[GRI 403-2 (2018), 403-5 (2018)]

EGCO Group is determined to continuously cultivate knowledge, understanding, and awareness regarding occupational and personal safety as a part of its corporate culture. Occupational health and safety training courses are offered for employees and contractors to ensure that they can perform their duties safely and effectively to respond to accidents, incidents, and occupational diseases, as provided below.

Safety training before operation for employees and contractors.
Safety training for safety officers in management level.
Safety training for safety officers in supervisory level.
Safety training for safety committee.
Safety in the workplace training for the works required by laws e.g. safety for working with electricity, safety for working in confined spaces, safety for working at height, and brush-ups for boiler controllers.
First-aid training.
Emergency response training and drill, comprising fire suppression and evacuation, rescue of injured person, chemical spill response, oil spill response and removal, and flood emergency response.
Training for safety officers on prevention and control of occupational and environmental diseases.
Arrange occupational safety week display with the objective to raise awareness of operators, subcontractors, and employees regarding occupational health and safety to minimize accidental risk during and after working hours.
Hazard recognition training (HRT)
Training on basic life support / CPR & AED & choking
Training on safety awareness.

In addition, EGCO Group encourages employees to report any unsafe working environment and any risky behaviors within the organization. The incident shall be recorded, analyzed, and investigated to identify the root cause and formulate appropriate preventive and corrective measures to avoid similar incidents in the future. All operators are allowed to stop their work immediately if unsafe working conditions or accidental risk is found, without being recognized as faulty action.

Details of occupational health and safety training are provided in See Projects

In 2023, the representatives of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Industrial Office visited Khanom Power Plant and Roi Et Green Power Plant to see occupational health and safety management practices and power plant operations. The Power Plants were awarded the Outstanding Operating Establishments on Occupational Health and Workplace Environment from the Ministry of Labor, indicating the continuous awareness of the safety culture of the power plant operations.

In addition, BLCP Power Plant was awarded Environmental and Safety Governance (Green Star Award) from the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand.