Health & Safety
Management of Tau Pele is committed to an active Health and Safety Program and will provide leadership and support to achieve and maintain the highest standards. Management regards the safety and health of employees, customers and the general public as highest priority. The safety and health function consists of integrated participation between management and employees, striving to achieve a workplace which is free of hazards. Management accepts their responsibility to inform those who may be exposed to hazards in the workplace and to develop appropriate operation standards as part of an effective prevention program.
Our Vision
To be the market leader in providing long-term Health and Safety, solutions in the dynamic engineering environment that is the African continent.
Our Mission
To successfully undertake large-scale construction projects using best-practice Health and Safety techniques, in accordance with a stringent quality management system. All activities are undertaken with minimum impact to the environment and disruption to the affected population.
• Injury prevention
• Economic loss reduction
• Property damage prevention
• Eliminating unplanned interruption to operations
Our Values
- Leadership with dignity and honor, by comply with applicable Health and Safety Legislation
- Support efforts in improvement to Health and Safety in the Workplace by means of, teamwork that incorporates the project initiators, the local population, and our own committed spectrum of skills.
- A standard of quality excellence that ensures sustainability of our projects by promoting Health and Safety Training
- An understanding of environmental impact that projects in careful planning and execution, by maintaining communication channels with authorities and affected parties.
Our Commitment
Management of Tau Pele is committed to an active Health and Safety Program and will provide leadership and support to achieve and maintain the highest standards.
Management regards the health and safety of employees, customers, and the general public as the highest priority.
Management accepts their responsibility to inform those who may be exposed to hazards in the workplace and to develop appropriate operation standards as part of an effective prevention program.
It is essential for management and employees to be actively involved to achieve this objective.
Environmental Management Policy
We acknowledge a moral and legal responsibility for the safeguarding of the environment.
Tau Pele is committed to minimising our impact upon the environment and to ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
We strive to achieve the highest standards of environmental protection at every stage of the construction process by upholding the basic principles of environmental management. Protecting the environment is considered as important as protecting the safety of our employees.
We at Tau Pele recognises that:
- A project exists within a physical environment that must be respected.
- All environmental impacts of a project should be addressed and managed responsibly.
- All interested and affected parties have the right to information relating to the environmental impacts of a project.
To achieve our responsibilities, Tau Pele is committed to:
- Implementing, documenting, reviewing, and maintaining an Environmental Management System, based on impact assessments and in line with acceptable international system standards.
- Ensuring the communication of the Policy and EMS with its requirements to all personnel and Sub Contractors, under our direction through induction and training.
- Monitoring the effectiveness of this communication and the understanding of the requirements by individuals on the project throughout their daily tasks.
- Enforcing management responsibility within a project to ensure compliance with the EMS and relevant environmental legislation, regulations, and standards.
- Reducing and, where possible, eliminating and preventing any harmful effects on the environment and community due to soil, air and water pollution or waste generation.
- Monitoring and reporting on our energy and water usage.
- Monitoring and reporting upon the effectiveness of the EMS on an annual basis to ensure continual improvement and compliance.
- Using quantitative objectives and targets to monitor and measure progress in all key areas as soon as these have been established.