HSE Policies

Health policy
The company's policy seeks to preserve at all times the health of its staff and sub-contractors through a high degree of personal hygiene and implementation of work procedures that are free from health risks. The company retains the services of good clinic to take care of the workers and much emphasis is placed on the promotion of total health concept and protection of the worker. Staff will be advised to stay away from excessive noise, harmful chemicals and encouraged to wear personal protective equipment. Regular medical examination will be encouraged. New staff will go through a medical examination before joining the company.

Safety Policy
It is the policy of TWIST to carry out our activities in such a way that the lives of all our employees and other people who may be connected with our operations are safeguarded. The company will ensure adequate provisions of personal protective equipment and that personnel adhere strictly to the safety precautions required in any area of its operations. To maintain a high safety standard, the company will develop all staff in safety, health and environmental matters. For all projects, a detailed safety plan will be written and site management will be responsible for its implementation. In this respect the following strategies will be put in place:

1. Hazard/Job analysis.
2. Hazard identification, communication and elimination.
3. Regular safety meetings will be organized for the staff.
4. Every accident will be reported and properly investigated and lessons learned will be communicated to all.
5. Corrective actions will also be taken to avoid reoccurrence of accidents.

Environment Policy
It is the responsibility of each TGRNL personnel to perform his work in an environmentally sound manner. It is the policy of TGRNL to promote and encourage awareness of and to protect and preserve the environment. In implementing this policy, staff are encouraged to pay appropriate regards to the environment by acting to preserve air, water, soil, plant and animal eyes from adverse effects of their actions or those of the subcontractors' to minimize any nuisance, which may arise from such actions.
All wastes generated when executing any project shall be collected, handled, treated and disposed in such a way as not to have impact on the environment. Regular environmental assessment shall be conducted by environmental quality control consultant.
At the conclusion of any activity, our ultimate goal is to have left the work site in a condition as near as possible to the state in, which it was found. Clean-Up gangs shall remove all debris to prevent injuries to lives and preserve the order of the habitat.

Quality
TWIST has evolved the policy of setting up standards for the achievement, sustenance and effective monitoring of the company's operations through implementation of an integrated management system which is customer focused, process driven and performance improvement designed to cater for the six key elements where Procedure Documentation is a requirements based on ISO 9001 
To achieve the above goals, the following shall be put in place.

• Recruiting highly skilled and experienced personnel in all fields of activities pertaining to projects.
• Ensuring that the personnel so aged are sent for training periodically to update and enhance their    performances
• Put in place a well-defined organization, responsibilities, authorities and interfaces of various    units/department of the company.
• Set-up a well-defined and functional quality management system, which is based on ISO 9001.
• Put in place innovative programmes of quality improvement that will meet the requirement of    national and international standard.
• Perform quality audit to verify the implementation and effectiveness of the company's quality    system on regular basis.
• Sensitize personnel to provide confidence to Customer that the intended quality is being or will be    achieved in the delivered product or service.

Security

• In order to prevent losses from burglary and possible breakdown of law and order, the company will ensure that only authorized personnel are allowed into or around the construction site. To achieve this aim, company shall hire trained security men in uniform and plain clothes to effective surveillance around construction site.
• Security men hired will be equipped with adequate communication gadgets and will be linked to company base, client's base and nearest state security unit.
• Company personnel shall be provided with identification and visitors will be screened and issued with visitor's pass. This is to ensure easy identification of unauthorized visitors.

Community Affairs/Management Program
TWIST GLOBAL RESOURCES NIGERIA LIMITED recognizes the community and the organized labour as very important partners in the execution of any project. In view of this, the main objective of the company's labour and community affairs plan is to eliminate or at least reduce possible areas of friction between host communities, on one hand and the company on the other, thereby facilitating project execution without disruptions. The company plans to achieve the foregoing objectives by giving consideration to the following areas:

1. To ensure a construction programme devoid of interruptions and disturbances arising from community related issues.
2. To put in place a clearly defined method of resolving such issues as they arise.
3. To ensure the surrounding communities derive maximum benefit from the construction programme.

Occupational health Policy
ALL staff of TGRNL shall be medically fit and remain fit throughout their employment. Twist Global Resource shall maintain insurance against any liability that may result in the event of any personnel suffering occupational disease or impairment to health.
Company's retained clinic shall handle all routine MEDICARE and emergencies. Health monitoring of all staff shall be a routine affair to ensure the continued fitness of all staff. First aid box manned by a first aider will be provided for each crew and base. Records of medicament or injuries treated must be documented.