As many as nine first prizes and eleven second prizes won by the mines of the SAIl’s largest unit, Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), at the annual safety celebration 2013 held at Nandini mines.
The Nandini Mines won first prizes for overall performance, storage, transport and use of explosive and general mines working while the Rajhara Mechanised mines won first prize for innovative practice/technology adopted.
The Dalli Mech Mines won the first prize for maintenance of HEMEs and workshop. The Plant’s Dalli Manual Mines won first prizes for health, safety and welfare amenities and environmental management and pollution control while Jharandalli Mech. Mines won first prizes for publicity, propaganda & analysis of near-miss accidents. The Mahamaya Mines won the first prize for injury rate performance. The prizes for mines safety were given away by Dy Director General (DDG), Mines Safety RB Chakravorty and senior officials of Director General Mines Safety from Bilaspur and Nagpur region.
The DDG holds jurisdiction over iron ore and flux mines in the Bilaspur & Nagpur region, including the captive mines of BSP, on issues of safety and welfare. Prizes were also given away by S Chandrasekaran, CEO, Bhilai Steel Plant. Also present on the dais were SK Saha, ED (Mines), BSP and other senior officials of BSP’s Mines Department.