Safety
Policy :
Balasore alloys limited (bal) shall establish and maintain a productive work environment by assigning high importance to occupational health & safety (ohs) in every sphere of it’s activity.
Objective :
- To minimize / eliminate occupational health & safety (ohs) risk
- Total compliance of applicable rules & regulations
- To bring contineous improvements to sustain accident free operations.
- To improve production & productivity through adherence to sustainable ohs management system giving priority on awareness, training & motivation.
Commitment :
Commited to strive collectively as a team for contineous improvement to reach desired effectiveness of ohs policy.
Overview (Safety first... in whatever we do!):
The safety and health of employees, partners, service providers and the public, the well being of stakeholders and the minimization of impact on the natural environment are a priority at BAL. Health Safety and Environment( HSE) are key focus areas and integrated into our business operations at every level and vertical.
The main objective of BAL’s HSE programme is to allow teams to attain a healthy and safe work place with highlight on zero injury and environmental protection. “Zero accident” is the ultimate goal. The achievement of “Zero accident” is based on our long-term beliefs that injuries can be prevented, and working safely is a condition of employment. So, we achieved a milestone of 2.35 million accident free man hours. These beliefs find practical implementation through :
- Hazard Identification & access the Risk with control measures.
- Effective employees safety training (On Job & Class room).
- Regular Safety Inspections.
- Periodical external & internal Safety audit.
- Safety Patrol.
- Near-miss Management.
- Stringent monitoring of unsafe Act/ Conditions through different departmental Safety Circles.
- Zero tolerance policy towards implantation of SOP & work permit system.
- Emergency preparedness & review through mock drills.
- Safety Checks for newly installed equipments or any process change.
- Conducting Safety Promotional Activities for employees involvement & awareness.
- Complying of Statutory requirement.
- Implementing contractor’s safety management system
Apart from the above the company brings continual improvement in its HSE objective through implementation of Environment, Safety and Health management system as per ISO 14001, ISO 9001 & started initiative for implementation of OHSAS 18001.
Events :
- Celebration of National Safety Week.
- Celebration of Road Safety Week.
- Celebration of Fire Service Week.
- Celebration of World Environment Day.
- Celebration of National Disaster Day.
Safety Performance Indicator for last three years :
Year - 2010 - 2011 - 2012
LTIFR -4.01 - 1.026 - 0