THE RAMCO CEMENTS LTD.

JAYANTHIPURAM

RAMCO

Shri P.A.C. Ramasamy Raja

Founder
(1894 - 1962 )

GROUP

Cement
Ready Mix Concrete
Cement Fiber Products
Cotton and Synthetic Yarn
Software Systems

Wind Farms
Research & Development
Dry Mortar Plants
Cotton Textiles
Surgical.

Total Employees : 15,000

Turnover : Rs. 6,700 crores

Shri.P.R.Ramasubrahmaneya
Rajha
Chairman & Managing Director

The Ramco Cements Ltd., (formerly Madras Cements Ltd.)

Main Plants :
1. RR Nagar Plant near Virudhunagar, TN (2.0MTPA) (Established in 1959)
2. KSR Nagar Plant, Jaggaiahpeta, Andhra Pradesh (3.65 MTPA) (Estd. in1986),
Turnover-662 crores , No. of Employees- 431
3. Alathiyur near Vridhachalam, Tamil Nadu (3.0 MTPA) (Established in 2002)
4. Mathod near Chitradurga, Karnataka (0.3 MTPA) (in Operation since 2000)
5. Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu (5.5 MTPA) (Established in 2009).
Cement Grinding Units :

1. Kattuputtur

(0.75MTPA)

2. Valapadi

(2.0 MTPA)

3. Kolaghat

(1.0 MTPA)

4. Vizag

(0.95 MTPA)

Packing Units :
1.

Nagercoil,TN

Management System Certificates

H&S organogram:
UNIT HEAD

ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD

MEDICAL OFFICER

PARAMEDICS

LAB
TECHNICIAN

WORKS HEAD
(SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN)

SAFETY OFFICER

SAFETY
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS

SAFETY
MENTORS

CONTRACTOR
SAFETY OFFICERS
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Safety Committee Members for the Year 2014 2016:

S C Chairman

-Works - Head
S C Secretary
-Safety - Head
Staff & Officers - 14 Members
Workmen
- 14 Members
Contract Workmen 4 Members
Safety Committee awards are presented to Safety
Committee members for following categories;
Highest attendance percentage.
Highest no. of points referred by a member.

SAFETY COMMITTEE MENTORS

To educate the co-worker, regarding the safety practice

associated with the work.

To inform the unsafe activities & unsafe condition to the
section in charges & safety dept.
To co-ordinate the safety related function.
Safety Committee Mentors for the Year 2014 2016:
Staff
Company workmen
Contract workmen

- 06 Members
- 25 Members
- 05 Members

First Aiders & Fire Fighters:

First Aiders
Fire Fighters
7

- 72 Members
- 45 Members

SAFETY COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

To identify and suggest control measures for the

hazards in their area / department.
To suggest changes / modifications, if any, to ensure
safe working conditions.
To identify the requirement of any specific personal
protective equipment.
Review of corrective and preventive actions regarding
the accidents / incidents in the concerned
departments.
To carry out Internal Safety Audits by Safety
Committee Members (7 Teams) once in a month. To
submit a report on periodical basis on the above
matters to the Top Management.

600

500

SAFETY COMMITTEE POINTS STATISTICS

2010 - 2016
482

482

494

494

431

411

400

300

200

100

0
2010-12

2012-14

Raised

2014-16

Completed

Format

Best Practices
on
Safety
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SAFETY FLAG HOISTING,

SAFETY PLEDGE & SLOGAN
Everyday, Safety Pledge and Slogan
by Company employees along with
contract employees.
Every Monday, Safety Flag hoisting
and 5 minutes Safety Talk by one
of the Company or Contract
employees.

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5 MINUTES SAFETY TALK

5Minutes Safety Talk is
being conducting on each
and everyday at all sections
of plant premises.
Creating awareness on the
particular risky job before
going to do that work.

12

HELMET COLOUR CODING SYSTEM

Company Workmen
Electrician
Visitor

Staff and Officers

Contract Workmen
13

Safety Members &

Mentors.

IMPLEMENTATION OF REFLECTIVE JACKETS

In view of better visibility at the place like tunnel, conveyor

galleries and also during poor visibilities due to climatic

conditions, we have issued safety reflective jackets for our
entire company employees, contract workmen, visitors, etc.

