SH Safety Netarhat Clstr

Job Context & Major Challenges:

Job Context:

The Hindalco Industries Limited operates mechanised open cast Bauxite mines in the Chhotanagpur Plateau across Gumla, Lohardaga, Latehar districts of Jharkhand and Balarampur district of Chhattisgarh comprising 7 mines of Lohardaga cluster, 4 mines of Netharhat Cluster, 4 mines of Samri cluster. It also operates Baphlimali Mines spread across 3500 acres, the largest bauxite mine of Hindalco and 2^nd largest bauxite mine of Asia, in the Raigarh and Kalahandi Districts of Odisha, Bauxite is supplied to aluminium refineries at Muri, Belgaum, Renukoot and Utkal. Once the mining plan is finalised in collaboration with the Geological department and approved by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), mining operation is undertaken at the mines primarily through contractual manpower except for 4 mines operated by own team. Laterite is removed, bauxite is drilled, excavated through excavators and dumped through dumpers and unloaded in crusher hover or in bauxite stock room. Bauxite is transported form the Lohardaga, Netarhat, Samri cluster of mines as well as the Baphlimali, Maliparbat, Kolhapur mines by road through tippers (trucks) operated by contractual truck owners and by railway wagons loaded at the through the railway sidings at Lohardaga, Tori, Richiguta and Meral to aluminium refineries at Muri (Jharkhand), Renukoot (UP), Belgaum (Karnataka) and Utkal (Odisha).At the end of the mining lifecycle, the waste is removed and used in back filling of closed mine pits and making them ready for plantation through horticulture contract. Management staff stay in colonies at Lohardaga, Bagru, Simliguda or in towns in the vicinity of the mines. Workmen stay at the labour camps at the mines or in adjoining villages.

This position is expected to implement responsibilities through functional guidance to cluster heads. This role is responsible for strategy planning and implementation of safety guidelines in accordance with statutory guidelines stipulated by Ministry of Labour & Employment and Director General of Mine Safety (DGMS). Integrated Management System of the Organisation and provisions of ISO 45001 must also be implemented. Criticality is to embed a culture of safety and rule out unsafe behaviour in order achieve zero harm across mines.

An important aspect of the role is to monitor and drive safety training and awareness sessions through the mines managers and their teams including foremen, the Vocational Training officer, HR department awareness sessions. Both permanent employees and contractual workforce needs to be covered in these sessions. It involves propagating ministry of health and welfare guidelines, preparing SOPs and training content and monitoring implementation of training as per plan. Criticality is influencing behaviour based safety

This role is responsible for monitoring the status of compliance of safety protocols across mines through field audit to monitor compliance of safety guidelines. It involves facilitating ISO 45001 audits, gap correction implementation. It also involves organizing and participating in Safety Walks along with respective unit heads, noting observations, prepare reports and influence implementation of critical action points. Another important activity is to collate reports of all safety incidents and work along with unit teams for course correction. Criticality is to influence and change behaviour, recommend control measures and advise on the standard of P.P.E. issued to employees and rule out unsafe acts through this monitoring process.

Another important aspect of the role is to partner with HR to identify safety officers at each mine, create awareness and implement disaster management guidelines for pandemics and major issues

Contractor safety management is another critical element of the role. Besides creating awareness and inspecting compliance, it also involves collaborating with commercial to incorporate clauses in contract.

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