The Environment, Health, and Safety Department of the Abu Dhabi City Municipality celebrated the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The department aimed to raise awareness, promote responsible behavior, and encourage the adoption of preventive measures to ensure the safety of workers at construction sites.
This event demonstrates the Abu Dhabi City Municipality's commitment to implementing the best international practices in construction sites. This includes enforcing laws and regulations that ensure the safety and health of workers, providing a secure and healthy work environment, protecting the environment of these sites, and ensuring the safety of the community.
The workshop aimed to raise awareness about the Abu Dhabi Emirate Occupational Health and Safety System for companies in the construction sector. It emphasized the importance of a systems approach to accident prevention and the need for optimal work environments that contain all necessary precautions and preventive measures to reduce accidents.
The workshop covered various interactive topics, including occupational health and safety requirements to prevent accidents in the workplace. The attendees discussed effective tools to manage occupational health and safety and achieve continuous improvement. The workshop also aimed to raise awareness about the Abu Dhabi Emirate Occupational Health and Safety System.
During the workshop, the Abu Dhabi City Municipality emphasized to contracting companies and workers at construction sites the importance of following all recommendations related to occupational health and safety and following the best global practices in the construction sector to promote workers' health and safety and establish the best and safest work environments.