SAFETY & SECURITY NEWSLETTER

November 2015 Issue

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CONTENTS

1 Welders Safety

2 Lessons Learned

3 Safety training

4 Emergency Exercise

5 Corporate & Divisional Safety highlights

6 Security Highlights

Thought for the month

You get the level of safety that you are prepared to

walk past!!!

1. Welders Safety

Welding is critical activity conducted at regular intervals in construction as well as operating plants. It is important to work safely other will be victims of work-related eye injuries, burns or electrocution etc.

These injuries are caused due to lack of proper training, hot metal slag burns or because of flying particles that injure your eyes. Exposure to UV radiations and irritants like vapors, fumes and harsh chemicals also lead to these eye injuries. Safety should be of paramount concern when welding. In order to evade injuries of any type, it is recommended to follow some of the following welding safety norms:

1) Enhance your knowledge: Most welding accidents and injuries take place due to lack of proper knowledge. It is important to have sufficient knowledge of welding and practical experience.

2) Invest in Protective Clothing: Welding operations generate a lot of heat and harmful light. It is hence, vital to protect your eyes, face and rest of your body from these harmful rays, glares and fragments of hot metal. Some essential elements of protective clothing you shall be requiring when you perform the welding operations are:

Safety Goggles- Protect your eyes from the heat, light and radiation when welding. Protection becomes even more important for people working around welding arcs. The arc radiation is very powerful. This can cause permanent damage to your eyes, so make it a point to protect your eyes using safety goggles.

Welding Helmet- When working with welding equipment, your face and eyes are susceptible to injuries by intense heat, harmful radiations and weld splatter. A welding helmet protects your entire face, and has protective lens for your eyes. Make it a point to check the optical density of lens in your helmet before you buy it. It should be effective to keep out harmful light and radiations.

Welder’s Cap and Welding Gloves - Welding can be challenging, especially in hot weather. Wearing a welder’s cap with a high crown and mesh linings can help the sweat to evaporate quickly. Consider wearing welder’s gloves with sweat absorbent lining. If your gloves are saturated by sweat, you may even get electrocuted when you touch the electrode. In addition welding screens can help in protecting against welding sparks and flashes.

Protection For entire Body - You must wear light-weight fabrics with welding protective clothing that cover your entire body while welding. It is best to wear clothes that allow proper air circulation and prevent sweat or heatstroke. Refrain from wearing plastic fibers like rayon and polyester while welding, as these can melt and burn you when they come in contact with molten metal.

Protecting Your Feet - Hot metal can drop on your shoes when you are welding. It is hence important to safety shoes.

3) Prevent Heatstroke Prevention from heatstroke is one of the most overlooked aspects of welding safety. Welding in the simmering summer sun is a serious problem, and can easily lead to heatstroke. Consider having a water supply close-by, so that you can prevent dehydration. You must also take breaks throughout the day to avoid heatstroke. You must ensure that welding is done in areas designated for welding. It is best to avoid welding on wooden floor, or in presence of volatile substances.

2. Lessons Learned

2.1 Slip, Trip & Fall

Division : Distribution Customer Services

Date of Incident : 09th Nov’15

Type of incident : LWDC Reportable

Incident Time :09:45 Hours

Location : DLF Consumer Sub-station

Injury Nature : Fracture

Description of Incident:

At DLF CSS, Fault Duty Engineer & Shift Attendant had gone for operations. Shift attendant after entering the substation had gone near the tool box to remove keys for carrying out operations. The trench below the tool box was kept open by consumer for his work, the shift attendant did not see open trench and resulted in fall (in the trench), causing fracture to his right knee. Company Doctor Mr. Manoj Dabholkar examined the person at site & advised to take him to nearest hospital. The injured person was shifted to Global Hospital, Parel.

Observations & Findings: 1. Location of tool box is nearby to consumer equipment. 2. Day time illumination inside CSS is adequate to identify hazards. 3. Person was wearing helmet & Safety shoe during work. 4. Access to CSS via pathway/walkway is not adequately safe guarded. 5. FDE was accompanying with injured person, immediate medical help was arranged. 6. Consumer had not informed about removal of trench cover.

7. Safety hard barricading was not provided by consumer to open trench & cables in the pathway.

Root Cause Analysis Human Factors: 4.3 Inattention to footing and surroundings.

