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Occupational Health and Safety
The Company has adopted Safety Excellence Journey (SEJ) for managing occupational health and safety of all employees and contractors working on the premises to prevent injury or accident from work and for continuously improving the work environment. The Company’s Safety Excellence Journey is aligned with the guiding principles of the Tata Steel Group. The Apex Safety Council (ASC), consisting of the President & CEO as the Chairperson and all the Vice Presidents as members, is at the highest level of the safety organization and structure of the Company. There are 6 Apex Safety Sub-Committees (ASSC) as enumerated below:
1) ASSC - Standards and Procedures,
2) ASSC - Health, Training and Communication,
3) ASSC - Contractor Safety Management
4) ASSC - Safety Observation and Incident Investigation, 5) ASSC - Road Safety, and
6) ASSC - Process Safety Management.
The Plant Implementation Committee (PIC) and Department Implementation Committee (DIC) ensure the implementation of the policies jointly with the Committee of Safety, Occupational Health, and Work Environment of each plant / office as per legal requirements. The Company has defined 4 safety cultures:
1. Safety Pause 3-5 minutes before every business meeting.
2. Holding handrails while on stairs.
3. Use of appropriate personal protective equipment
(PPE) on work sites.
4. CompulsoryuseofaCrashhelmetfortwowheelers
and Seat Belt for four wheelers.
The Company provides safety training for employees and contractors before starting work and encourages safety communication regularly. The Company provides personal protective equipment (PPE) such as, safety helmet, safety shoes, safety glasses and other PPEs (fluorescent jacket, hearing protection, respiratory protection, glove, falling protection, etc.) as per the area related risk factors.
Moreover, the Company provides a work environment and welfare equal to or better than the law and tries to continuously improve the facilities within the plants and offices. During the year, the Company has invested in improving the canteens, toilets, and rest areas at all the 3 plants. Apart from reporting incidents and injuries, the Company has a reporting system for Safety Observations, Fatal Risk Control Program (FRCP) and Near Miss cases.
Occupational Health and Safety related key actions in FY25 were as follows:
• Safety Campaigns - “Material Handling”, “Fire &
Explosion”, “Positive Isolation” and “Process Safety
Management”.
• Life Saving Rule implementation.
• Improved Safety Standards in the MBF area and
conduct of Safety Audit.
• Process Safety Management (PSM) - Cross Learning
with other Steel Companies
In addition, the Company is committed to ensuring zero harm to employees, contractors, and business partners working with the Company. In the financial year 2024 - 25, the Company invested projects for occupational safety and quality improvement in all three plants as follows: • AI Implementation - AI HMD to CCTV to detect and
notify Manager/Supervisor for
- Safety: Detect Human in Risk Area and use of
appropriate PPE.
- Environment: Detect Smoke from Stack.
- Process and Run factors: Record Temperature, Detect Billet Surface.
• Installed Blue/Red warning light in Forklifts at NTS, SISCO, SCSC.
• Crane Lighting at SCSC and SISCO.
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
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