World Steel Safety Day was celebrated on Thursday in a befitting manner by SAIL Safety Organisation (SSO). The day is celebrated globally every year on 28th April under the aegis of World Steel Association. As a part of the celebration, a Hazard Analysis Competition – HazAn.Com was organised for the employees of plants & units of SAIL, in which case studies on mitigating the hazards at the workplace were invited from the employees. Out of a total 39 entries received, 13 entries from the teams of employees were shortlisted, who made detailed presentation before a panel of judges in SSO, Ranchi.
The programme started with administering a safety pledge. Out of the shortlisted teams, the team of S.Mazumdar, Rajesh Singh & Hemant Sahu from Bhilai Steel Plant emerged as winner of the first prize in the competition. Second position was bagged by team from Salem Steel Plant comprising Shri P. Somasundaram & S. Matheswaran, while team of J.D Mohapatra, A K Samantara & S K Das from Rourkela Steel Plant emerged as third. The winning teams were awarded by Nirvik Banerjee, Executive Director (RDCIS) in presence of S Vashishta, CGM (Safety), SSO and Atanu Mukherjee, GM I/c (Academic), MTI. The event was coordinated by Ashok Kumar Choudhary, Manager (SSO) with able support from SSO collective.