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SAFETY SHOES
Ensuring to wear safety shoe and Helmet for all

company employees, contract workers (Men &

Women) and apprentices.
In this regards,
Process dept.
- High Ankle Heat Resistant shoe
Electrical &
Instrumentation - Electrical Shock Proof shoe
Others
- High Ankle General Safety shoe

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LOTO SYSTEM
All electrically connected equipments to ensure that they are properly
isolated for hazardous or potentially hazardous electrical energy sources
during servicing and or maintenance and properly protect against reenergization.

16

INJURY -FREE MAN-HOURS DISPLAY BOARD

Injury-free Man-hours board displayed near prayer assembly
point. Everyday Injury-free Man-hours are updated.

OUR SAFETY RECORD

INJURY FREE WORKING

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WORK PERMIT SYSTEM

Work Permit System is being followed while carrying the

following hazardous work activities in a safe manner:

Hot work (Grinding, welding, gas cutting & brazing)

Work at height
Confined space entry
Electrical works
Jam clearance
Belt conveyors
VRM/VRPM mill entry
ESP maintenance and Inspection
Excavation
Barrel cutting
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EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS AND

RESPONSE
Totally in our plant, 20 areas are identified as potential

emergency areas like HSD Storage, HFO Storage, Coal

Storage, Gas Cylinders Storage, Magazines, etc.

We are having a well equipped OHC at our premises to take

care of any injuries.

First Aid will be given to the injured person and based on his
condition he will be shifted to Jaggayyapet Town
Hospital/Vijayawada Hospitals through our company AC
20
Ambulance.

SAFETY CONTROL MEASURES PROVIDED:

The flammable storage areas are fenced at specified

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safe distance.
300 Nos. of suitable fire extinguishers and fire buckets
are provided near these storage areas.
Fire hydrant lines are provided near the storages.
DSPA (Dry Sprinkler Powder Aerosol) is installed in
Fine Coal Bin to control the fire, once temp reaches
90OC.
Smoke detectors are installed at All Buildings and
Underground Cable tunnels & alarms will be displayed
at CCR for continuous monitoring.
CCTVs are installed at all the Coal hoppers top & Coal
Mill Bag house top for continuous monitoring.

EMERGENCY MITIGATING EQUIPMENTS

SL No.

22

EQUIPMENTS

Nos.

Fire Tender

01

No. of Fire Extinguishers

300

No. of Fire Hydrants points

121

Smoke Detectors

427

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus

04

EMERGENCY MITIGATING EQUIPMENTS

SL No.

EQUIPMENTS

Nos.

Fire portable trolley mounted pump

01

Emergency assembly point

06

Emergency siren

04

First Aid Boxes

32

10

Surveillance Cameras

122

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MOCK DRILLS
Major Mock Drills are conducted
yearly once at Plant & Mines.
Minor Mock Drills yearly thrice at
plant. After completion of Mock
drill, observers comments are
discussed and implemented.

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Mock Drills
Year

Major

Minor

2014-15

1+1

2015-16

1+1

Observation report for Major Mock drill

23.05.2014
11.02.2015
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SAFETY PPE EXHIBITION ROOM

To inculcate safety awareness / PPE to the new comers and
visitors, we have a Safety PPE Exhibition Room.

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SAFETY SUGGESTION BOX

The objectives of the Suggestion Scheme are:
To encourage innovations, creativity and value addition by
individual employees for overall improvement.
To improve safety culture, quality, productivity, profitability
and service through employee participation.

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ROAD SAFETY WEEK CELEBRATIONS

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Created Road Safety Awareness among the Jaggaiahpet

people and also conducted Road Safety Campaign near JPT
bus stand and Toll Gate on National Highway, 02.01.2016.

45th - NATIONAL SAFETY WEEK CELEBRATION

DETAILS
Safety Message by Sri P B Gopalakrishna, President
(Mfg.) and all Div. Heads on 04.03.2016

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SAFETY PROCESSION
Organized Safety Procession with
Safety Slogans speaking out with
loudspeaker
by
our
Div.
Heads,
All
HODs,
Safety
Committee Members & Mentors
along with all employees and
contract workmen inside the
factory premises on 04.03.2015

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PPE EXHIBITION INAUGURATION

On
the
eve
of
NSW, Inauguration of Safety
Exhibition by our Unit Head.

