Our Policy
Our Quality & Safety Standards
NIGHT DRIVING POLICY
Every Gopher Marine Nig. Ltd driver must adhere
strictly to the approved journey plan in the journey
management schedule and perform his movement
in accordance with the HSE policy. Movement
must be suspended if the driver believes that it
could lead to night driving in accordance with this policy and must report this
immediately to his supervisor.
The company is of the view that night driving is bad and should be avoided at all
cost and on no condion should boats employed Gopher Marine Nig. Ltd move
beyond 6.00 pm except in the case of rescue boats. The following shall apply in
case of emergency regarding night driving:
· If emergency requires that the driver should stay outside beyond 6.00pm,
the driver should park and sleep at any nearest safe hotel.
· Drivers should ensure that movement with the vehicle to the nearest safe
hotel is safe otherwise the car should be parked and taxi used instead.
· Staff who exceeds the posted night speed limit should be punished.
· All policies regarding to driving must be strictly adhered to.
HSE POLICY
Every Gopher Marine Nig. Ltd employee must plan and perform his or her acvies in accordance with
the HSSE policy. Acvity must be suspended when the employee believes that it cannot be carried out in
accordance with the policy and must report this immediately to his supervisor.
The company has a policy that its business will be organized, planned and executed in such a manner as
to:
a. Protect and promote the health of the workforce as well as to conduct all acvies in such a
manner to adversely affect any third pares.
b. Avoid injury to body and or damage to property of all workers, subcontractors, and third pares
who are either involved in or are affected byGOPHER MARINE NIG. LTD acvities.
c. Ensure the personal security of the workforce and third parties from hostile action.
d. Minimize adverse impact on the environment in which we operate.
e. Promote community relaons with the host communies.
f. Observe our client's HSSE rules and regulaons and ensure that the client's HSSE objecves are
achieved.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY
Drug taken without prescription of the appropriate trained personnel amounts to abuse. Therefore, on no account shall drug be taken without consent and under the administraon of a trained first aider. Drinking, storage and use of alcohol within the perimeter of our site is prohibited. To this end, management will discipline employee and contractor staff who flaunts the spulations of the policy.
NO SMOKING POLICY
Smoking is injurious to health. Therefore, smoking of any sort, inhalaon or chewing of tobacco is prohibited on our work sites.
SEAT BELT POLICY
We ensure that:
§ All company vehicles are fied with funconal seat belts.
§ Occupants of a moving vehicle must wear seat belts.
§ A vehicle, which does not meet with the above requirements, should not be
given access into our premises.
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL POLICY
Environment as it embraces the surrounding (land and soils) water and atmosphere, human, marine, and wild life all inclusive, good judgment, management and control of the effects or impact generated from human acvies on the environment is of immense importance to Gopher Marine Nig. Ltd. Our site acvies shall be well guided with strict commitment to environment protecon in order to: § Achieve harmony with local community § Refrain from avoidable compensaon § Work disrupons and stoppages from host community or clients § Minimize the potenal of waste which cause harm to health.
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS POLICY
GOPHER MARINE NIG. LTD shall connue to idenfy with the needs and aspiraons of her clients host communies in the execuon of her operaons. GOPHER MARINE NIG LTD is of the view that it shall not operate in isolaon and therefore shall liaise with lost communies, relevant government departments and others in order to ensure a safe and peaceful working atmosphere. The company shall also ensure the building of solid and harmonious relaonship with client and communies and shall exhaust every known peaceful strategy to resolve conflict in case of any disagreement.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY
All operations of GOPHER MARINE NIG. LTD shall be executed in such a manner as to minimize any adverse effect or impact on the environment in which we operate. The waste generated in the course of the panning and execuon of our works shall be collected, handled, treated and disposed off in an environmentally sound manner The act of discharging into the air or water bodies of any form of polluon is forbidden. All regulation/legislation on environmental issues by the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its appropriate agencies such as Federal Environmental Protecon Agency (FEPA) is binding on GOPHER MARINE NIG. LTD The environment belongs to us all.
PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT (PPE) POLICY
It is the policy of GOPHER MARINE NIG. LTD to provide relevant and high quality personal protecve equipment-coveralls, safety shoes,/rain-boots, hard hats, hand gloves etc. for all persons engaged in her operaons. Connually, the management shall enforce the effecve use and maintenance of available personal protecve equipment, which entails regular condion audits and replacement of defecve ones Site Safety offices and supervisors shall connue to monitor compliance with this policy
