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SAFETY ARTICLE

Mr. Ravindra Shenvi

GM-HR & Compliance Manager
Mitsubishi Power India Private Limited

The importance to have competent personal in overall development of
Health & Safety Culture in any organization

“Culture” in simple terms means “natural behaviour of group of people” without being under any kind
of influence.
The relative terms “Safety Culture” means it is related to safety aspects. Safety Culture is integral part
of everyone in a company like ours engaged in EPC activities. To develop a safety culture, one has to
undergo appropriate training, understand about the subject (Safety) and consciously and continuously
practice on safety in a day today operational activity. Initially it may be acting / working consciously on
this and later on with regular practice, a person gets into habit this will lead into subconscious mind and
get converted as Safety Culture.
It's well known that safety is everyone's responsibility, irrespective of any levels, be it at project site,
manufacturing facility, in office establishment or even at home, safety is quite important as every
family member uses electrical/electronic gadgets, LPG appliances etc.
Post COVID era it became imperative for everyone to focus on health & hygiene apart from safety.
The prevention of injury and ill-health in the workplace inevitably depends on the presence of
competent persons at all levels in any organisation. To be a competent employee, a person must
have a positive attitude to health and safety at work, and behave responsibly in the workplace, and,
that competence is more than just the possession of qualifications, but also involves having
sufficient and relevant experience and putting those into practice.
In any organization an individual must have
1. Sufficient experience and ability to carry out their duties in relation to the project; to
recognise their limitations and take appropriate action in order to prevent harm to those
carrying out the designated work; or those affected by the work;
2. Sufficient knowledge of the specific tasks to be undertaken and the risks which the work
will entail;

3. specific knowledge about the tasks they will be expected to perform, and the risks
associated with these tasks; this may come from formal or “on the job” training;

4. appropriate experience; people are more likely to adopt safe working practices if they
understand the reasons why they are necessary; and experience should be a good
indicator of the person's/organisation's track record;

The development of Competence among our team members shall on the basis of ,
· building on the basics of selection, training,
· management of experience and life-long learning

· ensuring people have the capacity in terms of time, resources,
· managerial and supervisory capability to deliver the project.

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