in parliament for years now and its passage into law has been long overdue. The OSH law is needed to improve upon the safety standard in Ghana, recalling the many occurrences of workplace accidents in Ghana.…

Defensive Driving – Principles, Hazard Identification and Best Practices Sunday 14 March 2021 | 7:30 PM GMT We’ve seen the increasing rate of road traffic crashes on our roads. One of the important safety interventions to curbing road traffic crashes is defensive driving. This webinar session is part of the Sunday Webinar Series on defensive driving which would be held on Sundays. This session hosted by SHEQPGHOnline, EHS&AP Coordinator, Peter Glover Galley will address: Principles of Defensive Driving Hazard Identification, Observation and Anticipation Unsafe Driving Practices Peter Glover Galley is an EHS and Risk Analyst who has been in the…