PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Nov 29: The Jharkhand State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised its third edition of Industrial Safety Conclave at the Beldih Club here in Jamshedpur today.
The conclave was organised on the theme of ‘Leveraging Digital Initiatives for Improving Industrial Safety.’
The objective of CII Jharkhand Industrial Safety Conclave was to inspire the stakeholders towards building an even stronger culture of safety in their organisations.
The conclave acted as a forum wherein the participants got the opportunity to interact with the safety professionals, thought leaders to learn the best practices.
Gopal Kumar, chief inspector of factories, Jharkhand, who was the guest of honour at 3rd CII Jharkhand Safety Conclave, said that safety is multidimensional and cannot be defined.
“Since the formation of Factories and Mines Act, lots of work has been done in the field of Safety and yet many more things need to be done. Around 7 % of the world’s population is working as engineers or as workers on sites which needs to be alert and cautious during their work at shop floors. In Jharkhand, over 1000 severe incidents got registered last year and led to avoidable human deaths,” he pointed out.
He further stated that digitisation is the need of the hour for safety as it bridges gap between man, process uncertainty and safety officers.
“Through the help of digitalisation, we can get insights of uncertainty and can get enough time to handle and avoid it. In coming times, digitisation would not be an option, it will be obligatory and part of our life,” he said.
Chanakaya Chaudhary, chairman, CII Jharkhand State Council and vice- president – Corporate Services, Tata Steel Limited opined that synchronization of human, machinery and the workplace environment play a crucial role in the sustenance of any organization.
“Machinery accidents do happen in spite of adopting high tech processes because of behavioral issues. Hence, the attitude towards safety for both the employees and the top management is of utmost importance. Although risk cannot be completely eliminated, it can be reduced to an acceptable level through a systematic, process driven approach. Hence, we need to ensure that a robust Safety Management System is properly implemented in any organisation to provide safe working conditions for all its employees,” he said.
Addressing the conclave, Neeraj Kant, past chairman, CII Jharkhand State Council and managing director, The Indian Steel & Wire Products Ltd said that behavioural safety is extremely important.
“Behavior based safety program, when implemented correctly, can provide positive rewards to change unsafe behavior, reduce job-related injuries, minimize lost production hours, and improve workplace morale. These are essential ingredients for creating a strong safety culture in any organisation. For making the workplace safer by eliminating hazards and preventing injuries, it requires a partnership between the company and its employees. For a company, its safety culture has the greatest impact on this partnership,” he said.
Notably, this was the first time in last one-and-half- years CII organised an offline event. All events during the past 18 months were held online due to the Covid- induced pandemic.
