The immediate action on occurrence of any accident is to save the affected persons and arrange for their rescue, first-aid and requisite medical care. Simultaneously or with no delay, the abnormal situations are to be normalized and made safe, with least or no change in the scene of the occurrence which shall facilitate incident investigation.

By the virtue of habit, nature of job and the frontlines at which these operators function, safety culture becomes a tough nut to crack. While the organizational vision might be aligned with safety transformation through better digital technologies supporting monitoring, reporting and analysis – training the on-ground crew can be tricky.

Skill based consolidation carved into the formal economy will shape up the future of India’s development. This can also be seen in the light of how the Indian government is codifying labour laws and acts under one roof – the draft is currently available on labour ministry website till 31st July for the public.

EHS ownership is a task cut out for the top level management. How they delegate, assign and make it happen on the sites and shop floors is an entirely different set of discussion. But fundamentally, enabling EHS values is the top level management task.

EHS qualifications can transition the worker’s competence into a measured activity by design. The worker experience can be better honed via EHS qualifications as it becomes a periodical engagement activity.The personnel gain confidence through superior training and skill updates.

Large scale construction sites of all nature, now have cameras and even drone surveillance which can provide the overall picture of how things are happening at the project site.