Jamshedpur March 28 : Tata Steel�s Steel Manufacturing Division organised the Closing function of the 7th exposition on �Elimination of Human- Machine Interface� on March 27, 2019. Sudhansu Pathak, VP (Steel Manufacturing), was the Chief Guest at the function and Nitesh Raj (Asst. Secretary, TWU), was the Guest of Honour.
Anil Pujari Chief (LD3 TSCR) welcomed all the distinguished guests.
Speaking on the occasion, Pathak mentioned about the importance of elimination of large number of risks pertaining to human machine interface through implementation of kaizens.
Nitesh Raj , in his address , mentioned about safety being a continuous journey and reiterated his commitment towards achieving Zero Harm.
Vilas N Gaikwad, Chief Safety (India &SEA) congratulated all the awardees. He mentioned that there has been a large reduction in incidences due to Human Machine interfaces.
With the advancement of scientific and technological developments, machines are an integral part of the modern manufacturing process. However, human interfaces to these machines and equipment continues to be vulnerable and has resulted in a number of accidents and injuries. The challenge is to ensure that the interface is not the cause or source of accidents. A total 137 kaizens were displayed at the exposition. Out of these, 32 kaizens were awarded. The Kaizen �Elimination of hazardous activity during inspection of Gradall� of Equipment Maintenance Department, was awarded the winning prize.
Many Senior executives, employees from various division and contract partners visited the Exposition for learning and horizontal deployment at their workplace.
