ITC benchmarks against international
best practices in the areas of Occupational Health and Safety. All Units of the Company
target to attain zero-accident levels through comprehensive risk assessment and
minimization and elimination of potential hazards. All ITC Units are mandated by policy to
record and recall incidents and address the Safety issues involved therein.
All ITC Units identify potential
Occupational Health and Safety hazards, whether physical or chemical. These are eliminated
or controlled to ensure that exposures are well within the specified and applicable
standards. ITC strives to provide safeguards of international standards for all plant and
machinery in each of its Units.
ITC accords high priority to fire safety.
All ITC locations deploy the latest comprehensive fire prevention and control technology.
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All
employees undergo rigorous training in fire prevention and evacuation techniques. The
number of fire accidents has reduced from 9 in 1997-98 to only one minor fire
accident in 2002-03 |
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EHS training in ITC is focused on
building competency in employees to manage all the significant EHS aspects of operations.
The Company imparts general EHS training to all employees, with a three-year refresher
span. Specialized training in electrical and fire safety, risk assessment, waste |
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management etc. is imparted to
employees dealing specifically with these issues. ITC invested 10,784 person-days in
EHS-related training in 2002-03. A quarter of the training related to Environment issues,
while the balance addressed Safety and Occupational Health. |
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