SIDOARJO, July 25, 2024 - Work accident prevention efforts continue to be carried out by companies located in the Sidoarjo area, East Java. As done by PT Tjiwi Kimia Paper Mill Tbk (Tjiwi Kimia), which is one of the business units of APP Group.
On July 23-25, 2024, the 4th Health and Safety Conference 2024 was held with participants from East Java, Jakarta, West Java, Sumatra, and various other regions in Indonesia with 40 participants who were representatives from 18 factories.
APP Group's Head of Corporate Resilience Division, Mark Christoper Sharp, said that everyone is responsible for security and safety. Safety is very important, so this kind of activity is also very important to do.
“Listening to each other and sharing experiences in conferences. This is considered very important to then come up with improvisations and policies in an effort to create a work safety culture in the company,” Mark said.
The 4th Health and Safety Conference 2024 this time has the theme Human Organizational Performance. According to APP Group's Mill Health and Safety Manager, Wildan Muhammad, every year the theme and materials of the conference vary and are tailored to the conditions and needs of the Company.
“We adjust it to the existing conditions and needs. This year the theme is Human Organizational Performance,” Wildan said. The determination of the theme is also usually taken from incidents or events in the Company's environment which are then discussed together at the conference to take formulations and policies into the future.
“For example, the number of incidents dropped but the fatalities remained. Then from the analysis, it is known that there are still many things that need improvisation, especially human error. These are the things that are discussed in the conference,” Wildan explained.
With the theme taken this year, it is hoped that the material presented at the workshop can then be improvised and action plans can be made so that there can be zero incidents in the Company.
Meanwhile, Chairman of P2K3 PT Tjiwi Kimia Paper Mill Tbk, Beny Haryawan said, accidents always begin with violations. So that by uniting security and safety, this is a form of the Company's seriousness to maintain the security and safety of workers and all those in the factory area.
“Workers or employees are the Company's assets. So their security and safety must come first,” Beny concluded.