SKORPION ZINC SAFETY WEEK: A FIRST

Skorpion Zinc will run a week long Safety Campaign starting the 15th of February 2010. This will be a first for Skorpion and a first for Namibia. The theme for the Safety Week: SCORE SAFETY parallels the current excitement and soccer vibe Africa is having on holding the first Soccer World Cup tournament in South Africa.
The Safety Week will be marked by a lot of innovative and entertaining activities which are aimed to elevate the Organizational Safety Culture. All employees will be participating in the activities which will result in various individual, group or team prizes being won. During the Safety Week all employees will reflect on experiences and lessons learnt in 2009. Inspirational thematic sessions will also be held on identifying ways to inspire a culture of performance so as to develop the ideal workplace and to make Skorpion the EMPLOYER OF CHOICE.
Another topical session which will be extensively discussed and forming the backbone of Behavior Based Safety Programmes involves using Reward and Recognition programmes to drive safe behaviour at the work place. It is envisaged that through the implementation of such programmes employee participation in implementing and owning the Company Safety, Health and Environmental Programmes will be increased.
The General Manager is expected to award floating trophy’s to the Best Safety Practises.
The final event which will be a culmination of reflecting the 2009 Safety Journey will result in the 2nd annual Safety Summit for Skorpion. At this event, Skorpion Knights, representing all areas of business, will come together to identify, discuss and propose solutions to improve on safety performance. The information obtained from the Summit will be used to set up a 2010 Safety Improvement Plan to achieve our vision of Zero Harm.
As part of the safety drive at Skorpion, initiatives and ideas are being invited to improve safety at the mine. The competition started last year and the final best submission will be announced at the end of May. The winning Safety entry stands a chance to win a ticket for two to a World Cup in Cape Town.