Riyadh conference discusses industrial safety, loss prevention

Riyadh conference discusses industrial safety, loss prevention

RIYADH -- An international conference held in Riyadh on Monday discussed several issues related to industrial safety and loss prevention, in the presence of a large number of local and international experts and specialists in the industrial safety field. The first session of the Saudi International Conference for Industrial Safety and Loss Prevention at Ritz-Carlton Hotel went over the concept of "Role of safety management and its leadership", where talks noted that the role of safety is connected to management's commitment and clarity to ensure the approach of safety management in any system, as well as all procedures and measures that are adopted, adding that the culture of safety should be instilled in all fields and at all levels, and it is not restricted to safety managements. The session also discussed the important role of the leadership of safety management and how it deals with accidents, investigation and addressing the root causes according to the best accredited practices. The second session discussed "Safe design and construction code" and its importance in building systems and its relation to safety in general, and how to build global codes, especially those codes related to safety and fire prevention. Participants stressed that industrial safety