Safety Awards to Rajasthan Atomic Power Project – Unit 7 & 8

March 4, 2019 : HCC won the Suraksha Puraskar instituted by the National Safety Council for its Rajasthan Atomic Power Project – Unit 7 & 8. The award was conferred for implementing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management system and procedures effectively thereby achieving very good performance in OSH. 

The awards were presented by Ms. Sibani Swain, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India at a function held in Delhi on February 27, 2019. Mr. Avinash Harde, Vice President – IMS, Mr. Dayananda Samuel, Group Project Manager, RAPP 7 & 8 and the award was received by Mr. Deepak Mathur, HSE Head, on behalf of the Company. 

In another instance, the project was bestowed with three awards by NPCIL during the 48th National Safety Day function held on March 04, 2019 at its Safety Training Hall. The project was declared winner in group C of the Project Safety Award. Mr. Dayananda Samuel, Group Project Manager received the award from the Project Director of NPCIL for RAPP 7 & 8. 

For the Project Housekeeping Award 2018, HCC’s Control Building was declared Runner-up in Category-A and HCC’s Batching Plant, Crushing Plant, Sand Washing Plant & CTL were declared Runners—up in Category-B. The award was declared after an extensive field survey was carried out, detailed assessment by the panels of judges and the final approval from the Project Director. In the individual category, 7 HCC employees were awarded the Near Miss Accident Award for timely reporting the near misses and taking corrective actions to prevent recurrence of a similar incident at the site.