A smarter approach to industrial safety can increase productivity and enhance safety and economic sustainability, said Institute of Quality and Environment Management Services (IQEMS) CEO and OSSC convenor Debabrata Panigrahi at the inaugural ceremony of the two-day 10th Odisha Safety Conclave organised here on Friday, oragnised by the IQEMS, Bhubaneswar, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad and supported by the Odisha Labour and ESI Department. Panigrahi said smart safety can use the same concepts as smart manufacturing, industry, 4.0 such as seamless connectivity and real-time analytics and extends them to industrial safety efforts. This can not only help better monitoring and managing safety performance but also transform operations in a systematic manner.
Conclave with theme of “Smart Safety–Economical Sustainability” was inaugurated by chief guest Rural Development Secretary and Special relief Commissioner PK Jena. Labour Commissioner and Factories and Boilers Director Niranjan Sahu, Director of Mines Deepak Mohanty, Odisha State Productivity Council president Abasara Bueria also spoke. OSSC chairman Vinod Kumar delivered the welcome address.