MASkargo & Aerodarat Joint Fod Walk At Advanced Cargo Centre
MAB Kargo Sdn. Bhd. (MASkargo) and AeroDarat Services Sdn. Bhd. (AeroDarat) recently organized a joint FOD walk as part of their safety awareness activities. The half-day exercise was participated by 35 personnel from both companies.
In his welcome address before the exercise, Eikhwan Bazura Baharin, MASkargo’s Corporate Affairs General Manager said, “This is part of our efforts to enhance workplace safety awareness as MASkargo has always placed high priority on safety for our internal and external customers. When the team is confident in the safety of their work environment, it will show in their productivity and quality of their work. Most importantly, costly mistakes will be avoided”.
The participants were then divided into five groups to work in different areas around the F1-F11 aircraft parking bays, the Ramp Interface conveyors and also the ULD storage areas. Everyone showed great enthusiasm and they had 07 bags of FOD consisting of metals, small screws, wood and plastics at the end of the exercise.
M. Yogarajah Murugesu, AeroDarat’s Hub Control Centre Manager, said, “the FOD walk was a great engagement session and the hospitality provided was wonderful. The AeroDarat team really appreciated the tour which was very educational.
Rosela Buyong, Compliance & Foreign Carrier Auditor from AeroDarat who joined the exercise commended the initiative by AeroDarat & MASkargo. “There is great commitment from the MASkargo Management during the event and I hope that this good housekeeping exercise will be continued in creating a safe working environment for everyone. As a matter of fact, this FOD joint activity can be counted as a prevention program which is part of ISAGO’s requirement of Service Providers. I hope that this activity can be done monthly or quarterly”.
In closing the exercise, Mohd Zulkefly Ujang, MASkargo’s Chief Operations Officer highlighted the importance of workplace safety, “Safety is everyone’s responsibility and this program must be done on a regular basis to create a safe working culture”.
The AeroDarat team was later taken on a short warehouse tour for a brief introduction to the cargo handling process for all outbound and inbound shipments. It was a good day as everyone went back knowing they have done their bit for the safety of all!
SAFETY IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY!