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ITC is committed to ensure the well being of all its employees by conducting
comprehensive preventive medical examinations. This helps in identifying any symptom of
occupational illness and taking early appropriate action to eliminate the same. The number
of persons medically examined in 2004-05 was 7,718 (37% higher than 2003-04).
Number of Persons Medically Examined
The Factories Act of 1948, with its numerous amendments, and the Factory Rules in the
States, encompass almost all the requirements of recording and notifying occupational
accidents and diseases in the factories. Indian statutes on this subject are in line with
the requirements of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). All the provisions of
these statutes are implemented at ITC Units. Units are regularly audited for proper
application of these standards. In case of any accident or injury, the Manager of the
department concerned, and the Unit EHS Manager document all relevant information -
person(s) involved, time of occurrence, the extent of injury or damage to any Company
asset, and so on.
All first aid injuries, incidents (accidents without injury or property damage),
dangerous occurrences, fires and serious accidents are required to be investigated by
trained managers (including the Unit EHS Manager), and action taken to prevent similar
recurrences.
In any accident where the injured is likely to be unfit for more than 48 hours, a
report in the prescribed format is sent to the Inspector of Factories. |
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In case of any fatal accident, an enquiry
committee is constituted within 48 hours of the accident to investigate its root cause,
specify the human or system failure responsible, and recommend action to prevent future
recurrence. The findings and recommendations are discussed in the monthly meetings of the
Safety Committee. The findings are circulated to all Departmental Heads/Chiefs so that
they may take necessary measures to prevent similar accidents in the future. All
serious accidents are reported to the Divisional and Corporate Management Committees.
All ITC factories, hotels and large offices are required to set up EHS committees,
consisting of an equal number of representatives of the workers and the management. The
central and departmental EHS committees help maintain proper Safety and Health at the
workplace. They periodically review the measures taken in the area of EHS. The EHS
committees, which meet at least once every three months, have substantially contributed to
EHS improvements in the respective units.
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