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             PAKISTAN OILFIELDS LIMITED
             Directors’ Report
             Occupational Health


             & Safety (OH&S)






             POL Management is highly committed to ensure      Comparison of workplace accidents, during last
             and promote the highest degree of safe and healthy   three years given below:
             working environment in entire organization.
                                                                       Incident        2020     2021     2022
             Our primary objectives are to ensure the           Fatal                    0        0        0
             safety of our people in occupational and           Fire                     2        4        2
             operational environments and to ensure safe and    Reportable Incident
             knowledgeable use of hazardous materials used      (Serious Injury)         0        0        0
             during operations.
                                                                Reportable Incident      0        2        0
             HSE department monitors health, safety             (Minor Injury)
             and environment of the organization under          Property loss            0        0        1
             International ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 14001:2015    Major Environment        0        0        0
             certifications. With the team spirit HSE department   First Aid Cases       3        5        3
             ensures effectiveness of OH & S systems, policies   Near Misses             5        5        4
             and programs to reduce workplace risks and
             promote safe and healthy working environments.    Procedures and processes are regularly reviewed to
                                                               ensure that the standards set are linked to industry
             In addition to regulatory requirements and        best practices. Health and safety training is
             international standards, occupational HSE activities at   provided to employees to ensure that they perform
             POL are also guided by internal policies. Department   their work in accordance with the Company’s
             heads and managers all have the responsibility to   standards. In this respect, in-house training for
             ensure occupational health, safety and environmental   fire safety, first aid, safe driving and occupational
             protection.                                       health and safety is imparted regularly.

             Third party ISO 45001:2018 (OH&S) and ISO         The Company ensures that employees and where
             14001:2015 (EMS) audits are conducted to ensure   applicable, contractors are aware of potential
             the integrity of management systems in true spirit.  hazards and of the Company’s requirements for
                                                               healthy, safe and environment friendly working
             The Company has instituted a safety management
             system built on comprehensive and structured      practices. POL issues a monthly Safety bulletin
             programs designed to reduce accidents and         for all employees. These initiatives have helped in
             eliminate injuries at all our locations. The structure   reduction of workplace injuries.
             of Emergency Response Teams is well defined       Emergency drills for different scenarios are
             and the required contingency plans have been      carried out regularly to ensure that the state of
             established which regulate emergency organization,   preparedness is well maintained. Safety planning
             responsibilities, list of key personnel, important   is carried out for each concession area of the
             telephone numbers, communication plans and        Company separately. Tool box talks and on Field
             sequence of activities to mitigate the situation.  training sessions are conducted by HSE department
                                                               in each field on regular basis.

             Following are details of trainings given by HSE department during the last three years:

                        Year 2020                         Year 2021                        Year 2022
                                   No. of                           No. of                           No. of
              No. of Trainings                 No. of Trainings                 No. of Trainings
                                Participants                     Participants                     Participants
                   1,452          23,881           2,226           29,794            2,375           34,731
   69   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79