ICEM affiliate National Union of Petroleum Workers in Côte-d’Ivoire (SYNTEPCI-UGTCI) is using the days around 28 April’s International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers to mark a milestone: refinery workers have now worked 2,000 consecutive days at the Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage in Abidjan without a work accident.

SYNTEPCI has already marked the event with a 19 April “Open Door” at the refinery to highlight the achievements at the enterprise, as well as a 21 April National Day on Health and Safety.

On 26-27 April, the refinery’s Health and Safety Committee will take part in a training seminar, which will specifically address establishing national coordination of all workplace safety and health committees.

On 28 April, the union will pay tribute to comrades working at the refinery in a ceremony attended by the president of the country. Later that day, the Ministries of Work and Public Affairs will air a message on safety at work across Côte-d’Ivoire radio and television.

The ICEM congratulates the workers at this oil enterprise for their exemplary safety record, as well as SYNTEPCI and its General Secretary Adolpe Gyayoro for organising the work-safety events in Côte-d’Ivoire.