‘Industries should focus on zero accident culture’
| Date :09-Dec-2019 |
Business Bureau :
Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Maharashtra and Late Narayan Meghaji Lokhande Maharashtra Institute of Labour Studies, Mumbai jointly organised three days workshop on ‘Industrial Chem Safety’ for Nagpur and Akola regions. Jayant Moharkar, Additional Director of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH), Nagpur, informed about objective of organising the three days workshop under the guidance of Dr Mahendra Kalyankar, Director of Industrial Safety & Health, Mumbai. Such type of workshop was conducted all over Maharashtra and this being the 13th batch of workshop. He said, the goal of workshop is to achieve ‘Zero Accident’ in industries.
The workshop will help to operators and supervisors to understand the basic intention of Factory Acts and Rules and it will help them to implement safety systems at their work places very easily. It will also help them to improve work culture safety in their industries. Safety should be the part of planning in industry. The workshop was inaugurated by chief guest Ashit Sinha, former Vice-President of Vidarbha Industries Association.
In his inaugural address, he said ‘Health is Wealth’ and the healthy mind keep every person safe. He also suggested production is must but not at the cost of safety. Safety for employees of any organization is must and one should not be compromised on it. He further said related to “Industrial safety in the organisation, DISH is coming forward to bring safety culture in industries. There are only two contributing factors in any accident, unsafe act and unsafe condition and every employee must try to eliminate both. The workshop covered legal aspect, risk assessment, how to conduct mock drill, accident investigation, fire safety, electrical safety, chemical safety, first aid with CPR and other case studies.
Along with this ‘Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs)’ exhibition was inaugurated. Earlier, Jayant Moharkar welcomed Ashit Sinha with floral bouquet and memento and Sharad Dhanvijay, Deputy Director of DISH, Nagpur, welcomed Jayant Moharkar and Vijay Nikole, Joint Director, Industrial Safety & Health, Akola and with floral bouquets and mementos. Pallavi Gampawar, Deputy Director of DISH, Nagpur conducted the proceedings and also proposed a formal vote of thanks. The workshop was attended by 59 representatives from 30 industrial units from Vidarbha.