On 1 August 2019, Malakoff Corporation Berhad (Malakoff) received 3 awards at the Malaysian Society for Occupational Safety and Health (MSOSH) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Award 2018 held at One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, Kuala Lumpur.

The awards are Gold Merit for Prai Power Plant (PPP), Gold Class 1 for Lumut Power Plant (LPP) and Gold Class 2 for Tanjung Bin Power Plant (TBPP), all under the Utility Sector Category.

The Award was presented by Yang Berhormat Dato’ Mahfuz Omar, Deputy Minister of Human Resources cum Chairman of National for Occupational Safety and Health, to En. Mohammed Azmil Ismail, Acting Head of Local Generation Division (LGD) on behalf of Malakoff. Also in attendance were PPP Plant Manager, En. Lan Sulkaimy Md Yusof, LPP Plant Manager, En. Mohd Salehuddin Abu Bakar and TBPP Plant Manager, En. Mohd Kopli Yunus.

This is the first time that Malakoff participated in the MSOSH OSH Award.

The MSOSH OSH Award is an annual event presented to organisations in Malaysia with effective and commendable OSH performance as validated by a panel of qualified auditors. The auditors comprise of representatives from MSOSH, Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial (PERKESO), National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), SIRIM Berhad, Malaysian Employer Federation (MEF) and Federation of Malaysia Manufacturers (FMM).

Dato’ Ahmad Fuaad Kenali, Chief Executive Officer of Malakoff congratulated Team Malakoff on the Awards and emphasised that “we must continuously embrace the industry’s best practice and inculcate health and safety culture at all levels of the organisation until it becomes second nature.”

“We must at all times adhere to our Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure that we do not only comply with relevant regulations but more importantly to eliminate the risk of safety incidents.”

In 2018, LPP won the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH) Excellence Award for the “Electricity Facility” category while PPP won the National Occupational Safety and Health (NOSH) Excellence Award in 2017 for the “Energy Facility” category based on their excellent OSH practices. Both awards were presented by DOSH under the Ministry of Human Resources.