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PPE EXHIBITION EVALUATION

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PPE Exhibition evaluated by

Dy. Chief
Inspector of
Factories and Inspector of
Factories Vijayawada.

VALEDICTORY FUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Sri MOHANA RAO, Dy. Chief Inspector of
Factories, Vijayawada is invited as Chief Guest for the
valedictory function on 10.03.2015 and delivered
valuable speeches and explained the need for safety at
workplace, while travelling and other places.

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Awards & Rewards

Sl.
No.

34

Awards Achieved /
Awarded by

2014-15

Mr. Rambabu

Won first prize in

telugu Slogans at
State level Safety
competitions

Mr.Sivasubramanyam

Won third prize in

English Essay writing
at State level Safety
competitions

2015-16
Won third prize in
English Slogans at
State level Safety
competitions

BEST MANAGEMENT AWARD to Sri P R Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha, Chairman & Managing Director, Ramco
Cements Limited and the award is being received by Sri P B Gopala Krishna, President-Mfg.,
Sri M.
Chidambaram, Vice President - Admn, Sri T. Sridhar Reddy, AVP - Works and Sri E. Alwar, DGM - Personnel on the
occasion of MAY DAY on 01.05.2016.

SAFETY PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Safety Flash Display
For

the newly joined employees and contract

workmen, safety awareness is inculcated by showing the
safety practices / appliances at Safety PPE Exhibition
Room.

Safety News Letter sharing

Accident case studies sharing

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Safety arrangements & precautions taken

while carrying out following critical
activities:
i. Additive Hoppers cleaning work
ii. Cement silos cleaning
iii. Preheater Cyclones Jam removal

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i. Additive Hoppers cleaning work

The following safety arrangements are made for Additive Hoppers cleaning
/ Jam removal work as shown in drawing.
01- Platform with handrail provided in straight portion with ladder
arrangement for the workmen to go inside the hopper and clean by
standing on the platform with safety belt arrangement.
02- Jhula with winch arrangement was made to clean in bottom area.
03- Workpermitt is taken for confined space entry.
04.Only trained employees / supervisor are engaged for this work.
05. One person is placed at hopper top to observe the cleaning work with
rope arrangement.
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i. Additive Hoppers Safety arrangement

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ii. Cement silos cleaning

The following safety precautions are taken for Silos cleaning:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Work permit is taken for confined space entry.

All feed equipments of Cement silo are electrically isolated .
Open the Silo Inspection doors 2 Nos.
Focus lamp arrangement is made from Silo top.
Clean the loose cement from bottom bin.
Jhula with winch arrangement is made as shown in photo for
cleaning silo inside walls from top to bottom.
6. Safety belt and other required PPEs are used.
7. For rotation of Jhula support rope tied & for moving up and
down, winch arrangement is used.
8. Two persons are placed at Inspection doors to observe the work.
9. Only trained employee / supervisor is engaged to carryout this
work.

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ii. Cement silos cleaning

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JHULA ARANGEMENT

iii. Preheater Cyclones Jam removal

While Cyclone Jam
releasing work , no one is
allowed to stand opposite &
below to the cleaning area
for safe work practice.
Ensuring the all doors are
in closed condition.

Floor

Platform
Draft Point

Platform
Thermocouple
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Reasons for Cyclone Jam

1. Refractory failure there by blocking the Material flow
2. Coating formation & dislodging
3. Overheating
4. Foreign material (dispersion plates & immersion tube
segments)
Indication for Cyclone Jam
1. Cone material temp slowly decreasing
2. Cone draft also slowly decreasing
3. Next stage gas temp increasing simultaneously
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Precaution to avoid further build up

1. If the difference between gas & material temp is
>50C, Popup alarm will appear on the CCR
monitor.
2. Simultaneously,

if

the

cone

draft

comes

to

zero, interlock gets activated to stop the feed

immediately so as to reduce the material built-up in
the cyclone.
Action to be taken during Cyclone Jam Releasing
1. Ensure the Vent fan in running condition.
2. Well trained & high skilled personnel are only
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deployed for clearing the jam.

