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12 October 2009 at 12:30 IST
Tata, Essar get worldsteel awards for safety, health
BEIJING (Commodity Online): worldsteel today recognised three member companies, Gerdau, Tata Steel and Essar Steel, for excellence in their safety and health programmes. All three companies demonstrated a commitment to safety and health that encompassed three basic guidelines:
-the programme positively embraced the worldsteel safety and health principles
-the programme was able to demonstrate a measurable impact upon safety metrics
-the programme could easily be applied to other member companies
The programme at Gerdau focused on the introduction of a safety hour. Every day more than 1,230 leaders spend time discussing safety issues directly with shop floor personnel throughout the company. During these sessions anyone can raise safety issues or concerns.Tata Steel’s programme concentrated on their contract workforce, who received comprehensive training prior to the construction of a new blast furnace. The new plant was built and commissioned without any injuries, recording 35 million accident-free hours during the construction project.Essar Steel has been building a positive safety culture, according to a worldsteel press release.
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The company’s programme has brought significant improvements in safety metrics. Its lost time injury frequency rate has improved from 1.18 in 2005/6 to 0.57 to date in 2009 and the company has had no fatal accidents since 2007.
The promotion of excellence in safety and health practices, endorsed at the highest level, is one of the fundamental goals of all worldsteel member companies. The set of principles outlined in the worldsteel policy statement are the basis for creating a safe and healthy workplace for everyone in the industry, the press release added.
worldsteel launched the Safety and Health Excellence Recognition Award at its 2008 Annual General Meeting in Washington DC. Five companies received recognition for their outstanding work in the area of safety and health promotion. This year, three awards have been made, once again demonstrating the commitment by worldsteel members to an injury-free, illness-free and health workplace.
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