Managing hazardous materials is a challenging task for any manufacturing or a construction organization since controlling these products is highly regulated and involves greater liabilities throughout their lifecycle till they are part of the inventory of the facility. A greater care is required in storage, handling, use and disposition of these products.
EHS training is very important part of EHS culture and it is often a legal requirement for an employer to provide it to all employees on recruitment, at induction, specific job deployment. Workplace safety training will impart employees with all the skills and knowledge they require to protect themselves and others against accidental deaths and injuries.
Over 80% of India’s working population is part of the unorganised sector of which Agriculture is the main occupation in India giving employment to about 52% of the people. Less than 10% of Indian population are working in organised sector. Occupational health in India has still to compete with Primary & Curative health care services.
In developing countries the workers most exposed to occupational risks are those employed in agriculture, chemical and manufacturing. Quite apart from this poor equipment, heavy workload and even poisoning due to pesticide’s and organic dusts take their heavy toll on workers, health and safety.
We often forget, that safe working does not come about through additional procedures, processes or systems. The real difference is made when these systems engage people. Here are my Top 5 Tips for developing a ‘Positive Safety Culture’ at work. Our systems are only as effective as the people who implement them.
Digital EHS solutions offer support for incident management as the first line of defence. Further, digitized hazard reporting app and behaviour based safety(BBS) app stand to nudge the workforce towards ‘safe’ behaviour and practices. Digital EHS solutions for sustainability offer a rainbow of parameter monitoring options.