3. Work Permit is raised by the concerned Section Incharge.

4. No man power is allowed below the rest of the floors.
5. Barricade is arranged at the Inlet and Outlet as well as
Cooler DPC area to control movement of personnel.
6. All relevant PPE are used.
7. Jam releasing is followed from bottom to top of the
cyclone.
8. At the time of cleaning, only one door is opened & rest
are ensured in closed condition.
9. No Manhole doors allowed to open.
10. After jam clearance, all the doors are opened one by
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one to check the free passage.

The longest accident free period (Continuous covering the

three years, assessment period 2013-2015)

From Period

To Period

01-04-2013

13-11-2015

No of
Days
947

Accident Free Million Man

Hours*
9.51

Also we are monitoring incident -free man-hours & we achieved >1 million
thrice from 2014 to 2016.

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HSE Trainings
Training need identification (TNI) for employees and contractors.
Training needs are identified by concerned HODs / Divisional Heads for
employees and contract workmen for the financial year concerned at
the beginning of the year.
Training matrix for Employees & Contractors.
Training matrix
Training effectiveness is measured through feedback.

47

Training Particulars.

Sl.
No.

48

Trainings

2014-15

2015-16

Internal Trainings

24

27

External Trainings

Training Participants Company

392

378

Training Participants Contractors

786

816

Total Training Hours

1995

2107

Training Hr. individual per employee per annum

3.37

3.64

Training Hr. Contractor individual per employee

per annum

0.42

0.49

% covered Employees

90.74

90.21

% Covered Contract workforce

89.82

86.87

HIRAC & SOP

HIRAC for the plant and its critical maintenances.
Nearly 200 No. of activities are considered for HIRAC covering plant &
mines operations & critical maintenance activities. There are reviewed:

annually or
any change in the activity or
any change in process / technology up-dation or
project activities

HIRAC procedure
Sample HIRAC
Standard Operating Procedures exist for all critical and regular activities.

232 Nos. of SOPs are made across the plant and or being followed.
252 Nos. of work instructions are prepared and also being followed.

Sample SOP
Sample work instruction
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The pre-medical check procedure for employees

After receiving the request from Personnel Department for examination, consent is obtained from the
candidate for medical examination followed by :
Physical examination of the candidate to:
identify any visible physical abnormalities ,
anthropometric measurements are registered
Clinical lab investigations which includes:
Blood for Sugar ,
Lipid profile,
Urea, Creatinine,
Liver function tests and
Routine blood parameters like Hb%, Blood Group and Rh Typing, TC, DC, ESR
Urine Complete
ECG,
X Ray Chest,
Audiometry and Spirometry at our OHC itself.
Vision tests
After the investigations the fitness details Fit/Unfit is sent to Personnel department for further action .
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Fatal Accident occurred on 14-11-2015

Base of Bin

Welded Angle

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End

2.0 Workforce & Man hours Worked.

2.1 Average No. of workers in Factory.
Sl.
No

52

Type of Workers 2014-15 2015-16

Regular

436

421

Contract

602

568

Total

1038

989

2.2 Man hours worked by all workers including

over time worked.

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Sl.
No
1

Type of Workers

2014-15

2015-16

Regular

1068720

899360

Contract

2782760

2584200

Total

3851480

3483560

3. Reportable incident and F.R.

Type

2014-15

2015-16

Nearmiss

High Potential Near miss

First aid cases

LTI (Lost Time Incident)

Fatality

Man hours lost due to LTI

Severity Rate

1.72

Frequency Rate

0.28

No. of Dangerous occurrences as per

factory act

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4. The longest accident free period (Continuous covering

the three years, assessment period 2013-2015)
From Period

To Period

01-04-2013

13-11-2015

No of
Days
947

Accident Free Million Man

Hours*
9.51

Also we are monitoring incident -free man-hours & we achieved >1 million
thrice from 2014 to 2016.

