The 44th National Safety Week was observed by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) from March 4 to 10. PPT Chief Mechanical Engineer SK Pattnaik as the chief guest unfurled the National Safety Day Flag. The weeklong observation began with administration of Safety Pledge.
Assistant Director, Dock Safety B Chakraborty and the representative of Director General, Factory Advice and Service labour Institute said, “We commemorate the beginning of safety campaign and the observance of National Safety Week from 1972 and it is a tremendous effort being undertaken by the PPT to observe the week with the theme of this year “Build a safety culture for sustainable supply chain”.
PPT Deputy Chairman N Vaiyapuri, attending as the chief guest at the valedictory function held at the Officers’ Club on March 10, threw light on the importance of celebration of the safety week and compulsory use of the personal protective equipments (PPEs) by everyone at the worksites and to ensure that no one is allowed to enter into the port’s prohibited area without putting safety helmet and PPEs.
Vaiyapuri gave away prizes to the winners of essay and debate competitions organised on the occasion. PPT Secretary SC Mohapatra, Chief Medical Officer Dr SK Nayak and CISF Unit, PPT Deputy Commandant M Biswal spoke on various aspects of safety measures being taken by the PPT.
In-charge of Safety Cell RN Panigrahi coordinated the observance of the safety week and organised dock safety training programmes, inspection of safety measures in the dock area, awareness programmes of firefighting and first aids.