Sustainability Report

Occupational Safety and Health

Doing our utmost to assure Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), we provide a wide range of OSH training programmes for our staff to improve general awareness and ensure that their day-to-day tasks are accomplished safely and efficiently.

In-house Occupational Safety and Health

Chaired by the Deputy Director of Drainage Services, the DSD Safety Steering Group is entrusted with monitoring and general supervision of all OSH affairs of the Department. The Group holds regular meetings with Division Heads to review in-house safety policies and procedures, and to announce the latest safety directives within the Department. We have also established a number of monitoring committees, namely, the Electrical and Mechanical Branch Safety Management Committee, the Sewage Treatment Works Safety and Health Management Committee, and the Direct Labour Force Safety Management Committee. They are all composed of DSD staff from different disciplines and grades who account for about 3% of the entire staff establishment. To safeguard our colleagues’ safety and health, meetings are held regularly to review the existing OSH management systems to ensure they keep abreast of the times and seek room for further enhancement.

Occupational Safety and Health Promotion

To raise safety awareness and nurture a culture of safety amongst our staff, we organised and participated in a variety of OSH promotion drives, campaigns and incentive programmes as listed below.