Deputy General Director of the Department of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) Officially Visit to ECRL Project in Section 7, Bentong

On October 3rd, The Deputy General Director of the Department of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) from Putrajaya, YBrs IR.Hj Mohd Hatta bin Zakaria and the delegation from other states DOSH director on their official visit to ECRL project in Section 7, Bentong, Pahang.

The deputy director and the delegation was welcomed by En.Yusni Shahadan, Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) Regional Construction Manager and Dato’ Osman bin Haron, SHE Director of China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd.   

The visit began with a welcome speech and safety briefing at the Safety Experience Hall followed by the technical briefed by CCC-ECRL representative. The delegation also were briefed on the current construction progress. Then, they took a tour of around the Safety Experience Center which was built to provide safety training to our workers and also Operational Safety Control Room.

While safety demonstration were being carried out, the delegation was amazed and impressed to see the advanced technology being used to provide the safety training to all workers. YBrs IR.Hj Mohd Hatta bin Zakaria said he hopes, this technology can be standardize in a future for all safety precautionary action, training and practices.

The delegation then proceeded to visit the Genting Tunnel. During the visit, the delegation was very satisfied with the progress, automation and the machinery used for the construction of the tunnel. In addition, the total length of Genting Tunnel is 16.4km, which is the longest tunnel in ECRL project.