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5. HSE Policy
5.1. H&S policy.
Included in IMS policy.
5.2. Level at which policy has been in force.
IMS policy is in force from 01-01-2010.
5.3. Description of practices for H&S policy achievement of
objectives.
By our best safety practices. Some of the best practices are
shown in next slides.
5.4. IMS policy is made know to employees of your employees by
Daily in the morning, at assembly point near Time Office, IMS
Policy is chanted by all the gathering. And also displayed at
various sections.

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6. Review of HSE performance by top management

6.1.

OHSMS certification.

Certified by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) since 2010.

6.2.

Review of top management on H&S performance

Safety data is reviewed in monthly review meetings by top

management.
Safety related points are discussed in Safety Committee Meeting
once in a month by Committee Chairman, including the points
raised by internal audit teams of the committee.
Management Review Meetings are conducted on half-yearly basis
covering OHSMS activities.
Mock drill observations are reviewed immediately after the drill
and in the next mock drill period also.

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6. Review of
management

HSE

performance

by

top

6.3.
The action taken by top management on those reports &
its implementation

Non-conformities (NCs) / Opportunities for Improvements

(OFIs) raised by internal / external auditors are immediately
looked into. The status is reviewed in Management Review
Meetings.
Safety related points raised by internal audit teams of the
safety committee are prioritized. The status is reviewed by
Safety Committee Chairman.
Safety Mentors are nominated and are involved in propagating
the safety awareness among employees / contract workmen.
The discrepancies if any are discussed in Safety Committee by
Safety Committee Chairman.
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7. HSE Organization
7.1
The organizational set up and responsibilities at various
levels and arrangements for implementation of H&S policy.
Specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to occupational safety
are assigned to all levels of the employees of the organization.
7.2

H&S organogram

7.3
Safety KPI for every employee in order to achieve H&S
Objectives and its measurability
Specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to occupational safety
are assigned to all levels of the employees of the organization and
reviewed annually by top management.
Suitable rating is given for the number of incidents and man-days lost
due to injuries, based on that evaluation one time payment / bonus is
given.
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H&S organogram:
UNIT HEAD

ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD

MEDICAL OFFICER

PARAMEDICS

LAB
TECHNICIAN

WORKS HEAD
(SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN)

SAFETY OFFICER

SAFETY
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS

SAFETY
MENTORS

CONTRACTOR
SAFETY OFFICERS
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7.4
Sl.
No
1

H&S Personnel
Name

Regular/
Contract
Regular

Sri PB
Gopalakrishna
Sri M Chidambaram

Sri T Sridhar Reddy

Regular

Sri S Raja Kesava

Prasad

Regular

Sri AV
Satyanarayana

Regular

Smt K V
Padmavathi
Sri SM Varun
Chakravarthy

Regular

7
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Regular

Regular

Designation

Qualification

Sr. President
B Tech (Mech.)
(Mfg.)
Vice President
B. Com, FCA
(Admn.)
Asst. Vice
B Tech (Mech.)
President
(Works)
Deputy General MBBS, PGC in
Manager (OHS)
Industrial
Health
Sr. Manager
B Tech (Mech.),
(Mech.) /
Diploma in
Safety Officer
Industrial
Safety
Asst Officer
GNM
Nursing
Deputy Officer- B.Sc,D .
Paramedical
Pharamacy
(Pharmacist)

Working
Since
Decembe
r 2008
January
2014
April,
2008
April,
2008
August,
1995

August,
1994
June,
2009

7.4

H&S Personnel

Sl.
No

Name

Regular/
Contract

Sri G Raja
Sekhar

Regular

Sri P S Ch
Naresh Kumar

Regular

10

Sri MVV
Ramana

Regular

11

Sri K Laxmaiah

Contract

12

Sri S Kabeer

Contract

Designation
Asst Officer Paramedical (Lab
Technician )
Jr Officer
Paramedical
(Pharmacist)
Jr Officer
Paramedical
(Pharmacist)
Safety Officer of
Thermax Limited
Safety Officer of
Petron

Qualification

Working
Since

DMLT

March,
2013

B.Sc, D .
Pharamacy

May,
2013

B.Sc ,D .
Pharamacy

Apr, 2014

DME, Diploma in
Industrial Safety
DCE, Diploma in
Industrial Safety

Visiting Doctors:
Dr S Vamsi Priya MD (Obg & Gynec) visits our OHC twice in a week
Dr Kanakalingeswara Rao BHMS visits our OHC once in week
Dr MD Nagaeswara Rao BDS Visits our OHC once in a week
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July 2016
January
2016

8. HSE Trainings.
8.1

Training need identification (TNI) for employees and contractors.

