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Mr. Divakar, GM, Jharia Group (From Left) |
Tata Steel's relentless efforts
towards ensuring safety in all its areas of operations
was recognised and acknowledged at the Prize
Distribution Ceremony of National Safety Award 2004-2005
and 2006 organized by Ministry of Labour and Employment
Govt. of India and Directorate General of Mines safety,
Government of India at Vigyan Bhawan today. West Bokaro
and Jharia divisions of Tata Steel received awards from
the President of India Ms. Pratibha Patil for their
exemplary performance in the area of safety.
Bhelatand Amalgamated Colliery and
Sijua Colliery of Jharia Division of Tata Steel have
been given the National Safety Awards. In the category
of difficult underground mines, Bhelatand amalgamated
colliery was the winner and it received the award for
the "longest accident free period" for year 2004 and
2006. Sijua colliery was given the "Runners Up" for the
longest accident free period for the year 2005. While
this is the first time Sijua colliery has received a
National Award, Bhelatand amalgamated colliery was
declared the Winner in 2003 also. Sijua and Bhelatand
colliery are the underground coal mines in Jharia
division of Tata Steel. They are both Degree II gassy
mines with a maximum working depth of over 450 metres.
Mr. C Divaker, General Manager (Jharia division) and his
team from Jharia along with Mr. Nageshwar Prasad Saroj,
Mining Sirdar and President RCMS, Sijua colliery,
received the awards for Jharia Division of Tata Steel.
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Mr. A K Verma, Officiating Chief (Quarry E)
& S S P Singh,Secretary, RCMS (WB) |
Two Open cast Mines of West Bokaro
Division of Tata Steel also received the National Safety
Awards. Quarry South East of West Bokaro which has been
developed as a World Class Mines received the Winner
trophy for the year 2006 and Quarry-AB got the Runner
-up trophy for the year 2004. The awards were received
by Mr. A K Verma, Officiating Chief Q - E and his team
along with Mr. S S P Singh, Secretary - Rashtriya
Colliery Majdoor Sangh (RCMS) West Bokaro for Q-SE
received the award for West Bokaro division.
These awards won by Tata Steel in the area of safety
are an outstanding achievement.
About Tata Steel
Established in 1907 as Asia's first
integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel
today is the world sixth largest steel producer with
geographic footprints in India, South East Asia, UK and
Europe. With the recent acquisition of Corus Limited,
the combined enterprise has a pro forma crude steel
capacity of 28.1 million tonnes with over 82,000
employees in 24 countries across four continents.
Safety being one of the most tenets
at Tata Steel, 2007 has been declared as the Safety Year
by the Company. Jharia Division, one of the underground
mines of Tata Steel has become the first underground
coal mines in the country to get OHSAS 18001:1999
certificate of approval from Indian Register Quality
System (IRQS). The division is also the first
underground coal mines to get EMS 14001:2004. Jharia
division has been given this certificate of approval for
its continued improvement to conform to the Occupational
Health and Safety Management System specification and
Environment management system Standards. Q-SE and Q-AB
of West Bokaro Division of Tata Steel (including
Quarry-E) is also certified in Environment Management
System ISO-14001 (first in coal industries), Indira
Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award, OHSAS (Occupational
Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001 and many
other awards in different areas like safety, quality and
customer orientation. West Bokaro has also won 15 prizes
in Annual Mines safety week Competition-2007 (Ranchi-Koderma
Region) including Overall First Prize and proven their
commitment to 24 hours safety in their Open-Cast Mines
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