Company reiterates its commitment of zero harm in all its operations
Jamshedpur: Tata steel today launched “5 Safe Steps Forward” safety campaign across its operational areas. Rajiv Mangal, Vice President Safety, Health & Sustainability was the Chief Guest for the function and Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary, President, Tata Workers’ Union was the Guest of Honour.
To achieve the overarching goal of Zero Harm, Tata Steel conducts theme-based safety campaigns for addressing key safety concerns.
Rajiv Mangal in his address requested all departments and divisions of Tata Steel to show the commitment in identifying gaps and strengthening barriers and risk control measures to eliminate these hazards from their area.
Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary requested all employees to take part in this campaign share their safety concerns and suggestions and make the areas hazard free. He also requested union representatives to work hand in hand with management in this organizational initiative to achieve zero harm.
Neeraj Kumar Sinha, Chief Safety, Tata Steel in his welcome address informed that although through systematic deployment of Safety Systems and processes and review in Safety forums, Tata Steel have achieved significant success in managing risk for many hazards, but still in five key hazards area, e.g. Fall of Object, Heavy Vehicle & Mobile Equipment, Moving Machinery & Human-Machine interface, Hot Substance and Fall from height, serious incidents continue to occur. To eliminate these 5 key safety hazards in a timebound manner from Tata Steel workplace, the “5 Safe Steps Forward” campaign is launched which will run from November 2024 to March 2025. He briefed about the initiatives that will be carried out during this campaign at all levels.
A safety film was also shown in the program to convey the message of this campaign to the last person in the organization. The Vote of Thanks in the function was conveyed by Saroj Kumar Banerjee, Chief Safety, Raw Material. All present employees and dignitaries have taken the oath to make Tata Steel “Zero Hazard, Zero Risk, Zero Harm” workplace.
