Telecom infrastructure company, Helios Towers has called on employers of organisations to prioritise safe and healthy working environment at the workplace.
The company indicated that, such moves promote high levels of productivity which impact positively on the image of organisations and the general well-being of employees.
The company noted this at an award ceremony that coincided with the World Safety and Work Day held on April 28 to reward its partners for their contributions to ensuring safe working conditions in their various workplaces.
Speaking to Citi News, the Regional Chief Executive Officer Central Africa for Helios Towers, Fritz Dzeklo indicated that, the awards were timely to encourage employees to do more at their various workplaces.
“Health and Safety is important to what we do in Helios Towers and health and safety is really important to everything that we do. Recognizing people to go the extra mile in doing the right things at the right place is really very important”, he noted.
He noted that, the company has 1,200 locations scattered across the country with more than 300 employees who are working on behalf of the company adding that, their efforts in maintaining safety working conditions without supervision need to be rewarded.
“One of the areas we have chosen to reward people is the awards ceremony like this. There are various other ways that we recognize people but this we are leveraging on the World Day of Safety to be able to recognize our colleagues out there on the field as well”, the Regional Chief Executive Officer Central Africa for Helios Towers added.
Meanwhile, a field supervisor with Netis Ghana, Michael Diamenu who was an award winner said “I am impressed. Mostly when we are asked to report observations it feels like it is hectic. But I have seen great impact and I am happy for the award”.
For his part, Isaac Ofori Atta, a driver with I-engineering Ghana, indicated that, the award will spur him on to work harder and encourage his colleagues to keep maintaining effective working conditions as their efforts will be appreciated.
Some of the award categories which were won included Best Incident Reporting, Best Driver and Best Unsafe Act and Intervention. The company also awarded its partners including Netis Ghana for 13 years of partnership, Linfra Ghana for 5 years of partnership and RPS Ghana for 10 years of partnership.