Safety Champion of the Month

Narendra Patil, Sr Executive – EHS, Swarovski India Pvt Ltd

Please share the Occupational Safety & Health Challenges you faced from COVID?

Key challenges being to keep businesses afloat as well as manage safety and security at work. This is true for both those able to work and those who will need to prepare for an eventual return. The theme of this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work is Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work can save lives, which recognizes the many unprecedented challenges that organizations face at this time and raises awareness of the importance of effective occupational health and safety.

What kind of OSH strategies/measures you adopted or solutions you have implemented to overcome the Occupational Safety & Health challenges from COVID?

  1. Trained all employees well.

  2. Rewarded employees for safe behavior.

  3. Partner with occupational clinicians in case of COVID positive

  4. Use labels and signs at site

  5. Kept and maintained things clean.

  6. Make sure employees have the separate and right tools and have regular equipment inspections.

  7. Encouraged stretch breaks.

  8. Implemented safety protocols from the start.

  9. Kept an open dialogue.

  10.Virtual Regular meetings on workplace safety.

What was the positive impact of these OSH strategies and solutions at your workforce and in improving working conditions within your organization?

  Positive Impact of strategy in safety and health:

  Managers committed to making the OHS program work.

  Employees active involvement in the OHS program.

  System established to identify and control hazards.

  Regulatory Compliance of OHS.

  Training on safe work practices.

  Mutual respect, caring and open communication in a climate conducive to safety.

  Continuous improvement.

  Best Practices followed during pandemic -

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