OSH India 2020 Webinar on the Future of HSE at Workplaces on 20th May: Post-Show Report

OSH India organized a webinar on ‘The Future of HSE at Workplaces,’ on 20th May. It was powered by Ion Science, headquartered in UK, with over 25 years experience designing, manufacturing and supplying gas sensors and gas detection instruments for a wide range of industries and applications. Being a key stakeholder of the Occupational Safety & Health Industry, it’s pertinent to note that each year 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases (of which 2.4 million are disease-related) and an additional 374 million workers suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents. Aside from the economic cost, there is an intangible cost, not fully recognized in these figures, of the immeasurable human suffering caused by poor occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions. These numbers are from the last year’s annual ILO report on workers’ safety. Add COVID-19 pandemic and we are already headed for turbulent times. The objective of this webinar was to dwell on all these challenges to HSE and more in the one hour of discussion followed by Q&A. Our sincere thanks for all the attendees who have given an encouraging response to the webinar and shared their appreciation in the form of positive feedback.



Topic: The Future of Workforce Safety and Health (panel discussion)

Discussion points:

• In India, laws related to OSH are not strictly implemented and global pandemics further add to the misery of workforce.

• There should be change in OSH laws to reflect the changed working scenario anticipated in future.

• Efforts need to accelerate to improve data collection and statistics on occupational health and safety incidents, and to create a safe and healthy environment through defined rights, duties and responsibilities to all concerned and by prioritising occupational safety, health and wellbeing of workers.

Key speakers

• Arvind Bodhankar. Jt. Executive President & Chief Sustainability Officer. UltraTech Cement

• Josy John, Corporate Safety Head, Tata Consulting Engineers

• Gaurang Baxi, EHS Advisor DNV GL 

• G. Sivaramakrishna Rao, General Manager-HSE, Afcons Infrastructure Limited

• A . Srinivasa Reddy,  DGM  and Head EHS Hyderabad Airport Expansion Project 

• B. Sateesh, Sr. Manager - Safety, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

• Suvek Salankar, Head- Fire & Safety, Rustomjee Constructions