Head - Safety

To achieve the least disruption in productivity by ensuring optimum safety standard and physical fitness by preventing as far as practicable the incidence of work related injury

Job Context & Job Challenges:

• Many of the machinery in the plant is very old and outdated, and hence more prone to safety hazards. The challenge is to make sure that workmen involved with them are aware of the hazards they pose and convincing the dept heads to upgrade/renew the machinery.
• Old workmen and managers are often resistant to agreeing to accept new safety norms or bringing decisive changes in their way of working. Making them change their old mindset is a challenge.
• Since most workmen are not very well educated, all safety trainings need to be repeatedly imparted to them to make sure that they remember the safety protocols they need to follow
• The biggest challenge is to make sure that there are minimal, preferably zero safetyrelated incidents in the plant premises throughout the year, and hence minimal manhour loss.

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

Supporting Actions

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

• To advise the concerned departments in planning and organising measures necessary for the effective control of personal injuries.
• To advise on safety aspects of all jobs and to carry out detailed job safety analysis of selected jobs.
• To advise the departments on the availability and the specifications of any new machinery, plant, appliance or equipment, including personal protective equipment, to be installed or used in the factory in order to ensure high standard of safety and protection of health of the employees.
• To advise on the maintece of records as are necessary relating to accidents and dangerous occurrences and present information in an appropriate form for the use of management and others in assessing safety performance.
• Review and formally report progress on dealing with issues to the Factory Manager at fixed frequency and contribute to the company s annual internal selfassessment of Safety progress and annual Safety report for submission to the higher authority.

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

• To investigate into causes and circumstances of every serious and reportable accidents and dangerous occurrences, compile necessary reports and tender advice to prevent their recurrence.
• To advise concerned departments on matters relating to reporting and investigation of causes of industrial accidents and near miss incidents.

IMPLEMENTATION OF AUDIT FINDINGS

• To carry out safety inspections in order to identify unsafe plant or equipment and hazardous conditions of work, and carry out safety observation to identify unsafe work practices and procedures followed by workers, and to suggest measures to be adopted for remedying defects found.
• To advise and assist on matters relating to carrying out safety inspections and safety observations by concerned departments.
• To check and evaluate the effectiveness of the action taken or proposed to be taken to prevent personal injuries and industrial diseases.
• To check the usage of personal protective equipment for all levels in the organisation.

SAFETY TRAINING

• To design and conduct, either independently or in collaboration with the training department, suitable training and educational programs for all levels in the organisation and specifically for the supervisory staff for the prevention of personal injuries.

EMPLOYEE AWARENESS

• To organise in collaboration with the concerned department, campaigns, competitions, contests and other activities which will develop and maintain the interest of the workers in establishing and maintaining the interest of the workers in establishing and maintaining sage conditions of work and procedures.
• To investigate into the cases of every industrial incidents.
• To promote setting up of safety committees and act as adviser and catalyst to such committees.

ISO 9000, 14000 AND OHSAS 18000 SYSTEMS UPKEEP

• Carry out OHSAS internal audits within the plant.
• To maintain copies of all the documents of ISO 9001, 14000, OHSAS18000 for Personnel and other departments.
• To amend necessary changes in documents, procedure and others as required.
  Monitor closure and take corrective action for all the NCR s during external or internal audits.

STATUTORY COMPLIANCES

• To implement statutory compliances in relation to Factories Act, ESI, and other related acts.
• To maintain liaison with the Directorate of Factory, Fire Services, local authorities and other organisations engaged in the promotion or industrial safety.

• Completing SAQ assessment for Safety, including Noise, Fire Risk Mgt., Risk Evaluation and Mgt., Permit to Work, etc.
• Complying with all onsite (6) and offsite (21) assessments.