For the third time in a row, Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) was awarded "Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents" (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Award 2014 under the Gold Category. The RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards scheme is the largest and longest-running programme of its kind in the UK. It recognises commitment to accident and ill health prevention and is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes across the World.
David Rawlins, award Manager at RoSPA said: "The RoSPA awards encourage the raising of occupational health and safety standards across the board. Organisations that gain recognition for their health and safety management systems such as Attock Refinery Limited, contribute to a collective raising of the bar for other organisations to aspire to, and we offer them our congratulations."
ARL is committed to providing the best quality products in market, endeavours to protect the environment and to ensure health and safety of its employees, contractors, and customers and works for continual improvements in Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) systems.
ARL is the first amongst major industrial units in Pakistan to have obtained ISO 9001, ISO-14001 as well as OHSAS -18001 certifications and ISO 17025 accreditation. It has also successfully implemented ISO 50001 Energy Management System. ARL's emphasis on safety, environment and quality assurance has enabled it to meet international safety best practices benchmarks as well as compliance with National Environment Quality Standard (NEQS).
ARL is a member of the Attock Oil Group of Companies, the only fully integrated Group covering all segments of oil and gas industry from exploration, production and refining to marketing of petroleum products, besides being also engaged in power generation, manufacturing and trading of cement and other entrepreneurial activities.-PR