When it comes to accidents, practice makes
perfect - safe practices, that is. A number of initiatives
have been introduced to cover various aspects
of Health and Safety:
Senior leaders of
the company
practice Visible Felt
Leadership (VFL),
by making regular
safety visits,
where they observe
employees at
work and discuss
operational as
well as safety issues
with them.
Behavior Based
Safety (BBS)
programs include
Hazards
Identification and
Risk Assessment,
helping improve
hazard identification
and risk awareness,
and encouraging
employees to take
personal
responsibility for
managing and
mitigating risks.
Safety extends beyond the
plants. With a renewed focus
towards on-ground
implementation, ‘Road &
Warehouse Safety 2020’
roadmap has been prepared
with clear milestones. Vehicle
& Traffic Safety has become a
focus area in overall safety
management. Every driver has
been given a Defensive Driving
Course (DDC) that
comprehensively covers
on-road risk assessment.
This has been further reinforced
with a new company policy
called – ‘No DDC, No Load’.
In 2016, the Model
Warehouses program
was kick-started, with
the senior leadership
team taking the lead
by adopting one
warehouse each.
So far, over 2500
warehouse workers
have been trained
and sensitised on
safety processes.
Ambuja introduced
‘Safety Heroes’,
to acknowledge
outstanding
contributions by
individuals in safety
and health activities.
Around 200
individuals
and 30 teams were
named Safety
Heroes in 2016.
Other notable
programs focus
on industrial
hygiene sampling,
and risk based
annual health
assessment of all
employees.