{"id":19027,"date":"2024-04-23T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19027"},"modified":"2024-04-23T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:01:08","slug":"ministry-conducts-osh-awareness-sessions-at-65-mining-camps-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-conducts-osh-awareness-sessions-at-65-mining-camps-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Conducts OSH Awareness Sessions at 65 Mining Camps Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Fabiana Mcklmon <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a proactive effort to enhance awareness and promote safety standards in the mining industry, the Ministry of Labour conducted Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) awareness sessions at sixty-five mining camps across Regions 1, 7, and 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Chief Occupational Safety and Health Officer, Roydon Croal, spearheaded these initiatives, engaging with approximately four hundred miners to impart crucial information about workplace hazards and safety protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sessions aimed to educate miners about the inherent risks associated with mining activities and emphasize the importance of utilizing personal protective equipment (PPE) and receiving emergency response training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croal emphasized the Ministry&#8217;s commitment to reducing fatalities and accidents in the mining sector, acknowledging the industry&#8217;s significant contribution to industrial accidents nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croal emphasized that these awareness activities extend beyond the mining sector, with inspections conducted in various industries, including construction, agriculture, and oil and gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These comprehensive efforts underscore the Ministry&#8217;s dedication to ensuring workplace safety across all sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of Occupational Safety and Health Month observances, OSH Day will be commemorated on April 28 under the theme &#8220;We are running out of time: Ensuring Safe and Healthy Work in a Changing Climate.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This serves as a poignant reminder of the urgency to prioritize safety measures amidst evolving environmental challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana Mcklmon In a proactive effort to enhance awareness and promote safety standards in the mining industry, the Ministry of Labour conducted Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) awareness sessions&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19029,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19027\/revisions\/19029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}