Training needs are identified by concerned HODs / Divisional Heads for

employees and contract workmen for the financial year concerned at
the beginning of the year.
8.2

Training matrix for Employees & Contractors.

Training matrix
8.3

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Training effectiveness is measured through feedback.

8.HSE Trainings.
8.4 The induction method followed for
workforce, experts, Govt. Officials and others.

employees,

contract

Employees
Contract Employees
Government officials / Others
8.5

2 man-days
1 man-day (Safety)
While sending inside safety induction
/ Safety manual reading.
Maintaining of individual training records.

Training matrix
8.6

HSE training to drivers (Internal& External Vehicles).

Trainings are being given for internal drivers at par with employees.
For External drivers, while entering from gate induction being given.
Training programme conducted for local auto drivers by external
faculty while Road Safety Week 2015 at our premises.

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8.7 Training Particulars.

Sl.
No.

65

Trainings

2014-15

2015-16

Internal Trainings

24

27

External Trainings

Training Participants Company

392

378

Training Participants Contractors

786

816

Total Training Hours

1995

2107

Training Hr. individual per employee per annum

3.37

3.64

Training Hr. Contractor individual per employee

per annum

0.42

0.49

% covered Employees

90.74

90.21

% Covered Contract workforce

89.82

86.87

9 MOCK DRILL
Major Mock Drills are conducted
yearly once at Plant & Mines.
Minor Mock Drills yearly thrice at
plant. After completion of Mock
drill, observers comments are
discussed and implemented.

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Mock Drills
Year

Major

Minor

2014-15

1+1

2015-16

1+1

67

Observation report for Major Mock drill observations

Report - 23.05.2014.docMock drill observations - Report 11.02.2015.doc

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10. Accident / Incidents Reporting

10.1

Method of reporting system in the organization

Reporting System

10.2

Reporting Path
Reporting System

10.3

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RCA (Root cause analysis) is conducted on all incidents.

10. Accident / Incidents Reporting

10.4

Leading the RCA process

* Safety Officer with Concerned Section in-charge.
* Preliminary Incident Investing Team (PIIT) if appointed by Top
Management for investigation for the particular incident

10.5

Extension for incompletion of CAPA points does not get closed as

per target dates provided
Take the reasons for not closing CAPA and with proper
justification the dates are extended by appropriate authority,
such as:
* Safety committee chairman
* Top management for Non-conformities / Opportunities for
Improvements raised by internal & external auditors

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11. HIRAC & SOP

11.1

HIRAC for the plant and its critical maintenances.

Nearly 200 No. of activities are considered for HIRAC covering plant &
mines operations & critical maintenance activities. There are reviewed:

annually or
any change in the activity or
any change in process / technology up-dation or
project activities

HIRAC procedure
Sample HIRAC
11.2
Standard Operating Procedures exist for all critical and regular
activities.

232 Nos. of SOPs are made across the plant and or being followed.
252 Nos. of work instructions are prepared and also being followed.

Sample SOP
71
Sample
work instruction

11. HIRAC & SOP

11.3
Job Safety Analysis (JSA) & Job Safety Observation (JSO)
system.
Job Safety Analysis sample copy

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12.Contractors Safety Management.

12.1

Evaluation of contractors

While selecting the contractor, their previous history of accident-free man-days is

considered as one of the criteria for evaluation.
12.2

The frequency of contractors safety performance monitoring

Monthly once for Labor supply contract and

Job contractor after completion of the job.

While awarding Job contract to Contractor, we issue General safety conditions to

be followed. If any violation is observed, particular contract workmen is sent out
from duty for specific period and suitable penalty is also imposed to the concerned
Contractor.
12.3

Deployment of qualified safety person by contractors:

2 Nos. of qualified Safety Officers are deployed presently by 2 Nos. of major

contractors.
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12.Contractors Safety Management.

12.4

Frequency of contractor getting involved in safety meetings.

