Workers safety utmost, focus on zero harm: Avneesh at JMCP

Jamshedpur, June 26: Tata Steel�s Spares & Services Department today organized a Joint Mass Communication Program (JMCP), which is a communication forum where the senior leadership interacts with the shop floor contractor employees to improve workplace safety and get their involvement in the �Zero Harm to Contractor Employees� program.

Avneesh Gupta, VP (Shared Services), Tata Steel, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, while Shahnawaz Alam, Vice President, Tata Workers Union was the Guest of Honour. Dinkar Ananda, Chief (Spares & Services), Sanjay Mishra, Head Safety-TSJ and T. Roy Choudhury, Head Spares Manufacturing were present on the occasion. The gathering included many Departmental Heads and other officers, Union Committee members of TWU, Supervisors, and contractor workers.

Speaking on the occasion, Avneesh Gupta said, �Nothing is more important than workers safety and well-being. Zero Harm should be our focus, and how you get trained, how you deploy learnings at workplace, how you internalize training and learnings will determine how early we can achieve the Zero Harm goal. I am certain, that together we will achieve this and your part in this safety journey is very important. I am satisfied about the suggestions received and assure you these will be addressed. Please report, escalate any safety concerns, so that appropriate mitigations measures are taken. You may use the hotline service Speak Up for reporting any safety violations while remaining anonymous or having to reveal your identity�.

Shahnawaz Alam explained the safety initiatives taken by the company for reducing risks at workplace and improving the safety environment. He congratulated all the 4 star rated vendors and encouraged them to keep doing well. According to him, one should �sustain the Safety performance, which would lead to achieving a �Zero Harm� workplace�. He pointed out the success of the Mentor-Mentee program and congratulated the �Zero LTI� performance of the departments. He assured that the amenities would be improved and also informed about the facilities of skill certification and training facilities available for vendors.

Earlier, Dinkar Ananda, welcomed the gathering and set the context of the Program. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, Safety Officer, highlighted the Departmental Safety performance including Contractor AICs of: Spares Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Equipment Maintenance Services and Infrastructure Planning and Development (IPD), all units of Spares & Services under Shared Services Division of Tata Steel.

Sanjay Mishra, Head Safety-TSJ, spoke about safety incidents and learning incorporated therein. �Safety emanates from being aware and alert. All the incidents happened due to violation of established procedures and in not following basic safety norms and Emergency precautions at the workplace�, he said. 

During the Open sessions, safety related concerns and suggestions on amenities were discussed and appropriate actions and ways of implementation and improvement were agreed to.