4.8 Routine activity without thought.

Physical Factors: 8.4 Unprotected height

8.5 Inadequate work place layout

System Factors: 12.5 Improper storage of materials or spare parts (improper cable laying by Consumer)

14.1 Lack of Policy, Standard & Procedure for the task (for Consumer).

15.3 Inadequate communication between different organizations Recommendations

1. Shift the tool box near to CSS entry door.

2. Work is in progress with hazards should be displayed at the main door

3. Good access/pathway/Walk ways to be provided to reach CSS

4. Tata Power area demarcation should be done inside CSS with barriers

5. Conduct awareness training sessions for fault duty engineers & shift attendant on

hazards in CSS

3. Safety training

MEPL Nellore

Awareness programs on ‘Personal Hygiene’

Wind Operations

Session on ‘Incident Reporting’ at Agaswadi wind farm

Session on ‘Incident Reporting & PTW System’ at Gadag wind farm

Session on ‘Emergency Preparedness &

Response Plan” at GSW wind farm Session on ‘Importance of Tool Box Talk &

HIRA’ at Nivade wind farm

Session on ‘Electrical Safety’ at NSW wind

farm Session on ‘Awareness Session on 5S’

at Poolavadi wind farm

Session on ‘Discussion on Safety Alerts’

at Nivade wind farm Session on ‘Fire Extinguisher & First Aid Awareness’ at Sadawagapur wind farm

Session on ‘Safe Winch Operations’

at Samana wind farm Session on ‘Awareness Session on 5S &

Electrical Safety’ at Supa wind farm

4. Emergency Exercises

Wind Operations

Scenario of ‘Food Poisoning’ in Supa Wind

farm

Scenario of ‘Oil Spillage’ in Nivade Wind farm

Scenario of ‘Snake Bite’ in Sadawagapur

Wind farm Scenario of ‘Major Injury/FACTURE’ in

Bramanwel Wind farm

MEPL Nellore

Mock drill CHP Crusher house

5. Corporate & Divisional Safety Highlights

Corporate Safety Conducted weekly, monthly & quarterly field safety audit at following sites:

1. DCS (Kamla, Brady Glady)

2. DSS (The Address, Wadhwa group, Vikhroli)

3. Transmission (Malad)

4. Transmission Projects (Antop Hill)

5. Trombay (Special Projects)

Conducted office safety inspection at Sahar GIS Building with Corp. Admin representative

for checking A/C system installation issue

Conducted training on Electrical safety, working at height & scaffold safety for contact

workers at TPSDI Ambernath.

Arranged Basic Fire & Life Safety training program at Technopolis conducted by M/s. Usha

Fire.

Fire Safety Audit was carried out at Trombay Colony HB- 1 & HB -2 and Carnac along with

M/s. Sai Industries.

Corporate OHSF member participated in interview panel for Safety assessment of NSMC,

NMMC & PSCC Engineers (T&D Division).

Conducted one day supervisor safety training program for DSS division at Borivali Receiving

station.

Conducted training session on Occupational Health & Safety for ITI students at Trombay.

Conducted HIRA/JSA assessment at Salsette.

Arranged training program on Rigging & Slinging conducted by M/s. Ability consultants at

Trombay TPSDI.

Conducted safety training for Advance Diploma in Industrial Safety students of Central

Labour Institute Sion, on “Incident Reporting, Investigation & Consequences of accidents”.

Mr. Sawantdesai was recognized for sharing experience on the same.

MEPL Nellore

“FIRST FOOT PRINT WITH SAFETY” program was conducted with new vendors at site

“High Visibility Safety Tour” conducted by Mr. Baijal Sharad, Mr. Tandon Sudhakar & Mr.

Maurya Rambahadur R

6. Security Highlights

I. Trombay Training day & night & BCP/DMP lecture session

Activation of Contract workers gate at Trombay Trials

ISPS audit briefing

VIP of Oman visiting Trombay

Mock drill and DMP session at jetty

II. Kalinganagar

Fire training to security

III. Jojobera:

IV. T&D:

Training at Carnac

OJT for permanent guards at Dharavi

V. MPL

Shramdaan & training of security

Visit of ED(O) Tata Power to MPL : inauguration of hostel

VI. Khopoli:

In house security training on UHF

VII. Bhivpuri:

On job training of Guards

VIII. Bhira:

Visit of MP Kirit Somayya with delegation

Security Training

Leopard spotted in Bhira colony area in night.

CORPORATE SECURITY-TATA POWER

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