Wednesday 08 / October / 2025
Muscat: With safety as the centre-piece of its operations, Oman LNG has announced a remarkable milestone achievement of twenty million man-hours without a lost-time injury (LTI) on January 14, 2017.
The new record translates to over 20 million man-hours or almost seven complete calendar years without casualty to any of its personnel and signposts the company’s continuing vigorous attention to the safety and health of employees and contractors, according to a company release.
The latest milestone enunciates the company’s unrelenting drive towards establishing a culture of safety that is embraced by its people to guide efficient operations of its liquefied natural gas production and export business.
Lost Time Injury (LTI) is used as a measure of safety in the workplace and generally refers to a work-related injury or illness that occurs when a person is injured in the execution of his duties and as a result, that individual is unable to work on a subsequent scheduled work day or shift.
The nature of the global energy industry, with key operations and functions, often requiring the performance of delicate tasks which involve the handling of heavy machinery and chemicals by personnel, have placed increasing emphasis on the need for safety and due care in the workplace to safeguard lives.
Besides normal day-to-day functions, operators in the industry often contend with periods of intense activities at their work sites geared towards maintaining efficiency and keeping production outputs stable in meeting the world’s demand for energy.
Oman LNG advocates a general mindset of ‘chronic unease’ as a safety policy to combat complacency, defined simply as a state of remaining fastidious regarding health, safety and the environment (HSE) that drives continuous improvement.
Beyond these, Oman LNG encourages its people to submit a voluntary undertaking (I will statement) by staff and contractors on a personal effort directed at promoting safety in the work place.
“On behalf of the board and management, I would like to take this opportunity, to congratulate all staff and contractors on this latest safety accomplishment. Behind this achievement stands a solid safety culture where constant and dedicated efforts have been exerted at all levels of the company to nurture safety culture which ultimately ensures safe completion of jobs. We must constantly be vigilant to our responsibilities to operate safely.” said Harib Kitani, Oman LNG’s chief executive officer, addressing staff and contractors on the new record, while calling for continued observance of safe practices to reach new milestone heights.
“The latest accomplishment reiterates Oman LNG’s strong commitment to HSE and its adherence to safe work practices, and demonstrates our collective commitment to constantly focus on health, safety and environment and keeping the promise of “Chronic Unease” as far as HSE is concerned. In safety, every moment counts and every person has a role. Let us maintain this spirit through strong commitment in our day to day output,” said Moosa Al Habsi, Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Manager at the company.
Its attainment of twenty million man-hours without LTI notably comes after a few months in which it carried out an elaborate shutdown activity, an unusually high number of personnel, to carry out critical repair and maintenance of machinery that facilitate the liquefaction of natural gas. Such intensive activity typically has a much higher potential for accidents, if proper precautions are not put in place and consistently emphasised.