Monthly once. 2 Nos. of qualified Safety Officers who are deployed by 2

Nos. of major contractors, attend the Safety Committee Meetings along with
other committee members.
12.5
The method
performance

adapted

to

encourage

contractors

safety

Conducting Safety training to all contract employees and taking the

feed back from them with questionnaire.

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13

Safety Audits.
Sl.
No.
1

Audits

Compliance %
Variance%

221

210

95

96

25

18

100

100

nil

nil

External
No of Observation
Compliance %
Variance

75

2015-16

Internal
No of Observation

2014-15

14.Occupational Health.
14.1

Dedicated OHC & Dedicated Staff

Sl.
No

Name

Regular/
Contract

Designation

Sri S Raja
Kesava Prasad

Regular

Smt K V
Padmavathi
Sri SM Varun
Chakravarthy
Sri G Raja
Sekhar
Sri P S Ch
Naresh Kumar
Sri MVV
Ramana

Regular

Asst Officer Nursing

Regular

Deputy OfficerParamedical (Pharmacist)

Asst Officer -Paramedical
(Lab Technician )
Jr Officer Paramedical
(Pharmacist)
Jr Officer Paramedical
(Pharmacist)

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4
5
6

Regular
Regular
Regular

Deputy General Manager

(OHS)

Qualification
MBBS, PGC in
Industrial
Health
GNM
B.Sc,D .
Pharamacy
DMLT
B.Sc, D .
Pharamacy
B.Sc ,D .
Pharamacy

Visiting Doctors:
Dr S Vamsi Priya MD (Obg & Gynec) visits our OHC twice in a week
Dr Kanakalingeswara Rao BHMS visits our OHC once in week
76 Dr MD Nagaeswara Rao BDS Visits our OHC once in a week

Facilities Available at our OHC:

ECG (12 Lead)machine
Defibrillator
Foetal Doppler
Well equipped clinical lab with Semi Auto analyzer
300 mA X ray Machine( Allengers)
Digital Audiometer
Spirometer
Multiparamonitor
Surgical equipment for handling minor injuries and minor cases
Oxygen Concentrator
Suction apparatus
Nebulizer
Well equipped AC Ambulance

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The pre-medical check procedure for employees

After receiving the request from Personnel Department for examination, consent is obtained from the
candidate for medical examination followed by :
Physical examination of the candidate to:
identify any visible physical abnormalities ,
anthropometric measurements are registered
Clinical lab investigations which includes:
Blood for Sugar ,
Lipid profile,
Urea, Creatinine,
Liver function tests and
Routine blood parameters like Hb%, Blood Group and Rh Typing, TC, DC, ESR
Urine Complete
ECG,
X Ray Chest,
Audiometry and Spirometry at our OHC itself.
Vision tests
After the investigations the fitness details Fit/Unfit is sent to Personnel department for further action .

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The frequency of re-medical checkup for employees?

Once in a year for all regular employees and contract workmen.

Specific health surveillance tests carried out for food handlers and drivers at regular intervals
(once in 6 months) or even before based on the health condition.

14.4
Ensuring of contractor workforce medical prior to deployment
on job
After receiving the request from Personnel Department examination, consent is obtained from the
candidate for medical examination followed by:
Physical examination of the candidate to :
identify any visible physical abnormalities ,
anthropometric measurements will be registered
Clinical lab investigations relevant to the job the person is going to handle like:
Urine,
Blood examination for Food handlers
Blood test, Audiometry and
Vision for Drivers

Motion,

After the investigations the fitness details Fit/Unfit will be sent to personnel department for
further action.

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15.SAFETY PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Safety Flash Display
For the newly joined employees and contract workmen,

safety awareness is inculcated by showing the safety

practices / appliances at Safety PPE Exhibition Room.
Safety News Letter sharing
Accident case studies sharing

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Awards & Rewards

Awards Achieved /
Awarded by

2014-15

Mr. Rambabu

Won first prize in

telugu Slogans at
State level Safety
competitions

Mr.Sivasubramanyam

Won third prize in

English Essay writing
at State level Safety
competitions

2015-16
Won third prize in
English Slogans at
State level Safety
competitions

Best Practice

Thank you..

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