Tata Steel Noamundi Iron Mine receives the Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Excellence Award 2017-18 from CII

2018-08-11

Aug. 9, 2018 - The Noamundi Iron Mine of the Ore Mines & Quarries (OMQ) division of Tata Steel bags the prestigious Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Excellence Award from Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Eastern Region for the year 2017-18.

Mr Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, Senior Manager (Safety), Noamundi Iron Mine, OMQ, Tata Steel and Mr Girija Sankar Pati, Senior Manager (Operations), OMQ, Tata Steel received the award on behalf of Tata Steel from Mr Gautam Ray, Co-Chairman, CII Eastern Region Safety Task Force on August 8, 2018 at an award ceremony organised by CII Eastern Region in Kolkata. The award was received in the presence of Mr Sanjiv Paul, Vice President (Safety, Health & Sustainability), Tata Steel and Mr Vilas N Gaikwad, Chief Safety (India & South-East Asia), Tata Steel.

The Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Excellence Award by CII intends to acknowledge the vision and exemplary commitment of the organisation towards environment, occupational health and safety of employees and society at large. The objective of this award is to evaluate an organisation's effort to enable the well-being of its employees through adequate measures, not only for the regulatory requirements, but also as part of management's commitment towards ensuring that the workforce is adequately protected through effective safety, health and environment measures.

The Noamundi Iron Mine has also been accorded the ‘Five Star Rating’ for Safety, Health and Environment performance for the year 2017-18. The ‘star rating’ system aims at promoting Safety, Health and Environment practices.