Adherence to health and safety standards boosts productivity: Al Jishi

Adherence to health and safety standards boosts productivity: Al Jishi

Occupational safety and health expert Mr. Nawaf Al Jishi stressed that the Bahraini facilities' adherence to health and safety standards boosts their productivity, preserves their equipment, reduces the loss in working hours resulting from workers' injuries, thus saving the cost of health care expenses and compensation. He stressed in this context the significance of training workers of different levels on how prevention of potential work dangers, in a way that contributes to the development and preservation of the human capital in the Kingdom of Bahrain.



This was discussed during his lecture within the framework of a program organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development on occupational safety and health. Al Jishi stated that the major companies in the Kingdom of Bahrain, especially the industrial companies, are keen to adopt the best international standards in the field of health and safety and they are very proud to perform millions of working hours without injuries' accidents that disrupt the work, but he added, "This approach must also apply to thousands of large, medium and small industrial establishments operating in the fields of construction, contracting, and other, and not to have the concept of health and safety merely as a