The safety and wellness of our employees and contractors, compliance with legal and local safety requirements, and aiming for industry best practice are key priorities for SDX.
SDX is committed to protecting the safety of its employees, contractors, and the communities in which it operates.
2022 was an incident and injury-free year for South Disouq, with the last Lost Time Injury (“LTI”) being in October 2020. This record equates to over 1 million hours worked without a LTI. Process safety was maintained at South Disouq by delivering a comprehensive programme of safety-related device identification, maintenance and performance testing. The safety device maintenance compliance remained above our target of 98% this year. We also regularly test the effectiveness of our incident management processes by conducting both live and simulated emergency response scenarios.
The Petro Disouq operations obtained ISO 45001 certificate (for Occupational Health and Safety Management System) and ISO 14001 certificate (for Environmental Management System) in January 2022. A surveillance audit is due in January 2023 to renew the certificates until January 2024.
There were no LTIs in our Morocco operations during 2022. A Health and Safety Management system was rolled out by the Morocco asset team, including safety training of all field and office-based personnel. The management system will enable the asset team to set and monitor performance targets based on a formalised process of capturing leading and lagging indicators.