BAAR, Switzerland, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Weatherford
Canada, a Weatherford International plc (NYSE: WFT) subsidiary,
announced today that it has received the Silver Award for Canada's
Safest Employer in the Oil and Gas Industry category. This marks
the third consecutive year Weatherford has been recognized as one
of the safest employers in the energy sector.
The Canada's Safest Employers Awards are presented by
Canadian Occupational Safety magazine, a Thomson Reuters
business, in recognition of Canadian companies with outstanding
accomplishments in promoting the health and safety of their
workers. The sixth annual awards gala recognized winners across 10
industry-specific categories. Companies were judged on a wide range
of occupational health and safety (OHS) elements, including
employee training, OHS management systems, incident investigation,
emergency preparedness and innovative health and safety
initiatives.
"This award is yet another in a series of remarkable
achievements for Weatherford Canada
in 2016," said David Reed, Region
Vice President, Canada, at Weatherford. "By any measure — our
people, our processes, our facilities, our technologies — we are a
world-class organization. Everything we do is aimed at delivering
the highest quality products and services to our clients."
Weatherford's culture of safety is manifest throughout the
region in several ways. Among the most recent examples, two
Weatherford Canada facilities have
received API Specification Q2 certification, the industry's highest
level of recognition for facilities that have robust quality
management procedures.
About Weatherford
Weatherford is one of the largest multinational oilfield service
companies providing innovative solutions, technology and services
to the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in over 100
countries and has a network of approximately 1,000 locations,
including manufacturing, service, research and development, and
training facilities and employs approximately 31,000 people. For
more information, visit www.weatherford.com and connect with
Weatherford on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Weatherford Contacts
Krishna
Shivram
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
+1.713.836.4610
Karen David-Green
Vice President – Investor Relations, Corporate Marketing and
Communications
+1.713.836.7430
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