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The total work-related injury rate among
employees was 0.71 per 100 employees,
while the total work-related injury rate
for contractor’s personnel was 1.3 per 100
contractor’s personnel. The overall injury rate
was recorded at 1.1 per 100 workers.
Occupational injuries or diseases that result
in an employee being unable to report to
work for less than one day are categorized
as minor injuries an excluded from the injury
rate calculations. However, SAGT maintains
records of such injuries.
A series of new health and safety measures SAGT commissioned two Container Top Safety Work Cages (CTS-WC) to
were introduced at SAGT in response to the enhance the safety of its container lashing crew for operations on board.
COVID-19 pandemic. Among these measures
were daily temperature checks; compulsory IMDG recommendations. The carrier and the Training requirements are identified as part of
health declaration required of all permanent shipper of such cargo are expected to ensure the annual performance appraisal undertaken
employees, contract employees and visitors; that all Dangerous Goods containers delivered for SAGT’s Executive and Non-Executive
disinfection of all containers and public areas to the SAGT terminal are appropriately staff members. The SAGT performance
and the provision of disposable masks and marked, labelled, and placarded in accordance management system includes a self-appraisal
gloves for employees to wear on Company with IMDG/UN classifications so that they can feature through which employees may request
premises. As per the advice of health be identified easily and segregated properly. training for themselves while their supervisors
authorities, the Company also set up isolation can nominate employees for training where
chambers on the premises. For the first time in the Port of Colombo, SAGT necessary.
commissioned two Container Top Safety
Given the risks associated with the type Work Cages for the safety of the container Training hours provided during the year
of interactions that take place during day lashing crew. These safety cages allow lashing totalled 4,545 hours; this was a reduced
to day operations, conducted a successful contractors to carry out on-board container number compared to previous years and
vaccination program for its employees and lashing operations even in extreme weather can be attributed to the inability to conduct
subcontracted casual labour. All employees conditions such as rain and wind. training for large groups due to COVID-19
and subcontract casual labour who had restrictions preventing large gatherings. On
consented to be vaccinated were administered TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT average, SAGT provided 6.5 hours of training
both doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca per employee, with an average of 5.9 hours
vaccine. The Company also conducted a series GRI 404-1: Average hours of training per of training for male employees and 19.6 hours
of COVID-19 awareness sessions to inform year per employee dedicated for female staff.
employees on the procedures to be followed
in the event a positive patient is found at the Employee 2020/21 2019/20
workplace. Training Hours
The Training and Development Policy is 41 276
SAGT’s Dangerous Cargo SOP lays out designed to develop technical skills and soft Above Manager
procedure in handling Dangerous Cargo (DG). skills of each employee to help facilitate the grades 545 1481
At the outset, Dangerous Cargo is segregated achievement of individual and organisational Managers 418 585
within the SAGT yard in compliance with objectives. The core objectives of the training Assistant
international standards and recommendations. and development programmes is to retain Managers 1200 1824
During segregation, DG containers must a stable talent base that will allow SAGT to Executives 2341 9048
maintain a specific distance between sustain its competitive edge over time. Non-Executives 4545 13214
incompatible dangerous goods as per IMDG/ Total Training
UN classifications and also in accordance with Hours