PPA Wins the Minerba Engineering and Environmental Innovation Award in the Mining Safety Category from KESDM

PT Putra Perkasa Abadi received an award from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources at the 2024 Technical Meeting of Mine Technical Heads and Operations Managers of Mineral and Coal Mining Companies, held at the Nusa Dua Convention Center, Bali, on Thursday (14/11/2024).

"Dirjen Minerba terus mendorong implementasi kaidah pertambangan yang baik sesuai dengan ESG kepada para pelaku usaha maupun usaha jasa pertambangan agar kegiatan pertambangan mineral dan batubara dapat terus memberikan kontribusi yang optimal dan berarti secara berkelanjutan dengan tetap memperhatikan aspek keteknikan dan lingkungan. Oleh karena itu pada kegiatan ini kami menyediakan ruang untuk saling berbagi antara perusahaan terkait best practices dalam pengelolaan teknis pertambangan, pengelolaan keselamatan pertambangan, pengelolaan lingkungan hidup pertambangan, pengelolaan konservasi mineral dan batubara serta pengelolaan standarisasi usaha pertambangan mineral dan batubara," said Director General of Mineral and Coal Dr. Ing. Tri Winarno S.t., M.T. in his speech opening the event online.

At the event, themed "Peningkatan Kinerja Penerapan Kaidah Teknik Pertambangan yang Baik untuk Mewujudkan Indonesia Maju dan Berkelanjutan", PPA received the certificate "Inovasi Keteknikan dan Lingkungan Mineral dan Batubara, Kategori Keselamatan Pertambangan, Subkategori Perusahaan Jasa Pertambangan Mineral dan Batubara Tahun 2024". The certificate was presented directly by the Director of Mineral and Coal Environmental Engineering / Head of Mine Inspectors at the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal, KESDM, Dr. Ir. Hendra Gunawan, to PPA President Director Joko Triraharjo, before the boards of the various mining companies invited to the event.

"Dengan melihat data lagging indicator statistic kecelakaan tambang nasional kurun waktu 2015-2024 syukur alhamdulillah frequency rate dan severity rate menunjukkan trend yang menurun… Kita perlu lebih proaktif komunikasi, dan untuk promosi kesehatan kerja…" said the Director of Mineral and Coal Environmental Engineering / Head of Mine Inspectors at the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal, KESDM, Dr. Ir. Hendra Gunawan, opening the event.

The event was also attended by the Head of the Bali Provincial Manpower and Energy and Mineral Resources Office Ida Bagus Setiawan, coordinators and sub-coordinators for the environment at the directorate of mineral and coal engineering and environment, mine technical heads of mineral and coal companies, operations managers from various mineral and coal companies, and mine inspector coordinators and mine inspectors from across Indonesia.

"Alhamdulillah PPA kembali mendapatkan apresiasi dari Kementerian ESDM terkait inovasi safety. Semua yang PPA usahakan dalam safety ini merupakan wujud dari komitmen kami untuk menciptakan lingkungan kerja yang aman dan efisien di setiap project PPA. Kami berharap lebih banyak perusahaan IUJP bisa unggul dalam inovasi safety untuk kemajuan sektor pertambangan Indonesia," said Joko Triraharjo.

As an expression of PPA's commitment to internalising the slogan "Safe & Strong Operational Performance," the company keeps innovating to create safe and efficient operations. One such innovation is PRECISE, an early warning system with automatic braking to prevent collisions and accidents involving heavy mining equipment. The innovation is the first in Indonesia's mining sector and was awarded the highest honour from KESDM, the Subroto Awards 2024, in the same field — Minerba Engineering and Environmental Innovation, in the Mining Safety for Mining Services Companies category.